Fred Murray

Fred Murray
Personal information
Full name Frederick Anthony Murray
Date of birth (1982-05-22) 22 May 1982
Place of birth Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Belvedere
Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Cambridge United (loan) 13 (0)
2002–2004 Cambridge United 75 (0)
2004–2007 Northampton Town 38 (0)
2007–2008 Stafford Rangers 16 (0)
2008 Stevenage Borough 14 (1)
2008–2009 Exeter City 6 (0)
2009–2010 Grays Athletic 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Luton Town (loan) 17 (0)
2010–2012 Luton Town 51 (1)
Total 230 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Frederick Anthony "Fred" Murray (born 22 May 1982, Clonmel, County Tipperary) is an Irish footballer currently without a club.

Career

Murray played his youth football at Belvedere before going abroad. Murray began his career as a trainee at Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, though he never made a first-team appearance. An initial loan period at Second Division club Cambridge United was turned permanent in March 2002, as the U's signed Murray on a free transfer from Blackburn.[1] Murray's three seasons at the club, in which he made over 100 appearances, saw Cambridge relegated to the Third Division.

He signed a three-year contract for League Two side Northampton Town for an undisclosed fee in July 2004,[2] but his tenure at the club was blighted by serious injuries, including an infected Achilles tendon.[3][4] In both the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, Murray did not play a single minute of football. He was released in May 2007, but was invited to still train with the club.[4]

After an unsuccessful trial with Leyton Orient,[5] Murray joined Conference Premier side Stafford Rangers on 28 August 2007,[6] making his debut in a 2–1 defeat at Oxford United. He then joined Peter Taylor's Stevenage Borough team on a short-term contract in the January 2008 transfer window,[7] and narrowly missed out on a place in the Conference play-offs. After his release from Stevenage, he trained with League Two side Exeter City before signing for them, once more on a short-term deal.[8] He left Exeter on 8 May 2009, after just 6 appearances for the club.[9]

At the start of the 2009–10 season, Murray signed for Grays Athletic along with eight other players.[10] After a change in management at Grays, Murray left the club less than a week after joining them, signing for Luton Town on a six-month loan deal on 11 August 2009.[11] He made his debut for Luton on the same day, in a 4–1 home victory over Manfield Town. On 13 January 2010, with his loan deal expired, Murray signed an 18-month contract with Luton.[12]

Murray continued to be a regular fixture at left-back for Luton, though he missed parts of the 2010–11 season due to injury, including Luton's penalty shootout loss to AFC Wimbledon in the Conference Premier play-off final.

On 12 July 2011, he signed a new contract with the club.[13] On 10 November 2011, Murray was deregistered as a Luton player to allow him to focus on recovering from a serious knee injury which had seen him take no part in Luton's 2011–12 season. The club signed Darlington defender Greg Taylor as a replacement.[14] In July 2012, Luton manager Paul Buckle confirmed that Murray had left the club.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Murray makes U's switch". BBC Sport. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Murray joins Cobblers". BBC Sport. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Murray blow for Calderwood". Sky Sports. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Murray to be handed pre-season chance". Northampton Town F.C. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "No O's deal for defender Murray". BBC Sport. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Ex-Northampton man joins Stafford". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Stevenage sign Murray & Vincenti". BBC Sport. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Murray offered Exeter deal". Sky Sports. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Grecians release five". Sky Sports. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  10. ↑ "Grays sign nine players in a day". BBC Sport. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Hatters move for Murray". Luton Town F.C. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "Trio commit their futures". Luton Town F.C. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  13. ↑ "Ed & Fred sign new contracts". Luton Town F.C. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  14. ↑ "Town land Taylor". Luton Town F.C. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  15. ↑ "Murray leaves as Rowe-Turner joins up with Buckle once more". Luton Today. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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