John Murphy (footballer, born 1976)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Murphy

| image =

| fullname = John James Murphy{{cite book

| editor-last = Hugman

| editor-first = Barry J.

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09

| publisher = Mainstream

| year = 2008

| isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = St Helens, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

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| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1995–1999

| years2 = 1999–2006

| years3 = 2006–2007

| years4 = 2007–2008

| years5 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = Chester City

| clubs2 = Blackpool

| clubs3 = Macclesfield Town

| clubs4 = Chester City

| clubs5 = St Patrick's Athletic

| caps1 = 103

| goals1 = 20

| caps2 = 229

| goals2 = 83

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 5

| caps4 = 39

| goals4 = 9

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 395

| totalgoals = 117

}}

John Murphy (born 18 October 1976) is an English former professional footballer who became a coach.

He had two spells with Chester City, having left first time round to join Blackpool in 1999. He came through the youth ranks with Chester and made his first-team debut in 1994–95. He remained with the club until the eve of the 1999–2000 season, when he moved up to Division Two by joining Blackpool, where he enjoyed a long and successful seven-year stint that included three victories at the Millennium Stadium. Two of these were winning Football League Trophy finals; he started and scored in both finals in 2002 and 2004.{{cite web

|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/seasiders-relish-return-to-scene-of-past-success-9148104.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220613/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/seasiders-relish-return-to-scene-of-past-success-9148104.html |archive-date=13 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live

|title=Seasiders relish return to scene of past success

|publisher=Independent

|date=25 March 2002 |accessdate=27 October 2018}}{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3517244.stm

|title=Blackpool 2-0 Southend

|publisher=BBC

|date=21 March 2004 |accessdate=27 October 2018}}

Murphy rejoined Chester from Cheshire neighbours Macclesfield Town, whom he joined from Blackpool in January 2007 after making a loan move permanent. On 6 January 2007, during his loan spell, Murphy scored Macclesfield's goal in their 6–1 FA Cup Third round defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to briefly bring the tie level.{{Cite news

| title= Chelsea 6, Macclesfield 1

| url= https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2534716,00.html

| publisher= Times Online

| date= 2007-01-07

| access-date= 2007-12-31

| location= London

| first= Joe

| last= Lovejoy

}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He rejoined Chester on 29 June 2007.{{Cite news

| title= John Murphy Next for Chester City

| url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/chester-city/2007/06/29/john-murphy-next-for-chester-city-100252-19379161/

| publisher= Liverpool Echo

| date= 2007-06-29

| accessdate= 2007-12-31}} His first league game back at the club saw Murphy feature in the starting line-up in the goalless draw with Chesterfield on 11 August 2007, with his first two goals back at the club coming in a 4–0 demolition of Dagenham & Redbridge a fortnight later. Almost inevitably, he scored on his return to Macclesfield in a 2–1 win for Chester on 29 September 2007.

Murphy signed for St Patrick's Athletic on 31 July 2008 for an undisclosed fee. After an injury-plagued spell at the club, which restricted him to one substitute league appearance, he was released on 4 February 2009.{{cite web | title = ANDY HARAN SIGNS FOR ST PATS

|work = stpatsfc.com, 4 February 2009 | url = http://stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=2831}}

In August 2011, Murphy became a coach at Blackpool.[http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~2414986,00.html "MURPHY BACK AT BLACKPOOL"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905162109/http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10432~2414986%2C00.html |date= 5 September 2012 }} – Blackpool F.C.'s official website, 9 August 2011 He left the role, citing personal reasons, in June 2022.{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Blackpool |title=John Murphy Steps Down From Role For Personal Reasons |url=https://blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2022/june/21/john-murphy-steps-down-from-role-for-personal-reasons/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Blackpool FC}}