Matt Murray (English footballer)

Matt Murray
Murray in 2014
Personal information
Full name Matthew William Murray
Date of birth (1981-05-02) 2 May 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Solihull, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990–1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers 87 (0)
2000 → Slough Town (loan) 2 (0)
2000 → Kingstonian (loan) 1 (0)
2006 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2 (0)
2008 → Hereford United (loan) 3 (0)
Total 95 (0)
International career
2003–2005 England U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew William Murray (born 2 May 1981) is an English former professional footballer, sports reporter and pundit.

As a player he was a football goalkeeper who spent his entire career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, making 100 appearances for the club in all competitions, including one in the Premier League. During his twelve-year spell with the club he spent time on loan with Slough Town, Kingstonian, Tranmere Rovers, Hereford United. He was capped five times by England U21 before 2003 and 2005.

His career was curtailed by numerous injuries, and he retired at the age of 29. Since retiring, Murray has worked as a match reporter and in-studio summariser for Sky Sports News, and was the goalkeeping coach at the Nike Academy.

Career

Born in Solihull, Murray progressed through Wolves academy system to sign professional forms in 1998.[2] The five-year contract he was given, aged 17, is the longest in the club's history for an academy graduate.

However, his career failed to find its stride immediately as he was largely out of contention through injury. He suffered a cruciate knee injury just twenty minutes into a loan spell at non-league Kingstonian in October 2000 where he made his first professional appearance.[2][3]

He was promoted into Wolves' first team on 31 August 2002 against Wimbledon, deputising for the injured Michael Oakes and then kept his place through that season.[4][5] The season ended with him producing a man-of-the-match performance in the Play-off final against Sheffield United on 26 May 2003. He produced a number of vital saves to help the club win 3–0 and gain promotion to the Premier League, the pick being a second-half penalty save from Michael Brown.[6]

On 16 August 2003, Murray made his only Premier League appearance as Wolves began the campaign with a 5–1 loss at Blackburn Rovers.[7] He suffered an injury in that match, and Oakes then took his place in the team.[8] He followed this up by debuting for England Under-21s, against Slovakia U21, the first of five under-21 caps. However, a back problem then a foot fracture wrecked this season.[9][10][11] In the three years that followed the success of 2002–03, he only played five games for Wolves due to a variety of injuries.[2][12][13][14]

The goalkeeper next played in January 2005 but soon suffered another break to his foot,[13] ruling him out for a further year.[2] By March 2006 he was fit enough to be sent on loan to Tranmere Rovers,[14] but was called back to Wolves within a month because of possible injuries to other goalkeepers.[15]

He started his first game for Wolves in almost 16 months on the final day of the season at Norwich City and managed to retain his place at the beginning of the 2006–07 season,[14] where he was largely accredited with Wolves' impressive start to the season, due to a catalogue of good performances allowing for five of their first seven games to end 1–0.[16]

His performances were given further recognition as he won the PFA Championship Player of the Month award in December 2006 and as the campaign ended,[17] he was named in the Championship Team of the Year at the 2006–07 PFA Awards dinner and also voted the PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the division.[18][19] He was also voted Wolves' Player of the Season as they reached the play-offs.[20] The season ended on a sour note though as he broke his shoulder on the eve of his club's vital play-off game against local rivals West Bromwich Albion.[21]

After spending the summer recuperating from his shoulder injury, he suffered another setback from a cruciate (left) knee injury in pre-season training.[22] He underwent two operations for this and missed the whole of the 2007–08 campaign while undergoing rehabilitation with the aim of returning for the new season.[23] However, inflammation in his knee then delayed his comeback further still.[2] By the time he recovered, fellow academy graduate Wayne Hennessey had established himself as first choice.[2]

In November 2008, he joined League One Hereford United on loan,[24] but only played two full games before injury again struck suffering a ruptured patella tendon in his right knee during a match against MK Dons.[25] In November 2009 Murray started his first game back for Wolves playing in a reserve game, but he felt discomfort in his knee and was substituted after just 23 minutes.[26] This was to prove his last appearance in a Wolves shirt.[2]

He announced his playing retirement on 26 August 2010 aged 29.[27] In total he made 100 appearances for Wolves in all competitions.[28]

On 26 September 2010, at half-time in a match between Wolves and Aston Villa, he gave a speech to the crowd, announcing his retirement and thanking the fans.[2]

Personal life

Murray was born in England to a Nigerian father and English mother, and was adopted from birth by a white couple.[29]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1997–98[30] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0
1998–99[31] 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0
2000–01[3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0
2001–02[32] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03[5] 40 0 4 0 1 0 3[a] 0 48 0
2003–04[12] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 ― 2 0
2004–05[13] Championship 1 0 1 0 0 0 ― 2 0
2005–06[14] 1 0 0 0 0 0 ― 1 0
2006–07[16] 44 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
2008–09[33] 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0
Total 87 0 8 0 2 0 3 0 100 0
Slough Town (loan) 2000–01[34] Isthmian League Premier Division 2 0 ― ― 1[b] 0 3 0
Kingstonian (loan) 2000–01[3] Conference 1 0 ― ― ― 1 0
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2005–06[14] League One 2 0 ― ― ― 2 0
Hereford United (loan) 2008–09[33] League One 3 0 0 0 ― ― 3 0
Career total 95 0 8 0 2 0 4 0 109 0
  1. ^ Appearances in First Division play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in Isthmian League Cup

Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Player Profile: Matt Murray" Archived 24 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Wolves.co.uk (Retrieved: 5 August 2009)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tidman, Stuart. "Career Ending – Matt Murray". sport.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Games played by Matt Murray in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Wimbledon 3–2 Wolves". BBC Sport. 31 August 2002.
  5. ^ a b c "Games played by Matt Murray in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Wolves back in big time". BBC Sport. 26 May 2003.
  7. ^ "Blackburn thrash sorry Wolves". 16 August 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Brazilian Emerson set to join Wolves from Atletico Madrid". ABC. 26 August 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Miller closes in on return". BBC Sport. 17 September 2003.
  10. ^ "Wolves suffer Murray blow". BBC Sport. 6 November 2003.
  11. ^ "New blow for Murray". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004.
  12. ^ a b "Games played by Matt Murray in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Games played by Matt Murray in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Games played by Matt Murray in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Wolves recall Murray from Rovers". BBC Sport. 28 April 2006.
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Matt Murray in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Matt top player for December". wolves.co.uk. 3 January 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  18. ^ a b "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double". BBC Sport. 22 April 2007.
  19. ^ a b "Second award for Matt". wolves.co.uk. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  20. ^ a b "Player of the Season". wolves.co.uk. 28 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  21. ^ "Murray out with broken shoulder". BBC Sport. 13 May 2007.
  22. ^ "Murray faces long Wolves lay-off". BBC Sport. 8 August 2007.
  23. ^ "Murray planning pre-season return". BBC Sport. 20 March 2008.
  24. ^ "Murray heads for Hereford on loan". BBC Sport. 12 November 2008.
  25. ^ "MK Dons 3–0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 25 November 2008.
  26. ^ "Murray staying positive". wolves.co.uk. 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  27. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Matt Murray retires". BBC Sport. 26 August 2010.
  28. ^ Matt Murray at Soccerbase
  29. ^ "Matt Murray on racism in football and society and his hope for change". Sky Sports.
  30. ^ "Games played by Matt Murray in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  31. ^ "Games played by Matt Murray in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  32. ^ "Games played by Matt Murray in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  33. ^ a b "Games played by Matt Murray in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  34. ^ "Matt Murray". Slough Town FC. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  35. ^ The Football League (11 May 2007). "League To Honour Golden Six". The Football League. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

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