Matt Murphy (born 20 August 1971) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played 270 games in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

. In February 2009 he was appointed player/assistant manager of United Counties League club Daventry United.

Club career

Murphy started his career in non-league football with

Long Buckby Long Buckby is a large village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. In 2020 the parish of Long Buckby, which includes the hamlet of Long Buckby Wharf, was estimated to have a population of 4,303. Long Buckby is hill top village, ...

Cogenhoe United Cogenhoe United Football Club is a football club based in Cogenhoe, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Compton Park. History After playing friendly matches, the club joined the Central V ...

, Irthlingborough Diamonds and

Corby Town Corby Town Football Club is a football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Steel Park. History The club was established in 1948, taking over from Stewarts & Lloyds as the main team ...

, before joining

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and t ...

for a fee of £20,000. He played nearly 250 league games for Oxford, and spent time with Scunthorpe United, Bury and Swansea City before returning to non-league. He has since played for Kettering Town, King's Lynn, Ford Sports,

Slough Town Slough Town Football Club is a semi-professional English football club based in Slough, Berkshire. Nicknamed "The Rebels", the team competes in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football, following promotion from the Sou ...

, Brackley Town,

Banbury United Banbury United Football Club is a football club based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Spencer Stadium. History The club was established in 1931 as Spencer Sports Club, a works team of the Sp ...

, Spalding United,

Wellingborough Town Wellingborough Town F.C. is a football club based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. They play in the United Counties Premier Division. The club was formed in 2004 after the previous club bearing the name had folded. History The ori ...

Sileby Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, between Leicester and Loughborough. Nearby villages include Barrow upon Soar, Mountsorrel, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Seagrave and Cossington. The popul ...

, and Daventry United.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Matt 1971 births Living people Footballers from Northampton English footballers Long Buckby A.F.C. players Cogenhoe United F.C. players Irthlingborough Diamonds F.C. players Corby Town F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Bury F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players King's Lynn F.C. players Daventry United F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Brackley Town F.C. players Banbury United F.C. players Spalding United F.C. players Wellingborough Town F.C. players Northampton Sileby Rangers F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Association football forwards Association football midfielders