Matt Murphy is a footballer who played 270 games in the Football League

The Football League

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

Club career

Murphy started his career in non-league football

Non-league football

Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...

 with Long Buckby

Long Buckby A.F.C.

Long Buckby A.F.C. is a football club based in Long Buckby, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The club plays its home fixtures at Long Buckby Sportsfield.-History:...

, Cogenhoe United

Cogenhoe United F.C.

Cogenhoe United is a association football team from Cogenhoe, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. They play in the United Counties League Premier Division.-History:...

, Irthlingborough Diamonds

Irthlingborough Diamonds F.C.

Irthlingborough Diamonds were a football club from Irthlingborough, England. Founded in 1946, in 1992 the club merged with Rushden Town to form Rushden & Diamonds, playing at Irthlingborough's Nene Park.-History:...

 and Corby Town

Corby Town F.C.

Corby Town F.C. is an English football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire. They will be members of the Conference North for the 2011–12 season. The Steelmen play their home games at the newly built Steel Park, adjacent to their previous ground, Rockingham Triangle Sports Stadium, which is...

, before joining Oxford United

Oxford United F.C.

Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...

 for a fee of £20,000. He played nearly 250 league games for Oxford, and spent time with Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....

, Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

 and Swansea City

Swansea City A.F.C.

Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...

 before returning to non-league. He has since played for Kettering Town

Kettering Town F.C.

Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08...

, King's Lynn

King's Lynn F.C.

King's Lynn F.C. was an English football club based in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Established in 1879, they were wound up at the High Court on 25 November 2009 with debts of £77,000 and went out of business in December after a failed appeal...

, Ford Sports, Slough Town

Slough Town F.C.

Slough Town F.C. is an English semi-professional football club. The club was officially founded in 1890 after the amalgamation of three local clubs, Swifts, Slough Albion and Young Men's Friendly Society, who between them forged a new club, Slough F.C....

, Brackley Town

Brackley Town F.C.

Brackley Town Football Club are a football club based in Brackley, England, who play their home games at St. James Park. They were established in 1890. They have won the Hellenic League twice in their history...

, Banbury United

Banbury United F.C.

Banbury United is a football club based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, who play in the Southern League Premier Division. They are nicknamed The Puritans and they play their home matches at the Spencer Stadium...

, Spalding United

Spalding United F.C.

Spalding United F.C. is an English football club based in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of Division One of the United Counties League and play at Sir Halley Stewart Field.-History:...

, Wellingborough Town, Sileby

Northampton Sileby Rangers F.C.

Northampton Sileby Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Northampton, England. They currently play in Division One of the United Counties League.-History:...

, and Daventry United.

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