Joe Murphy

Early career

With his first club, Tranmere Rovers, Murphy played in the 2000 Football League Cup final against Leicester City, before joining West Bromwich Albion in July 2002. With his first touches in a Premier League game, Murphy saved a Michael Owen penalty following the sending off of Russell Hoult. He spent the majority of the 2004–05 season on loan at Walsall. In August 2005, he moved from West Brom to Sunderland, but was again loaned to Walsall during 2005–06.

Scunthorpe United

Murphy signed for Scunthorpe United in May 2006 after being released by Sunderland. He had an excellent 2006–07 season, and was an integral part of the team that led Scunthorpe to the League One trophy. He was in the League One team of the season, and also won the golden glove (award for most clean sheets). He was also named League One player of the month for February 2007. On top of this, he hit the crossbar during Soccer AM's crossbar challenge. His clean sheet in Scunthorpe's 2–0 home victory over Burnley on 30 September 2007 earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week. He made the Team of the Week once more following his side's 1–0 victory over Charlton Athletic in February. Murphy enjoyed a good set of performances during the 2008–09 season but never caught the eye of Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni due to playing in the third tier. Murphy's performance in the League One play-off semi-final second leg against MK Dons helped the team proceed to…

Murphy is a former member of the Republic of Ireland national under-21 team and has been capped twice at senior level for the Republic. His first senior international appearance came in a 2-2 draw in a friendly at Landsdowne Road on 9 September 2003 against Turkey having come on as a 76th minute substitute for Nick Colgan. His second, and final appearance came over 7 years later in 2010 as he appeared as an 86th minute substitute for Kieren Westwood in a 3-0 friendly win over Algeria at the Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds on 28 May 2010.

Club

As of end of 2025–26 season

International

As of match played 28 May 2010

Tranmere Rovers

Football League Cup runner-up: 1999–2000 EFL Trophy runner-up: 2020–21 Scunthorpe United

Football League One: 2006–07; play-offs: 2009 Football League Trophy runner-up: 2008–09 Bury

EFL League Two runner-up: 2018–19 Republic of Ireland U16

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1998 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 2006–07 League One, 2008–09 League One, 2018–19 League Two FAI Under-21 Footballer of The Year: 2002 Football League One Golden Glove: 2006–07