Murray Davidson

Born in Edinburgh, Davidson grew up in the small Borders town of Innerleithen to Ronnie and Liz Davidson. He attended Peebles High School. Davidson began playing football at the local sports club Leithen Vale, in the same team as Ross Campbell, who would go on to represent Hibernian and Dunfermline Athletic, and Steven Notman, who was to play for Hibernian and Berwick Rangers. The team was the most successful in the sports club's history, winning countless trophies both at home and abroad, and a number of the boys, including Davidson, went on to play at a higher level. After appearing for Leithen Vale, he joined Livingston at sixteen years old and started his senior career with the club. However, his start at Livingston suffered a setback when Davidson suffered "prolonged injuries", but he managed to overcome the injuries.

Livingston

Davidson made his Livingston debut, coming on as a substitute for Graham Dorrans in the 85th minute, in a 2–1 win against his future club, St Johnstone, on 25 November 2006. He made another appearance for the club, also as a substitute, in a 1–1 draw against Clyde on 9 December 2006. By the time Davidson was loaned out, he made only two appearances in the 2006–07 season. A month later, Davidson moved on loan to Scottish Third Division club Cowdenbeath. He made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Greenock Morton on 27 January 2007. Davidson made five appearances for The Blue Brazil. He later spoke about his time at Cowdenbeath, stating the loan move helped his career and development. In the 2007–08 season, Davidson made his first appearance of the season against Dundee on 11 March 2008, only for him to receive his first red card of his professional career for a second bookable offence, as Livingston loss 5–2. After serving a one match suspension, he returned to the first team, coming on as a second-half substitute, against Greenock Morton on 22 March 2008, only for him to receive a straight red card at the last minute of the game for a serious foul play, in a 1–1 draw. On the last game of the 2007–08 season, Davidson made six appearances and scored his first career goal – once more playing against St Johnstone– in the final game of the season, in a 5–2 loss. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he made six appearances and…

Davidson won his first Scotland under-21 cap on 10 August 2010, in a 1–1 draw with Sweden in a friendly. This came at the third time of asking after being previously called up, but having to withdraw through injury. On 15 November 2010, Davidson was called up by Scotland manager Craig Levein to the full squad for the first time, to face the Faroe Islands in a friendly on 16 November 2010 at Pittodrie, Aberdeen. He was also included in the Scotland squad to face Brazil in March 2011, but did not make an appearance. He was again selected for the Scotland squad in November 2012, called up by caretaker manager Billy Stark for a friendly against Luxembourg. Davidson made his only full international debut in this match, replacing Jordan Rhodes in the 89th minute, as Scotland won 2–1. As a result, he became the first serving St Johnstone player to be selected for Scotland since Sandy McLaren in 1932. Davidson described making an appearance for Scotland as his biggest and proudest honour of his career.

In June 2012, Davidson invested money in two greyhounds, one called Relegation Battle and the second called David Reid who between them won a dozen races that year. He has two children. Davidson spoke about supporting ban children from heading balls, due to links between football and dementia; amid to his own health concerns he had during his playing career. Outside of football, he enjoys fishing.