Colin Murdock
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Colin James Murdock | |
| Date of birth | July 2, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Ballymena, Northern Ireland | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1991–1994 | Manchester United | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994–1997 1997–2003 2003–2005 2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 |
Manchester United Preston North End Hibernian Crewe Alexandra Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Accrington Stanley |
0 (0) 180 (6) 37 (3) 16 (0) 43 (2) 29 (2) 23 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2000–2006 | Northern Ireland | 34 (1) |
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Colin Murdock (born 2 July 1975 in Ballymena, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish footballer, currently unattached after being released by Accrington Stanley.
He is currently on the Management Committee of the Professional Footballers' Association.
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[edit] Club career
A former Northern Ireland international, Murdock started his career as an apprentice at Manchester United on leaving school in 1991. He featured in the youth side that were FA Youth Cup runners-up in 1993 and turned professional a year later, but never played a first team game for the club and was transferred to Preston for £100,000 in May 1997.
Known as the "Woeful Defender" Murdock surprisingly achieved more than 200 league and cup appearances while at Deepdale, collecting a Division Two title medal in 2000 and featuring in the side that reached the Division One playoff final in 2001 (losing 3-0 to Bolton Wanderers) before moving to Scottish club Hibernian in 2003. This gave him the long-awaited chance to experience top division football. A long slide was to follow.
During his time at Easter Road, he went from villain to hero when he scored the winning goal in a penalty shootout against Rangers in a CIS Cup semi-final.
Murdock joined Crewe in the latter part of 2004-05. He skippered the team and his form helped to steer them clear of relegation. In summer 2005, Murdock signed for Rotherham, where he brought experience to the centre of the Rotherham defence, making 43 league appearances in two seasons, scoring twice. At the end of the 2006-07 season he left Rotherham and, after a brief trial, signed a one-year contract with Shrewsbury. [1] He made 29 league appearances and scored two goals for the Shrews, but was released by new manager Paul Simpson on 29 April 2008.[2]
On 16 May 2008, Murdock signed a one-year deal with Accrington.[3]
[edit] International career
Murdock has 34 caps for his country, with one goal, a powerful header, coming in a 3–3 draw against Austria in 2004. He has since dropped down the order in the centre of defence with Aaron Hughes and Jonny Evans now the first choice and younger players such as Gareth McAuley and Michael Duff coming through as backup.
[edit] References
- ^ "Defender Signs". shrewsburytown.co.uk. http://www.shrewsburytown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10443~1081659,00.html. Retrieved on July 31 2007.
- ^ "Retain List". shrewsburytown.co.uk. http://www.shrewsburytown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10443~1301410,00.html. Retrieved on April 29 2008.
- ^ "Stanley seal Murdock deal". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11750_3574484,00.html. Retrieved on May 24 2008.
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