Steve_Murray_(footballer)
Steve Murray (footballer)
Scottish footballer and manager (born 1944)
Steve Murray (born 9 October 1944) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the north-east of Scotland, with Dundee and Aberdeen. Murray also enjoyed success with Glasgow club Celtic and represented Scotland once. He later managed Forfar Athletic and Montrose.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1944-10-09) 9 October 1944 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Dumbarton, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Patrick's Dumbarton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1969 | Dundee | 179 | (17) |
| 1969–1973 | Aberdeen | 101 | (20) |
| 1973–1976 | Celtic | 62 | (11) |
| 1979–1980 | Dundee United | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 345 | (48) | |
| International career | |||
| 1971 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980 | Forfar Athletic | ||
| 1982 | Montrose | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Murray began his career in the early 1960s with Dundee, spending six years at Dens Park and picking up runners-up medals in both domestic cup competitions, making around 200 appearances in total.
In 1970, he became Aberdeen's record signing in a £50,000 deal, missing the 1970 Scottish Cup final due to being cup-tied but winning a solitary Scotland cap in 1971, coincidentally in a fixture played at Pittodrie. Following Martin Buchan's departure to Manchester United, Murray became captain.
He moved to Celtic in a £55,000 deal in May 1973 after a contractual disagreement.[1] Murray won all three domestic competitions during his two years at Celtic Park, retiring due to a toe injury in early 1976.
Murray joined Dundee United in 1979 as a scout but after having acupuncture treatment was able to resume his playing career and made three league appearances, also appearing as a substitute in the first game of the Scottish League Cup final that season.
In 1980, Murray began his managerial career with Forfar Athletic, but resigned one training session and three days later.[2] He returned to management two years later with Montrose; however he left to pursue a career in banking.
Murray then returned to former club Dundee United as assistant manager in July 1989. However he had a fall-out with then manager Jim McLean (a teammate in the 1967 Scottish League Cup final). Murray left before the end of the year, later winning a "substantial sum" in a court action.[3]
Murray, whose son Chris was a youth player at Dundee United, Celtic and had coaching spells with Dundee and Brechin City,[4] has now retired from banking and now concentrates on his painting.[5]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dundee | 1963–64 | Scottish Division One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964–65 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | ||
| 1965–66 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9 | ||
| 1966–67 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 1967–68 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||
| 1968–69 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 1969–70 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Total | 179 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 237 | 20 | ||
| Aberdeen | 1969–70 | Scottish Division One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1970–71 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 | ||
| 1971–72 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 1972–73 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 6 | ||
| Total | 101 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 140 | 25 | ||
| Celtic | 1973–74 | Scottish Division One | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 9 |
| 1974–75 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 12 | ||
| 1975–76 | Scottish Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 100 | 21 | ||
| Dundee United | 1979–80 | Scottish Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 345 | 48 | 28 | 5 | 82 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 482 | 66 | ||
International
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Forfar Athletic | 1980 | 1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Montrose | 1982 | 1983 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 31.03% |
| Total | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35.00% | ||
- Dundee
- Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
- Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1
- Celtic
- Scottish Cup: 2
- Dundee United
- "Steve Murray". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- "Dundee United A–Z (M)". Dundee United FC. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- "Coach Chris Murray". San Clemente United Soccer Club. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- "Biography". stm-paintings.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- "Steve Murray | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Celtic Player Steve Murray Details". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Steve Murray | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". arabarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Steve Murray | Scotland | Scottish FA". scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Forfar Athletic Manager Steve Murray Details". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Montrose Manager Steve Murray Details". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- Steve Murray at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Steve Murray at the Scottish Football Association
