Glenn Murray

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Glenn Murray

Personal information
Full name	Glenn Murray
Date of birth	25 September 1983 (1983-09-25)
Place of birth	Maryport, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	17
Youth career
	Workington Reds
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Workington Reds	43	(25)
2004	Wilmington Hammerheads	12	(7)
2004	Barrow	9	(9)
2004–2007	Carlisle United	47	(5)
2006	→ Stockport County (loan)	11	(3)
2006–2007	→ Rochdale (loan)	12	(4)
2007–2008	Rochdale	42	(21)
2008–2011	Brighton & Hove Albion	118	(53)
2011-	Crystal Palace	30	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:16, 10 March 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Glenn Murray (born 25 September 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace as a striker. Prior to joining Crystal Palace in June 2011, Murray has previously played for Brighton, Carlisle, Rochdale, Stockport, Barrow, Workington Reds and Wilmington Hammerheads.

Career

Early career

Born in Maryport, Cumbria, after attending Netherhall School, Maryport, Murray began his playing career playing for non-league side Workington Reds where he played 57 times scoring 36 goals before joining American team Wilmington Hammerheads in 2004. He spent one season with the North Carolina club playing 14 times and scoring 3 goals. After his time in America he joined Barrow where he scored nine goals in nine games. Murray then signed for the then Conference side Carlisle United and was part of the Conference play off winning team in 2005 and League Two winning side a season later in 2006.

Murray joined Stockport on loan for two months and he returned to Carlisle after this loan deal, following team-mate Karl Hawley's rib injury.

Rochdale

Rochdale manager Steve Parkin then signed Murray on loan until January 2007. Murray then signed for Rochdale on a contract until 2009, for an undisclosed fee. He made his fist start for Rochdale in their 7–1 defeat away at Lincoln City on 21 October 2006. His first goal was a 59th minute equalizer in their match with Barnet on 18 November 2006, but this was not enough for Rochdale as they lost the match 3–2. Murray made 31 league appearances for Rochdale in his first season with the club, scoring 16 goals in the 2006/07 season.

Murray made his first appearances for the 2007/08 season coming on as a 53rd minute substitute on the opening day of the season in Rochdale's 3–0 loss away at Peterborough United, his first start of the season came in their 2–2 home draw with Stoke City in the first round of the League Cup 3 days later on August 14. Murray scored his first goal of the 2007/08 season in a 1–1 home draw with Norwich City in the league cup second round on 28 August 2007. His first league goal of the season came in Rochdale's 4–3 victory away at Shrewsbury Town on 29 September. Murray made 23 league appearances for Rochdale in 2007 scoring 9 goals with one goal coming in the League Cup.

Murray then left Rochdale in the January transfer window to join League One side Brighton & Hove Albion for a reported fee of around £300,000. He made 42 league appearances scoring 21 goals in 2006 and 2007, giving him an average of one goal every two games in his Rochdale career.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Murray had been linked with a transfer to League One team Brighton & Hove Albion through-out the January transfer-window, and finally completed his move to the Withdean on the 25 January 2008 for a reported £300,000.

Murray made his Brighton debut coming on as a substitute during the 1–0 defeat at Northampton. Glenn then started Albion's next match, at home to Crewe and scored two goals on his home debut in the 3–0 victory.

Murray scored 9 goals for Brighton during the 2007–08 season. After suffering several injuries during the 2008–09 season, Murray made 28 appearances and scored 12 goals.

The 2010–11 season proved to be Murray's best season to date, scoring 22 goals and finishing runner-up to Craig Mackail-Smith in the League One top scorer statistics. On 20 May 2011, it was revealed that Murray had rejected Brighton's final offer of a new contract.

Crystal Palace

During May 2011, it was announced that Murray had signed for Brighton's arch-rivals Crystal Palace on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract. Since moving to south London, Murray has endeared himself to Palace fans by scoring a crucial goal against his former club Brighton to secure a win and an extra-time winner at Old Trafford to help record a famous victory over Manchester United in the League Cup Quarter-finals.

Club career statistics

(correct as of 10 March 2012)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Workington Reds	2003–04	43	25	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	?	?	?	43	25	?
Wilmington Hammerheads	2004	12	7	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	?	?	?	12	7	?
Barrow	2004–05	9	9	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	?	?	?	9	9	?
Carlisle	2004–05	22	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	2	0
Carlisle	2005–06	24	3	0	8	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	4	0
Carlisle	2006–07	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0
Total	2004–2007	47	5	0	8	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	6	0
Stockport (loan)	2006–07	11	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	0
Rochdale (loan)	2006–07	31	16	3	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	16	3
Rochdale	2007–08	23	9	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	9	0
Total	2006–2008	54	25	3	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	25	3
Brighton	2007–08	21	8	4	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	8	4
Brighton	2008–09	23	11	5	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	12	6
Brighton	2009–10	32	12	1	5	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	14	1
Brighton	2010–11	42	22	4	8	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	22	5
Total	2007–2011	118	53	14	18	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	132	56	16
Crystal Palace	2011–12	30	5	0	6	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	6	0
Total	2011–present	30	5	0	6	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	6	0
Career totals		302	132	17	36	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	338	137	19

Honours

• 2004-2005 Conference National Play-off winner
• 2005-2006 League Two Championship winners medal
• 2010–11 League One Championship winners medal

External links

• Glenn Murray player profile at seagulls.co.uk
• Glenn Murray player profile at rochdaleafc.co.uk
• Glenn Murray player profile at carlisleunited.co.uk
• Glenn Murray career stats at Soccerbase
• Soccerway profile