Murray Fishlock

Murray Fishlock
Personal information
Full name	Murray Edward Fishlock
Date of birth	23 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Marlborough, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	Gloucester City
1994	Trowbridge Town
1994–1998	Hereford United
1998–2000	Yeovil Town
2002	Woking
2002	→ Melksham Town (loan)
2002	Chippenham Town
2007	Pewsey Vale
International career
1999	England semi-pro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Murray Edward Fishlock (born 23 September 1973)^[3] is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a left back for Hereford United.^[4]

Career

Fishlock was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire.^[3] He began his football career as a junior with Swindon Town, but never appeared for the first team. He left for Gloucester City in 1992, where he made 74 appearances and scored 6 goals in all competitions. He joined Trowbridge Town in order to be nearer home and college,^[5] but manager John Layton soon signed him for Third Division club Hereford United. He made his debut in the Football League on 1 October 1994 in a 2–1 home win against Scunthorpe United. He had three seasons in the Football League and one in the Conference with Hereford before moving to Yeovil Town.^[6]

He played 57 games in all competitions for Yeovil, scoring twice,^[7] and was capped for the England semi-professional representative team,^[8] before suffering a back injury in a game against Dover Athletic in January 2000.^[9] The injury would eventually force him to retire from the game, after two years on the sidelines^[10] and a few appearances with lower-league clubs including Woking,^[11] Melksham Town,^[12] Chippenham Town,^[13] and Pewsey Vale.^[14]

From September 2005 to March 2014, Fishlock worked for the Football Foundation.

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^ "Bishop Sutton 2, Melksham Town 2". Swindon Advertiser. 15 February 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Fishlock's Back May Be Healed For Start". Swindon Advertiser. 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
^ "Wiltshire League: Stalemate Between College And Westbury". Swindon Advertiser. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}