Steve Murray (footballer)

For other people with the same name, see Stephen Murray.

Steve Murray

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-10-09) 9 October 1944 (age 78)
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

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.

Playing career

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.

Management

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]

Family

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]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Divison	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

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1971	1	0
Total		1	0

Managerial record

^{[11] [12]}

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%

Honours

Dundee

• Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1

1963–64

• Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1

1967–68

Celtic

• Scottish League Division One: 1

1973–74

• Scottish Cup: 2

1973–74, 1974–75

• Scottish League Cup: 1

1974–75

Dundee United

• Scottish League Cup: 1

1979–80

References

1. "Steve Murray". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
2. "SFAQs". ScottishLeague.net. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
3. "Dundee United A–Z (M)". Dundee United FC. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
4. "Coach Chris Murray". San Clemente United Soccer Club. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
5. "Biography". www.stm-paintings.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
6. "Steve Murray | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. "Celtic Player Steve Murray Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
9. "Steve Murray | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". www.arabarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
10. "Steve Murray | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
11. "Forfar Athletic Manager Steve Murray Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
12. "Montrose Manager Steve Murray Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

• Steve Murray at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
• Steve Murray at the Scottish Football Association