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John Murray (born 2 March 1948) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League, most notably for Reading and Bury.[1] He later served as youth team manager at Northampton Town.[2]

John Murray

Personal information
Full name	John Murray[1]
Date of birth	(1948-03-02) 2 March 1948 (age 74)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1970	Burnley	22	(6)
1970–1971	Blackpool	9	(1)
1971–1974	Bury	126	(37)
1974–1978	Reading	131	(44)
1978	Brentford	5	(1)
Teams managed
1982–1984	Newbury Town
	Wallington
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burnley	1966–67[3]	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	1968–69[3]		13	5	0	0	5	4	18	9
	1969–70[3]		6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	Total		22	6	0	0	5	4	27	10
Blackpool	1970–71[4]	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Reading	1974–75[5]	Fourth Division	44	12	1	0	6	1	51	13
	1975–76[6]		37	15	1	0	2	0	40	15
	1976–77[7]	Third Division	42	16	3	1	3	2	48	19
	1977–78[8]	Fourth Division	8	1	0	0	3	1	11	2
	Total		131	44	5	1	14	4	150	49
Brentford	1977–78[9]	Fourth Division	5	1	—		—		5	1
Career total			160	51	5	1	19	8	184	60

Honours

As a player

Reading

• Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1975–76[6]

As a manager

Newbury Town

• Athenian League: 1982–83[10]

References

External links

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

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