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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.

Steve Murray

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-10-09) 9 October 1944 (age 77)
Place of birth	Dumbarton, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	St Patrick's Dumbarton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1969	Dundee	179	(18)
1969–1973	Aberdeen	101	(20)
1973–1976	Celtic	62	(11)
1979–1980	Dundee United	3	(0)
Total		345	(49)
National team
1971	Scotland	1	(0)
Teams managed
1980	Forfar Athletic
1982	Montrose
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Scottish League Cup Final that year.

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]

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

External links

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

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