1. Adam David Murray was born on 30 September 1981 and is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager at National League South club Eastbourne Borough.
64 Facts About Adam Murray
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An England under-20 international, Murray turned professional at Derby County, making his Premier League debut in April 1999.
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Adam Murray played 62 games in six seasons at Derby, including 32 Premier League matches, but struggled with alcoholism and spent four weeks in recovery at the Priory Hospital.
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Adam Murray spent time on loan at Mansfield Town and Kidderminster Harriers, before leaving Derby in November 2003.
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Adam Murray signed with Mansfield Town in June 2004, moving on to Carlisle United in March 2005.
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Adam Murray returned to the Conference Premier upon joining Oxford United in January 2008.
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Adam Murray spent two and a half seasons at Oxford and was club captain for many of his 97 appearances.
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Adam Murray remained in the Conference Premier, signing with Luton Town in July 2010.
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Adam Murray would spend four and a half seasons with Mansfield, taking his final tally with the club over his four different spells to 211 games and 24 goals.
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Adam Murray had short loan spells at Rainworth Miners Welfare and Worksop Town after falling out of favour in 2013.
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Adam Murray was appointed as Mansfield Town's assistant manager whilst still a player and became caretaker manager in November 2014.
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Adam Murray got the job permanently the following month, aged 33, and kept the club in League Two with a 21st-place finish.
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Adam Murray resigned in October 2017 and was named assistant manager at Guiseley the following month.
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Adam Murray left Guiseley in February 2018 and went on to coach at Burton Albion, Barnsley, West Bromwich Albion, Port Vale and Besiktas.
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Adam Murray served Barnsley as caretaker manager in October 2019 and October 2020.
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Adam Murray joined Cheltenham Town as assistant manager in October 2023 and was appointed manager at Eastbourne Borough in January 2024.
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On 25 February 2002, Adam Murray joined Third Division club Mansfield Town on loan.
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Adam Murray went on to score seven goals in 13 games for Mansfield, leading manager Stuart Watkiss to say that "his goals have been invaluable to us" as Mansfield secured promotion with a third-place finish.
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Adam Murray featured a total of 24 times that season, bringing his final tally at Derby to 62 appearances.
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Adam Murray's career stalled whilst he struggled with alcohol addiction problems whilst only 21-years old.
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Adam Murray was able to gain treatment at the Priory Hospital in 2003.
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Adam Murray made a swift return to football after four weeks of treatment.
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Adam Murray joined Notts County in 2003 after leaving Derby County, during this transition period he played twice in a one-week non-contract spell with Conference club Burton Albion, before returning to Notts County.
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In January 2004, Adam Murray rejoined Kidderminster Harriers and was a regular in their side until the end of the season.
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Adam Murray moved on to Brunton Park in March 2005 after Carlisle United manager Paul Simpson succeeded in his fourth attempt to sign him.
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Adam Murray was released from the club at the end of the season after his family failed to settle into the Oxford area and subsequently returned to Derby.
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Adam Murray has made a decision to put his family first, which as a family orientated club we fully understand and appreciate.
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On 7 July 2010, Adam Murray joined Conference Premier side Luton Town on a two-year contract.
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Adam Murray rejoined Mansfield Town, only 20 miles from his home in Derby, on a three-month loan deal on 1 October 2010, with a view to a permanent move taking place in January.
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On 5 January 2011, Adam Murray made his transfer permanent despite manager David Holdsworth having been replaced by Duncan Russell.
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Adam Murray was substituted 18 minutes into extra-time of the final, with the only goal of the game being scored by Darlington with just one minute left to play.
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Adam Murray was appointed club captain in August 2011 and signed a new contract three months later.
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In June 2012, Adam Murray became assistant manager at Mansfield following Micky Moore's decision to leave.
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Adam Murray signed a new one-year deal in November 2012, combining first-team duties with coaching the youth team.
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Adam Murray was loaned out to Rainworth Miners Welfare of the Northern Premier League Division One South.
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Adam Murray became caretaker manager of Mansfield Town after Paul Cox left the club 19th in the League Two table on 21 November 2014.
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Adam Murray rejected advice to take an older mentor as his assistant and instead retained existing coaches Richard Cooper and Micky Moore, who he said were "as hungry as I am for coaching".
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Adam Murray sold Rob Taylor to Tranmere Rovers after the versatile player sought a move closer to his home.
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Adam Murray made use of the loan market, bringing in Billy Kee, Callum Elder, Lenny Pidgeley, Jeffrey Monakana, Adam Smith and Terry Hawkridge.
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Adam Murray made free transfer signings of defenders Rhys Bennett and George Taft; midfielder Kevan Hurst; and forwards CJ Hamilton, Ashley Hemmings, Patrick Hoban and Darius Henderson.
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On 9 December 2016, Adam Murray was appointed as manager of Boston United, who were 15th in the National League North table.
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Adam Murray said that "the possibility of it being more of a project than a job, that's what pulled me to it".
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Adam Murray said that there was an "unbelievable" number of players eager to join the club, with summer signings including goalkeeper George Willis; defenders Bradley Beatson, James Clifton, Jack Cowgill, Taron Hare and Jordan Keane; midfielder Jamie McGuire; and forwards Ashley Hemmings, Pearson Mwanyongo, Kabongo Tshimanga and Tyrell Waite.
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Adam Murray compared his team to a baby deer after a difficult start to the new season, stating that "they're a little bit wobbly when they're born", whilst saying that "[recruitment has] not been good enough and we take ultimate responsibility for that".
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On 28 October 2017, Adam Murray left his position as manager of Boston United after a run of one win in 11 games left the club in the bottom two.
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Adam Murray later admitted it had been a mistake to take the Boston job.
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On 10 November 2017, Adam Murray was appointed as assistant manager to Paul Cox at National League side Guiseley.
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Adam Murray left the club when Cox was dismissed on 14 February 2018.
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Adam Murray went on to work as Lead Youth Development Phase coach at Burton Albion.
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Adam Murray became caretaker manager after Daniel Stendel was sacked on 8 October 2019.
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On 6 October 2020, Struber left Oakwell and Adam Murray stepped in again to serve as caretaker manager.
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Adam Murray followed Ismael to West Bromwich Albion in July 2021, and left The Hawthorns following Ismael's sacking seven months later.
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Adam Murray joined the backroom staff at Port Vale in February 2022 in order to support acting manager Andy Crosby during manager Darrell Clarke's extended period of bereavement leave.
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Adam Murray moved to Turkey the following month to assist Ismael at Super Lig champions Besiktas.
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Adam Murray left the club after three months when Ismael was sacked.
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On 14 November 2022, Adam Murray was appointed manager of National League North club AFC Fylde on a contract until June 2025.
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Adam Murray oversaw an upturn in form that led to him being awarded the league's Manager of the Month award for January 2023 having won four out of his six games in an unbeaten month.
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Adam Murray was sacked on 8 October 2023, with Fylde bottom of the National League.
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On 20 October 2023, Adam Murray joined League One club Cheltenham Town as assistant to newly appointed manager Darrell Clarke.
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On 4 January 2024, Adam Murray accepted an offer to join Eastbourne Borough as manager, with the club sitting in 21st in the National League South table following the sacking of previous manager Mark Beard.
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Adam Murray describes himself as a manager with an eye for detail to get the most from the resources available by working on 'marginal gains' to get the extra one per cent advantage to improve his player's and teams' performances.
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At Mansfield, Adam Murray developed a passing game adopted from the Dutch total football model but tailored to lower league players.
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Adam Murray is known to be an advocate of sports science, sports analysis, strength and conditioning, and sports psychology within football to achieve maximum gains on the field.
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Adam Murray has often spoken about the importance of building the right infrastructure for his teams including the importance of a strong academy system for young players to develop into the first-team environment.