1. Glenn Murray was born on 25 September 1983 and is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker between 2002 and 2021.
28 Facts About Glenn Murray
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Glenn Murray announced his retirement on 31 May 2021, after a short spell with Nottingham Forest.
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Glenn Murray played for 13 clubs overall, starting with local side Workington Reds.
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Glenn Murray spent one season with the North Carolina club playing 14 times and scoring three goals in the USL Professional League.
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Glenn Murray then signed for Conference National side Carlisle United and was part of the Conference play-off-winning team in 2005 and League Two-winning side a season later where they came runners-up in the Football League Trophy, with Glenn Murray coming on as a substitute.
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Glenn Murray joined Stockport County on loan for two months and he returned to Carlisle after this loan deal,.
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Glenn Murray then signed for the club on a contract until 2009, for an undisclosed fee.
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Glenn Murray made 31 league appearances in his first season with the club and scored 16 goals.
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Glenn Murray made 42 league appearances scoring 21 goals, giving him an average of one goal every two games in his Rochdale career.
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On 24 May 2011, Glenn Murray signed a three-year contract with Crystal Palace, Brighton's main rivals.
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Manager Dougie Freedman said that Glenn Murray was the type of player that his squad needed.
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Glenn Murray missed the play-off final, in which Palace secured promotion to the Premier League, having suffered a serious knee injury in the semi-final against Brighton.
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On 1 September 2014, transfer deadline day, Glenn Murray moved to Championship club Reading on loan until 1 January 2015.
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Eight days later, Glenn Murray was selected in the Football Manager Team of the Decade at the Football League Awards.
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Brighton repeated that scoreline at Falmer Stadium four days later against Rotherham United, and Glenn Murray was again on the scoresheet.
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Glenn Murray had scored 15 goals in 28 appearances while on loan to the club in the first half of the season.
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Glenn Murray signed a one-year contract extension on 13 November that runs to the summer of 2020.
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On 1 September 2020, Glenn Murray signed for Championship club Watford on a one-year loan deal.
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On 30 January 2021, Glenn Murray was recalled by Brighton, following a significant lack of game time.
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Glenn Murray sits in second place in Brighton's all time top goalscorers list 12 goals behind Tommy Cook from 1921 to 1929.
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On 1 February 2021, Glenn Murray signed a permanent deal with Championship side Nottingham Forest until the end of the season on a free transfer, linking up with former Brighton manager Chris Hughton and players Anthony Knockaert and Gaetan Bong.
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Glenn Murray managed 2 goals in his 16 league appearances for Forest.
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On 31 May 2021, Glenn Murray announced his retirement with immediate effect via social media at the age of 37, thanking "clubs, players and fans I've come across on this life changing journey".
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Glenn Murray achieved 202 goals in 560 league appearances, scoring 37 times in 148 Premier League matches.
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Glenn Murray asked to call up former teammate Bruno during his team's loss in the long running game show.
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Glenn Murray has appeared as a pundit on several broadcasters coverage of football including Sky Sports.
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Glenn Murray has appeared as a commentating pundit and as a panellist on the 72+ EFL show on BBC Radio 5 Live and covered 5 Live's Brighton Premier League fixture at home to Tottenham Hotspur on 31 January 2021, this coming one day before he left The Seagulls to sign for Nottingham Forest.
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Glenn Murray has made appearances on sport based radio station TalkSPORT.