Murray Fishlock

Murray Fishlock
Personal information
Full name Murray Edward Fishlock[1]
Date of birth (1973-09-23) 23 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Marlborough, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Gloucester City
1994 Trowbridge Town
1994–1998 Hereford United 110 (6)
1998–2000 Yeovil Town 47 (2)
2002 Woking
2002Melksham Town (loan)
2002 Chippenham Town
2007 Pewsey Vale
International career
1999 England semi-pro 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Murray Edward Fishlock (born 23 September 1973)[3] is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a left back for Hereford United.[4]

Career

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Fishlock was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire.[3] He began his football career as a junior with Swindon Town, but never appeared for the first team. He left for Gloucester City in 1992, where he made 74 appearances and scored 6 goals in all competitions. He joined Trowbridge Town in order to be nearer home and college,[5] but manager John Layton soon signed him for Third Division club Hereford United. He made his debut in the Football League on 1 October 1994 in a 2–1 home win against Scunthorpe United. He had three seasons in the Football League and one in the Conference with Hereford before moving to Yeovil Town.[6]

He played 57 games in all competitions for Yeovil, scoring twice,[7] and was capped for the England semi-professional representative team,[8] before suffering a back injury in a game against Dover Athletic in January 2000.[9] The injury would eventually force him to retire from the game, after two years on the sidelines[10] and a few appearances with lower-league clubs including Woking,[11] Melksham Town,[12] Chippenham Town,[13] and Pewsey Vale.[14]

From September 2005 to March 2014, Fishlock worked for the Football Foundation.

References

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  1. ^ "Murray Fishlock". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1995–96. London: Headline. p. 441. ISBN 0-7472-7823-7. OCLC 60284604.
  3. ^ a b "Murray Fishlock". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Hereford United : 1946/47–1996/97 & 2006/07–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Murray Fishlock". Tiger Roar. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Murray Fishlock". The Independent Hereford United Online Archive. Terry Goodwin. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Murray Fishlock: Player Profile". Ciderspace. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Semi-Professional Honours". Ciderspace. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  9. ^ "Dover (away) January 2000". Ciderspace. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  10. ^ "Farewell to Murray?". Ciderspace. 27 August 2000. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  11. ^ "Cards given Holli boost". GetSurrey. S&B Media. 11 January 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  12. ^ "Bishop Sutton 2, Melksham Town 2". Swindon Advertiser. 15 February 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Fishlock's Back May Be Healed For Start". Swindon Advertiser. 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  14. ^ "Wiltshire League: Stalemate Between College And Westbury". Swindon Advertiser. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
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