Gerry Murphy
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Gerry Murphy is the caretaker manager of Huddersfield Town F.C. where he has been the Academy Manager since 1988.
Murphy won the Football League's Contribution to Football award on 5 March 2006 selected by listeners of BBC Radio Five Live's Sport on Five.[1]
As a measure of his success, in February 2007 Huddersfield's 23-man first-team squad included 15 academy graduates.[2] Murphy said "Every academy has its own way, we like to keep quantity low and quality high."[2]
Following Peter Jackson's sacking on March 6, 2007, Murphy was put in temporary charge of Huddersfield Town's first team affairs.[3]
In his first game in charge, Murphy led Huddersfield to a well deserved 2-0 victory over their local rivals and relegation contenders Bradford City. On loan striker Paul Hayes and the mercurial Danny Schofield were the scorers for the Town.
[edit] References
- ^ "Jagielka Named Championship Player Of The Year", Tony Leighton, The Football League, 5 March 2006
- ^ a b "Graduates have made the grade in League One", Daily Mail, 16 February 2007
- ^ "Huddersfield sack manager Jackson", BBC Sport, 2007-03-06. Retrieved on March 6, 2007.
| Preceded by Peter Jackson |
Huddersfield Town F.C. Manager (Caretaker) 2007- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Huddersfield Town F.C. - Current Squad |
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2 Holdsworth | 3 Taylor | 4 Hudson | 5 Mirfin | 6 N. Clarke | 8 Worthington | 10 Taylor-Fletcher | 11 Schofield | 12 Ahmed | 13 Sinclair | 14 T. Clarke | 15 McAliskey | 16 McIntosh | 17 McCombe | 18 Beckett | 19 Collins | 20 Racchi | 21 Hardy | 22 Young | 23 Booth | 25 Berrett | 26 Eastwood | 27 Glennon | 30 Hand | 31 Skarz | 35 Smithies | Caretaker Manager: Murphy |
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