Rushian Hepburn-Murphy’s double ended Swindon’s five-match winless run in a 3-1 victory over Tranmere.Following an opening 20 minutes desperately low on quality, Sean McGurk added some. He got the ball in the box, sold the defender with a dummy and then fired a shot beyond Luke McGee.Tranmere did not need long to respond as a block fell to Rob Apter on the edge of the area and he dri...Full Story »

Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy believes Manchester United will be stronger without Bruno Fernandes today. United go to Liverpool without their captain due to suspension. But Murphy wrote for the Daily Mail: "The United captain's suspension makes the manager's game-plan easier. Bruno is a great player but to shoehorn him into the team at Anfield, Erik ten Hag would have needed to pl...Full Story »

Des Buckingham singled out Josh Murphy after League One Oxford saw off last year’s FA Cup giant-killers Grimsby 2-0 at the Kassam Stadium to reach the third round.Murphy made the first goal – converted by Marcus McGuane – after 11 minutes, with substitute Billy Bodin heading in the second from Cameron Brannagan’s cross 15 minutes from time to give Buckingham his first win...Full Story »

Rhys Murphy hit a brace to send Yeovil into the second round of FA Cup after a 3-2 win over Gateshead at Huish Park.Murphy gave the Glovers an early lead before Jordan Stevens doubled the advantage.Murphy added a second to put Yeovil in complete control but a pair of late goals from Marcus Dinanga kept them on their toes.Yeovil started brightly and Murphy turned in a long ball over goalkeeper Ar...Full Story »

Swindon got back to winning ways as goals from Dan Kemp and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy saw the Robins defeat Newport 2-0 in League Two.It took the hosts just eight minutes to find the back of the net as Charlie Austin played a perfect through ball for Kemp, who beat goalkeeper Jonny Maxted to the ball, took it around the goalkeeper and slotted it into the net.Poor play on the ball from Swindon saw N...Full Story »

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy scored his first league goals for Swindon as they ran out 3-0 winners against Harrogate Town.Swindon took the lead after eight minutes when Remeao Hutton picked out an unmarked Hepburn-Murphy with a cross and he nodded it across the goalkeeper and into the corner of the net.Hepburn-Murphy got his second shortly before the break after a fine move saw Jacob Wakeling cut the ...Full Story »

New Swindon Town manager Jody Morris was critical of referee Neil Hair after his promotion hopefuls were beaten 2-1 at struggling Newport County having played with 10 men for 75 minutes.Rushian Hepburn-Murphy was shown a straight red card after quarter of an hour for shoving Cameron Norman in the face after a touchline scuffle.But Morris, who took over the Robins on Tuesday, is adamant that his ...Full Story »

St Johnstone forward Jamie Murphy is fit to face former club Rangers after recovering from a knee injury.Graham Carey has shown no ill effects following his comeback last weekend while Callum Booth has returned to full training following an Achilles injury.Chris Kane (knee), Murray Davidson (ankle) and Cammy MacPherson (thigh) are unlikely to return before the World Cup.Rangers midfielder John L...Full Story »

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks ahead of Swindon’s Sky Bet League Two clash with Northampton.Forward Hepburn-Murphy suffered a torn hamstring tendon after stepping off the bench in last weekend’s 2-1 win at Grimsby, having not long returned from a lengthy lay-off with hip issues.Louis Reed returns after missing the Grimsby fixture through injury, while bo...Full Story »

Oxford are without Josh Murphy for the visit of Lincoln.The winger may be sidelined for up to four weeks with a hamstring problem.Kyle Joseph could be handed a full debut for the U’s.The striker came off the bench at Bristol Rovers on Saturday after completing his loan switch from Swansea.Lincoln will assess the fitness of Tashan Oakley-Boothe.The on-loan Stoke midfielder went off during t...Full Story »

Mansfield could be without Jamie Murphy for Northampton’s visit.The on-loan Hibernian winger was forced off in the first half of the midweek draw with Hartlepool due to a hamstring issue, to add to the Stags’ injury list.Matty Longstaff missed out on Tuesday with a foot injury.Kieran Wallace (knock) was an unused substitute at Hartlepool and it remains to be seen whether he could pla...Full Story »

A superb second-half strike from Luke Murphy gave Crewe a vital 2-1 victory at fellow League One strugglers Morecambe.Murphy volleyed past Morecambe keeper Kyle Letheren after 59 minutes to give Dave Artell’s side their first away win of the season and at the same time put Morecambe under more pressure at the wrong end of the table.Crewe started well with Tom Lowery drilling a low shot int...Full Story »

Jamie Murphy set up the equaliser and scored the winner as Hibernian came from behind to beat 10-man St Johnstone following a late turnaround at McDiarmid Park.Saints had led until the 83rd minute, but Murphy played in Kevin Nisbet to level before netting himself three minutes later following an expert assist from fellow substitute Scott Allan to seal a 2-1 victory.Saints captain Liam Gordon hea...Full Story »

Rhys Murphy struck twice as Southend overcame fellow Vanarama National League strugglers Dover 4-1 to claim a first win under new manager Kevin Maher.Murphy opened the scoring on the half-hour mark by turning home Zak Brunt’s corner from close range.He doubled the lead from the penalty spot five minutes later after Jack Bridge had been brought down.Murphy turned provider to set up Sam Dalb...Full Story »

Preston will be without Josh Murphy for their Carabao Cup third-round clash with Cheltenham.The midfielder is cup tied after playing in the earlier rounds of the tournament for his parent club Cardiff.Defender Patrick Bauer could be a doubt having received stitches after breaking his nose during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with West Brom.Connor Wickham will be hoping for another opportunity after ...Full Story »

Tranmere goalkeeper Joe Murphy will miss the Sky Bet League Two visit of Salford.The 40-year-old was carried off last weekend with concussion and he has not fully recovered from that injury, meaning Ross Doohan will make the first EFL start of his career after joining on loan from Celtic this summer.Winger Callum McManaman sustained a dead leg in last weekend’s defeat at Rochdale but shoul...Full Story »

Manager Micky Mellon hailed goalkeeper Joe Murphy as Tranmere maintained their record of not conceding a league goal this season with a 0-0 draw at Swindon.Murphy made two superb saves to claim his third clean sheet in as many matches.Mellon said: “I think it’s every credit to both sets of players. They both went at it from the first whistle.“A 0-0 draw does not reflect how the...Full Story »

Goalkeeper Joe Murphy was the hero as Tranmere’s early-season run of not conceding continued as they saw out a 0-0 draw at Swindon.Murphy made two excellent saves to register his third clean sheet in as many league games.In the 69th minute, Harry McKirdy was played in one-on-one by Jack Payne before being denied brilliantly by Murphy.Seven minutes later, Murphy kept out McKirdy again after...Full Story »