# Steve Murray (footballer)

Steve Murray (born 9 October 1944) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the north-east of Scotland, with Dundee and Aberdeen. Murray also enjoyed success with Glasgow club Celtic and represented Scotland once. He later managed Forfar Athletic and Montrose.

## Playing career

Murray began his career in the early 1960s with Dundee, spending six years at Dens Park and picking up runners-up medals in both domestic cup competitions, making around 200 appearances in total.
In 1970, he became Aberdeen's record signing in a £50,000 deal, missing the 1970 Scottish Cup final due to being cup-tied but winning a solitary Scotland cap in 1971, coincidentally in a fixture played at Pittodrie. Following Martin Buchan's departure to Manchester United, Murray became captain.
He moved to Celtic in a £55,000 deal in May 1973 after a contractual disagreement. Murray won all three domestic competitions during his two years at Celtic Park, retiring due to a toe injury in early 1976.
Murray joined Dundee United in 1979 as a scout but after having acupuncture treatment was able to resume his playing career and made three league appearances, also appearing as a substitute in the first game of the Scottish League Cup final that season.

## Management

In 1980, Murray began his managerial career with Forfar Athletic, but resigned one training session and three days later. He returned to management two years later with Montrose; however he left to pursue a career in banking.
Murray then returned to former club Dundee United as assistant manager in July 1989. However he had a fall-out with then manager Jim McLean (a teammate in the 1967 Scottish League Cup final). Murray left before the end of the year, later winning a "substantial sum" in a court action.

## Family

Murray, whose son Chris was a youth player at Dundee United, Celtic and had coaching spells with Dundee and Brechin City, has now retired from banking and now concentrates on his painting.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dundee | 1963–64 | Scottish Division One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dundee | 1964–65 | Scottish Division One | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 |
| Dundee | 1965–66 | Scottish Division One | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9 |
| Dundee | 1966–67 | Scottish Division One | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Dundee | 1967–68 | Scottish Division One | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| Dundee | 1968–69 | Scottish Division One | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Dundee | 1969–70 | Scottish Division One | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Dundee | Total | Total | 179 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 237 | 20 |
| Aberdeen | 1969–70 | Scottish Division One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Aberdeen | 1970–71 | Scottish Division One | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 |
| Aberdeen | 1971–72 | Scottish Division One | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 10 |
| Aberdeen | 1972–73 | Scottish Division One | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 6 |
| Aberdeen | Total | Total | 101 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 140 | 25 |
| Celtic | 1973–74 | Scottish Division One | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 9 |
| Celtic | 1974–75 | Scottish Division One | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 12 |
| Celtic | 1975–76 | Scottish Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Celtic | Total | Total | 62 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 100 | 21 |
| Dundee United | 1979–80 | Scottish Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 345 | 48 | 28 | 5 | 82 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 482 | 66 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 |

## Managerial record

| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | P | W | L | D | Win % |
| Forfar Athletic | 1980 | 1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Montrose | 1982 | 1983 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 31.03% |
| Total | Total | Total | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35.00% |

## Honours
### Dundee

* Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
       1963–64
* Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1
       1967–68

### Celtic

* Scottish League Division One: 1
       1973–74
* Scottish Cup: 2
       1973–74, 1974–75
* Scottish League Cup: 1
       1974–75

### Dundee United

* Scottish League Cup: 1
       1979–80