Kenneth Murphy is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 former footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who played international football for Australia.

Career

Murphy signed for Dundee United

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

 as a youngster but never played for the first team. Murphy moved onto to Forfar Athletic

Forfar Athletic F.C.

Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...

 before migrating to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Here, he played for a number of clubs, also qualifying for the national team. Another Dundonian, Allan Boath

Allan Boath

Allan Roderick Boath is a former association football player, who represented New Zealand at international level.-Career:...

, played for New Zealand under similar circumstances

Murphy managed former club Melbourne Knights

Melbourne Knights

Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...

 from 1991 to 1992. Murphy left his assistant role at another former club, South Melbourne

South Melbourne FC

South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...

, in 2005 to manage Altona Magic

Altona Magic

Altona Magic Soccer Club is a football team based in Altona North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They currently play in the Victorian State League Division 1.-History:...

 although he left after just over a year. In July 2006, two weeks after leaving Altona, he took over at Kingston City

Kingston City FC

Kingston City Football Club is an Australian Association football club from Clayton South, Victoria, a suburb within the municipality of Kingston, Victoria. They are currently managed by Con Nitsikas . The club won the Victorian State League Division 3 South East in 2011...

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