Award Murphy won
the Football League's
Contribution to Football award on 5 March 2006 selected by listeners of
BBC Radio 5 Live's
Sport on Five.
Huddersfield Town Academy In February 2007, Huddersfield's 23-man first-team squad included 15 academy graduates. The most notable graduate was
Jon Stead who was sold to
Premier League side
Blackburn Rovers for £1.25m in February 2004.
Managerial positions Following
Peter Jackson's contract termination on 6 March 2007, Murphy was put in temporary charge of Huddersfield Town's first team affairs, a role that lasted for six games until 11 April 2007. Then on 17 April 2007, Murphy was appointed director of football development. In addition to his position as academy director he was handed control of the club's scouting activities. ==Death==