John Murphy (Irish footballer)

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John Murphy was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

He played for Bohemians during his career in the League of Ireland and made just 5 league appearances for Bohs, all of them coming in the 1975/76 season. He also made 1 appearance for the club in European competition.^[1].

A skilful forward, he is most famous for scoring the winner in the 1990 FAI Cup Semi-Final as non-league St. Francis F.C. caused a huge shock by beating his former club Bohemians.