Murray Edward Fishlock (born 23 September 1973) is an English former footballer who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...

Career

Fishlock was born in

Marlborough, Wiltshire Marlborough ( , ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English Counties of England, county of Wiltshire on the A4 road (England), Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath, Somerset, Bath. Th ...

. He began his football career as a junior with

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

, but never appeared for the first team. He left for Gloucester City in 1992, where he made 74 appearances and scored 6 goals in all competitions. He joined

Trowbridge Town Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They compete at Step 7 in the and play at Woodmarsh, on the southern edge of the town. History A Trowbridge Town team was originally formed in 1880 and ...

in order to be nearer home and college, but manager

John Layton John Henry Layton (born 29 June 1951) is an English former football player and coach who spent much of his career at Hereford United, both as a player and a manager. He played as a centre back. He made over 200 league appearances for Hereford ...

soon signed him for Third Division club

. He made his debut in

on 1 October 1994 in a 2–1 home win against

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in ...

. He had three seasons in the Football League and one in the

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with Hereford before moving to

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

. He played 57 games in all competitions for Yeovil, scoring twice, and was

capped In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the e ...

for the England semi-professional representative team, before suffering a back injury in a game against

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the , the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1983 afte ...

in January 2000. The injury would eventually force him to retire from the game, after two years on the sidelines and a few appearances with lower-league clubs including

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in north-west Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'', and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settleme ...

, Melksham Town,

Chippenham Town Chippenham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of and play their games at Hardenhuish Park. History The club states it was established in 1873,

, and

Pewsey Vale Pewsey Vale vineyard was founded in Eden Valley, South Australia during 1847 by Englishman, Joseph Gilbert. It is currently part of S.Smith and son. It was the first vineyard established in what is now the Eden Valley wine region

. From September 2005 to March 2014, Fishlock worked for the

Football Foundation The Football Foundation is the United Kingdom's largest sports charity, channelling funding from the Premier League, The FA and the government (through Sport England) into transforming the landscape of grassroots sport in England. History Launc ...

. After a brief period working for LK2 Architects and LK2 Sport & Leisure as a consultant, Murray then returned to the

in 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fishlock, Murray 1973 births Living people People from Marlborough, Wiltshire Footballers from Wiltshire English men's footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Swindon Town F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Trowbridge Town F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Woking F.C. players Melksham Town F.C. players Chippenham Town F.C. players Pewsey Vale F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players