Brian Barry-Murphy

Brian Barry-Murphy

Barry-Murphy playing for Bury in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Brian Barry-Murphy[1]
Date of birth	(1978-07-27) 27 July 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Cork City	82	(2)
1999–2003	Preston North End	21	(0)
2002	→ Southend United (loan)	8	(1)
2002	→ Hartlepool United (loan)	7	(0)
2003–2004	Sheffield Wednesday	58	(0)
2004–2010	Bury	218	(13)
2010–2018	Rochdale	66	(1)
Total		433	(17)
International career
2003–2004	Republic of Ireland U21	2	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2021	Rochdale
2021–2024	Manchester City EDS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Barry-Murphy (born 27 July 1978) is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder in the Football League.

He began his career at his hometown club Cork City. In 1999, he moved to English club Preston North End, but began to establish himself in league football with loan spells at Southend United and Hartlepool United. He would go on to play for Sheffield Wednesday, and Bury before signing for local rivals Rochdale in 2010.

Barry-Murphy has played internationally for the Republic of Ireland twice at under-21 level.

Early life

Barry-Murphy was born in Cork.^[1] His father, Jimmy, was a Gaelic footballer and hurler, and manager, who is widely considered to be one of the most iconic players in the history of Gaelic games.^[3]

Club career

Brian Barry-Murphy has previously played for Cork City, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday as well as representing the Republic of Ireland at Under 21 level. He also had loan spells at Southend United and Hartlepool United. It was at Southend in which he scored his first goal in English football in a game against Leyton Orient.^[4] He scored the 1,000th goal for Bury in Tier 4 of the English Football League in a 2–2 draw with Wrexham.^{[citation needed]} This made them the first club to score 1,000 goals in all four tiers of the league.

Rochdale

On 16 June 2010 Barry-Murphy agreed terms with Rochdale and signed a four-year contract in July. He scored his first and only goal for Rochdale in a 3–1 defeat at MK Dons on 5 November 2011.^[5] Barry-Murphy was club's first team coach, as well as retaining his registration as the club's senior outfield player.^[6]

Managerial career

Barry-Murphy was appointed Rochdale's caretaker manager in March 2019 following the sacking of Keith Hill.^[7] In April 2019 he was appointed permanent manager on a two-year contract.^[8] On 30 June 2021, Barry-Murphy resigned from his position as manager.^[9]

On 24 July 2021, Barry-Murphy was announced as the manager of the Manchester City Elite Development Squad.^[10]

On 8 July 2024, Barry-Murphy left the club after having a highly successful three-year spell in charge of City’s EDS and Academy.^[11]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 June 2021^[12]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Rochdale	4 March 2019	30 June 2021	109	34	28	47	031.2
Total			109	34	28	47	031.2

References

1. "Brian Barry-Murphy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. Rollin, Jack, ed. (2003). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003–2004. London: Headline. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-7553-1228-3.
3. O'Connor, Christy (2 May 2015). "I was in two minds whether or not to stay on after Tipp defeat - Jimmy Barry-Murphy". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Barry-Murphy's son Brian is first-team coach at Rochdale now in League Two in England. When he finishes his pro-European licence in the summer, he will have all his coaching badges. They share coaching ideas but Barry-Murphy still knows what he wants.
4. "Leyton Orient 2–1 Southend". BBC Sport. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
5. "MK Dons 3–1 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
6. "Rochdale: Brian Barry-Murphy remains as player-coach". BBC Sport. 24 June 2014.
7. "Rochdale: Keith Hill sacked as manager by League One club". BBC Sport. 4 March 2019.
8. "Brian Barry-Murphy: Rochdale appoint caretaker manager as permanent boss". BBC Sport. 3 April 2019.
9. "Club Statement: Brian Barry-Murphy". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. 30 June 2021.
10. "Academy Management Structure Confirmed". Manchester City. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
11. "Barry-Murphy leaves City". Manchester City. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
12. "Managers: Brian Barry-Murphy". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

• Brian Barry-Murphy at Soccerbase
• Brian Barry-Murphy at Soccerway