Josh Murphy

Josh Murphy is an English manager who's only role at club level has been with Wolverhampton Wanderers, a club he has always supported. He has managed Wolves since 2012.

Wolves Career
Josh Murphy took over as the Wolves manager in the season of 2012-13, following their relegation from the premier league. Not only did he inherit the old boys from Mick McCarthy's squad, but he also took on various other players signed by Stale Solbachen, including the likes of Bjorn Sigurdarson and Bakary Sako.

He was succesfully able to bring in a few of his own players, and sold the players he deemed unworthy of a spot in the side, doing so allowed him to gain promotion in the first time of asking. Since being promoted to the Premiership Murphy has solidified the team, creating an excellent mixture of youth and experience to allow Wolves to become a solid Premiership team who no longer look like ever being relegated.

International Career
Initially Murphy gave the impression that he was reluctant to manage on an International level. After impressing with Wolves he was offered several international jobs, and after rejecting many he eventually decided that the Republic of Ireland was the role for him. It was later revealed that he had previously rejected the Republic of Ireland the year before, however this time he couldn't reject.

When Murphy accepted the Ireland role they had already qualified for the Eauropean Championship, however their performances in the competition were not enough to see them through to the knock out rounds, and were eliminated.

The following season Ireland were involved in Murphy's first world cup qualifiers. Once again Ireland failed under Murphy, and they were unable to even make it out of the World Cup qualifiers, putting Murphy's role in jepardy. However, great results over rival nation Nothern Ireland were enough to secure his position.