Michael Murphy

Right Forward - Stevenage U18
4 Mar 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Michael Murphy

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The Stevenage Post

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

4 matches without a win for Stevenage

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Stevenage are no longer polite ones.

The dugout

Mathaeus Roberts frozen out at Stevenage

This is not rotation. Mathaeus Roberts has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Stevenage is pretending otherwise.

The dugout

Jordan Roberts gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

A bad afternoon for Stevenage against Stockport County

0‑1 to Stockport County, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

A row about effort at Stevenage

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jamie Reid was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Michael Murphy out for 25 days

The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Michael Murphy, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Stevenage

Camilo Lozano was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout

Alexander Martin: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout

Taye Ashby-Hammond gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Taye Ashby-Hammond is on it.

In brief