‘Fans were asking me where was my wheelchair and my Zimmer frame but it’s all good fun’

‘Fans were asking me where was my wheelchair and my Zimmer frame but it’s all good fun’ – Tranmere’s Joe Murphy (44)

Irish goalkeeper is the oldest player in English league football and reveals his near-miss Liverpool move and what life is like as a veteran pro and coach

Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper Joe Murphy is the oldest player currently playing across the leagues in England. Photo: Lewis Storey/Getty Images

The four goals scored against him, in a match in England’s fourth tier last week, were not the only salvos aimed at Joe Murphy, the Dubliner who played in goal for Tranmere Rovers at the age of 44.

“I got stick at Walsall, they were asking me where was my wheelchair and my Zimmer frame but it’s all good fun, I don’t mind,” says Murphy.