Ex Cork City player Dan Murray back in limelight with Midleton in FAI Cup

Dan Murray didn’t expect to be playing on Fridays.

The defender retired from the League of Ireland’s Friday night lights in December, but will return for another encore at Tallaght Stadium this evening, on a cup giant-killing mission against his former club, Shamrock Rovers, with long-odds outsiders Midleton.

“With the draw we’ve got, you couldn’t make it up,” says Murray, who wasn’t considering the Magpies’ FAI Cup entry when he signed four months ago. “The only one better it could’ve been was if we had it at home, or if we’d drawn Cork City, but I’m looking forward to the game. I’ve always liked playing in Tallaght – I have some good memories from there.”