'Scary' Kevin Doyle bombshell won’t faze Daryl Murphy

Football’s place in the grand scheme of things was made plain again last week with the news of Kevin Doyle’s forced retirement.

Daryl Murphy could empathise even as he strives to book a berth at next year’s World Cup.

Murphy and Doyle made their moves from the League of Ireland to England within weeks of one another in the summer of 2005. Both natives of the sunny southeast, Murphy is just six months older than his former fellow striker.