Former Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray has announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. The lethal finisher played a pivotal role in getting Palace promoted to the Premier League in the 2012/13 season, scoring 30 goals in a season to take the club to the brink of the promised land. His contribution for both the Eagles and the Seagulls has enshrined him in the history of each club. He’s also among the likes of Jamie Vardy to have made it all the way from non-league football to the top division in his career – but he says it is time now to bring an end to his journey as a professional footballer.
Glenn Murray said: “I feel as though the time is right and I wanted to retire at a good level. I’ve had a lot of good years in the game, but this seems the right time to call it a day. I am getting off the football merry-go-round, the structure of being told what to do for 20 years. I am looking forward to making some of my own decisions I suppose! I have got a lot of options, there are a lot of things going on in the background. The media work is something I want to pursue and I am looking forward to starting a new chapter of my life. I don’t know if I am a natural at the media work! But it keeps me in the game that I love, it gets me going to different grounds and I think I will always need that to feel close to the grass and be a part of professional football in England. It would be too strange for me to cut it off entirely and not have anything to do with. Football is all I know.”
