Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka miviri yakatevera yakanga isingafadzi zvikuru uye Murphy pakupedzisira akasiya basa muna May 1985, pashure pemakore manomwe paSincil Bank. Kuenda kwake kwakauya mazuva gumi chete Lincoln asati atamba neBradford pazuva rokupedzisira remwaka mumutambo umo 56 vaoni vakafa munjodzi yeBradford City
. Nguva yaMurphy inorangarirwa nemufaro nevakatendeka veImps, nevatambi vakaita saSteve Thompson, Glenn Cockerill, Trevor Peake, Mick Harford, Tony Cunningham, Dave Felgate naJohn Fashanu (vakasainwa naMurphy) vachipa chimwe chezvikwata zvakanakisa munhoroondo yeLincoln.