Midway through the 2009 season, Murphy was dropped as first choice goalkeeper by Michael O'Neill and replaced by new signing, Alan Mannus who held on to the position for the remainder of the campaign.

[3] He was unveiled to the Bohemians fans in a pre-season friendly against Athlone Town,[4] and made his league debut for Bohs at home to Sporting Fingal on 5 March.

When Chris O'Connor was suspended towards the end of the season, Murphy regained his place and put in some man of the match performances, most notably against St. Patrick's Athletic on 9 October.

[10] However, he lost his place to Brendan Clarke who appeared in all of the Inchicore sides six 2012–13 UEFA Europa League games and the 2012 FAI Cup final.

[11] It was announced that Murphy had returned to St Patrick's Athletic for the 2017 season on 9 January 2017 alongside Kurtis Byrne of Bohemians and Alex O'Hanlon from Liverpool.

[13][14] With Jaros on international duty with the Czech Republic U21 side,[15] Murphy made his first appearance since 2019 on 3 September 2021 in a 3–2 win over Longford Town at Richmond Park.