Murray Davidson

Murray Davidson (born 7 March 1988) is a Scottish footballer, who plays for St Johnstone, where he has been since 2009. Davidson started his career at Livingston in 2006, with a loan spell at Cowdenbeath in 2007.

He has played once for Scotland, in 2012 and plays as a midfielder.

Club Career

Livingston

After appearing for Leithen Vale, Davidson started his senior career with Livingston. In the 2006–07 season, he made his debut against his future club, St Johnstone, coming on as a substitute for Graham Dorrans in the 85th minute, in a 2–1 win and would make one more appearance that season. Shortly after making his Livingston debut, in January 2007, Davidson moved on loan to Scottish Third Division club Cowdenbeath. He later spoke about how the move had helped him in his career.

The following season, Davidson made six appearances, and scored his first career goal – again against St Johnstone– in the final game of the season, in a 5–2 loss. However, during the season, Davidson was sent off twice; first was in a game against Dundee for receiving a second yellow card on 11 March 2008 and the second came in his next match, against Greenock Morton for serious foul play in the last minutes. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Davidson signed a two-year deal with the club.

The 2008–09 season proved to be a breakout season for Davidson, as he scored six goals this season, including a brace against Dunfermline Athletic in a 4–2 win on 10 March 2009. However at the end of the season, the club faced further financial problems and were on the verge of being liquidated before a deal was struck to save the club, but they were subsequently demoted to the Scottish Third Division. Shortly after the end of the season, Davidson was the subject of transfer speculation, alongside Dave Mackay, the two being linked with Dundee and Motherwell. Following the club's demotion to the Scottish Third Division, Davidson said he believed the SFL were wrong to punish Livingston, believing Ang