Daryl Murphy moved to Bolton in September and has scored five goals in his past seven gamesBolton's Republic of Ireland striker Daryl Murphy has admitted testing positive for using cocaine. Murphy, 36, was banned from 6 October to 8 December last year while he was a Nottingham Forest player. The Football Association does not name players who have failed tests for recreational drugs. "I would like to stress that the taking of recreational drugs is something that I don't condone whatsoever," Murphy said in a statement. Murphy won 32 caps for the Republic of Ireland between 2007 and 2017 and his previous clubs also include Sunderland, Celtic, Ipswich and Newcastle.

Source: BBC December 10, 2019 08:48 UTC