Daryl Murphy reveals he served a drug ban last season

Republic of Ireland international Daryl Murphy has admitted to taking cocaine on a night out that led to him being banned by the Football Association.Murphy, who now plays for Bolton, was at Nottingham Forest when he received a six-week suspension last season and did not play between October 6 and December 8.The FAs policy is not to name players who have failed drugs tests, so it has only become general knowledge due to Murphys public admission.In a statement released to The Athletic, 36-year-old striker Murphy said: Firstly, I would like to stress that the taking of recreational drugs is something that I dont condone whatsoever. I served a suspension at the beginning of last season for making a bad decision while on a night out.This was an isolated incident which happened out of competition when we had no game. I immediately regretted it.I am not proud of what I did, but its something I have put behind me as I want to concentrate on my football career.Murphy won 32 caps for the Republic between 2007 and 2017.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){

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