Wexford captain Kylie Murphy will make her final appearance for the club in their concluding game of the SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division season against Cork City at Ferrycarrig Park on Saturday after calling time on her career.
The 37-year-old Carlow native has been at Wexford for her entire senior career, winning four league titles and four FAI Women's Cups.
In that time, the versatile midfielder and forward has scored 123 goals in 331 appearances.
This season she skippered Wexford to glory in the Avenir Sports All-Island Cup as they beat Bohemians on penalties in the final in August.
Describing Murphy as "simply irreplaceable", the club said: "Wexford FC Women wishes to officially announce that Kylie Murphy has called time on her playing career and will make her final appearance for the club this Saturday at Ferrycarrig Park against Cork City.
"After 14 years, Kylie leaves behind an unmatched legacy both on and off the pitch. A true leader and club captain from our very first game in the Women's National League in 2011 Kylie has been an inspiration to countless teammates and fans."
"I don't know if people know Jemma's backstory..."
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Rachel Graham pays tribute to Shelbourne team-mate Jemma Quinn who has announced her retirement at the end of the season
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The culmination of the 2025 campaign has also marked the curtain call for Shelbourne's Jemma Quinn.
The 36-year-old, who had been at Tolka Park for four seasons, announced her retirement at the weekend, getting a Tolka Park send-off as runners-up Shels beat Wexford 2-1.
Paying tribute to her soon-to-be former team-mate, veteran midfielder Rachel Graham told Monday's RTÉ Soccer Podcast that the forward's backstory had made her contribution at Shels - including league titles, cup wins and European appearances - all the more special.
"Players always come and go, that's football. But every now and again you get someone kind of special like Jemma that comes along and just makes the dressing room a much better place," said Graham.
"She's an amazing person. But I don't know if people know Jemma's story. I always played underage against her and (she was) always a really good player.
"She played underage international football and probably fell into a bad lifestyle but managed to turn her life around.
"It was just by chance she was playing for Killester-Donnycarney and an old manager of ours was out walking his dog and came across the game and saw her playing.
"He then rang Noel King (then Shelbourne manager) and Noel King had managed her at Stella Maris, so knew of her and basically gave her a call and said, 'Look, do you fancy coming up?'
"We were actually in our last week of pre-season so we had five full weeks of training and she came up in the last week and I mean, her first session probably the first two weeks, she probably didn't touch the ball in any of the sessions.
"She was just so far off it, but probably wanted to give up and quit, but we just said, 'Give it a month and see how you get on'.
"And she just really worked her socks off, really dedicated herself to the cause and proved in big moments for us in the Shelbourne jersey and a role model or inspiration for anyone who's looking to see if hard work or dedication pays off, she's exactly that.
"She's been a brilliant player but she's a special person. She made the dressing room a much better place and I think you could see everyone's messages to her when she left. She's leaving a big hole behind."
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