Former Brighton striker Glenn Murray has this morning announced his retirement from football.

The 37-year-old made 285 appearances for Albion in his two spells at the club and scored 111 goals, which put him second on club's all-time leading goalscorers, with only fellow striker Tommy Cook (123) having scored more goals for the Seagulls.

Murray played an instrumental role in helping Albion to get promoted to the Championship in his first spell, finishing as their top scorer with 22 goals.

He then left the Seagulls to join their rivals Crystal Palace.

But after spending over four years at Palace and helping them get back into the Premier League, he moved back to the South Coast and joined Premier League side Bournemouth.

In the 2016/17 Chris Hughton brought Murray back to Albion on loan where he played a vital role in helping them to get promoted to back to the top flight for the first time in 34 years, finishing as the club's top scorer with 23 goals.

His goals helped Albion to stay in the Prem in their first two season with him finishing top scorer in both campaigns.

However, when Graham Potter came in and added Neal Maupay to the strike force and also brought Aaron Connolly in from the youth academy, Murray found his game time limited with him making just 24 appearances in which he scored just two goals in all competitions.

This season in the first half of the season he joined Championship side Watford on loan, but again found his appearances limited to just six in all competitions, before then seeing his loan cut short in January.

Murray then linked up with his former Albion boss, Hughton at Nottingham Forest joining them on a free transfer.

He made 15 appearances in that time and scored two goals, with both of them coming against Wycombe on his first start for the club.

But this morning Murray took to Twitter to post a picture of him standing on the City Ground pitch with the accompanying message: "To all the Clubs, Players & Fans that I’ve come across on this life changing journey....THANK YOU from the bottom of my It’s been a pleasure, hanging them up 31/05/2021."