Just ten matches short of Tommy McConville's club record for appearances of 580, Martin Lawlor (born 1 March 1958) holds Dundalk's club records for: longest unbroken service (14 seasons, 1977–1991), League appearances (400), FAI Cup appearances (56), League Cup appearances (56), joint-most League winner's medals (5), joint-most FAI Cup winner's medals (3), and most League Cup winner's medals (3). Lawlor is also the only player to have been a member of both Jim McLaughlin's and Turlough O'Connor's Double-winning sides. He was honoured with a testimonial against Chelsea in 1986, and in match programme notes written by former colleague Dermot Keely (who would later be his final manager at Dundalk) he was called "the best left-full in the League" and a "credit to football". His brothers Mick and Robbie, and his father Kit, also played for Dundalk. Martin Murray (born 6 October 1958), is one of only four men to both win honours with Dundalk as a player and later return to lead the club to trophy success as manager (the others being Gerry McCourt, Turlough O'Connor, and Dermot Keely). Murray made 218 appearances for the club in six seasons between 1984 and 1990 (usually in the playmaking midfield role), scoring 29 goals. He won League, FAI Cup and League Cup medals under Turlough O'Connor and was Irish Independent 'Sports Star of the Week' for his performance in the 1988 final against Derry City. However, for his whole playing career of over 20-years, Murray had coped with a faulty aortic valve, diagnosed when he was 19 and a player at Everton. At the end of his playing career he had the required surgery, and turned to management after he recovered. Following a season with Crusaders in Northern Ireland, he took over at Dundalk going into the club's second season in the First Division. At the first time of asking he won promotion for the club as First Division Champions. Stepping back into the Premier Division with a blend of local players and experienced pros proved too challenging the following season, with three clubs being relegated automatically - Dundalk missing out on safety by a solitary point. But the club was on a memorable cup-run, and, having dispatched Shamrock Rovers on a 4–0 scoreline in Oriel Park in the semi-final to delirious scenes, Murray lead Dundalk to the club's ninth FAI Cup win over a Bohemians side managed by Stephen Kenny - only a week after relegation had been confirmed.