Republic of Ireland international Murphy follows fellow new arrivals Charlotte Wardlaw, Poppy Pritchard and Freya Gregory through the door as Becky Langley bolsters her squad for the second half of the campaign, with a third successive promotion in their sights.

The 21-year-old joins the Magpies ahead of Sunday's Barclays Women's Championship trip to Southampton and had time to take a look around St. James' Park as she completed the formalities of her move to Tyneside. Serena Taylor was there to bring newcastleunited.com this gallery.