Only a Game? by Eamon Dunphy - ISBN: 9780140102901
Paperback
Dreams, drama, and disillusionment: a footballer’s gripping insider story.

Only a Game?

The Diary of a Professional Footballer

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    2 July 1998

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Summary

The 40th anniversary edition of the classic inside account of a season at a professional football club.

“The best book about football I have read by someone who has actually played the game…everyone who has ever dreamt of a sporting career should read it.” - Nick Hornby

The season began so well for the Republic of Ireland international midfielder Eamon Dunphy at Millwall – and ended in disillusionment and being on the transfer list. In this classic memoir, he charts the progre…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140102901
ISBN-10:0140102906
Author:Eamon Dunphy
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Edition:2nd
Release Date:2 July 1998
Weight:158g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 15mm
About The Author

Eamon Dunphy

Eamon Dunphy was a professional footballer in the 1960s and early 1970s, with Manchester United and then mainly Millwall, also winning 23 caps for Ireland. He subsequently wrote columns on both football and current events, and presented on radio for several stations including Today FM, Newstalk and RT Radio 1. He regularly appeared as a football analyst on Raidi Teilifis Eireann (RT). He has also written a biography of Matt Busby and ghost-wrote the autobiography of Roy Keane. He lives in Dublin, and describes himself as having been “a good player, not a great player”.

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