Editing Eamon Dunphy

{{Short description|Irish association football player and journalist}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eamon Dunphy
| image = Eamon Dunphy 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dunphy in 2013
| fullname = Eamon Martin Dunphy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1945|8|3}}
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 195x–1962
| youthclubs1 = [[Stella Maris F.C.|Stella Maris]]
| youthyears2 = 1962–1965
| youthclubs2 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| years1 = 1965–1966
| clubs1 = [[York City F.C.|York City]]
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1965–1974
| clubs2 = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]
| caps2 = 274
| goals2 = 24
| years3 = 1973–1975
| clubs3 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
| caps3 = 42
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1975–1977
| clubs4 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]
| caps4 = 77
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 1977–1978
| clubs5 = [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
| caps5 = 33
| goals5 = 2
| totalcaps = 448
| totalgoals = 35
| nationalyears1 = 1965–1971
| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 23
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Eamon Martin Dunphy''' (born 3 August 1945) is an Irish media personality, journalist, broadcaster, author, sports pundit and former professional [[association football|footballer]]. He grew up playing football for several youth teams including [[Stella Maris F.C.|Stella Maris]]. Since retiring from the sport, he has become recognisable to Irish television audiences as a football analyst during coverage of the [[Premier League]], [[UEFA Champions League]] and international football on [[RTÉ Television|RTÉ]].

As well as his slot with RTÉ, Dunphy has worked for its rival television station, [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] (for which he has presented [[The Dunphy Show|a chat show]] and [[The Weakest Link (Ireland)|a game show]]), and rival radio stations [[Today FM]] and [[Newstalk]]. He was the original presenter of ''[[The Last Word (radio show)|The Last Word]]'' on Today FM. Between 2004 and 2006, Dunphy presented the breakfast programme on Dublin's local [[Newstalk 106]] radio station before it became a national broadcaster. Later he moved to [[RTÉ Radio 1]], where he presented a weekly programme, ''[[Conversations with Eamon Dunphy]]'' until 2009. He then returned to Newstalk, now broadcasting nationwide, only to leave again in 2011.<ref name=dunphy_leaving_newstalk_with_a_bang/> Dunphy continues to write a column on football for the ''[[Irish Daily Star]]'' newspaper and does his podcast The Stand.

==Early life==
Dunphy grew up in [[Drumcondra, Dublin]], in what he described as "a one-room tenement flat [with] no electricity, no hot water".<ref name="Planet Dunphy">[http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/08/25/story390520628.asp "Planet Dunphy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726121133/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/08/25/story390520628.asp |date=26 July 2009 }}. ''The Sunday Business Post'', 25 August 2002.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/eamon-dunphy-my-rocky-road-29628558.html|title=Eamon Dunphy: My Rocky Road|author=Eamon Dunphy|publisher=[[Irish Independent]]|date=2 October 2013|access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> He attended Saint Patrick's National School, Drumcondra.<ref name=it-eamon-dunphy-i-m-not-part-of-official-ireland>{{Cite news|title=Eamon Dunphy: 'I'm not part of official Ireland'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/eamon-dunphy-i-m-not-part-of-official-ireland-1.3204949|last=Freyne|first=Patrick|date=2 September 2017|access-date=21 January 2021|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> In 1958 he got a one year government scholarship to [[Sandymount High School]] but he had to work as a messenger at tweed clothing shop Kevin and Howlin.<ref name=ii-this-working-life-i-was-too-shouty-on-the-dunphy-show-but-my-podcast-absorbs-me-now>{{Cite news|title=This Working Life: 'I was too shouty on The Dunphy Show but my podcast absorbs me now'|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/media/this-working-life-i-was-too-shouty-on-the-dunphy-show-but-my-podcast-absorbs-me-now-39186509.html|last=McCarthy|first=Mary|date=7 May 2020|access-date=21 January 2021|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>

==Club career==
A promising footballer, he left Dublin while still a teenager to join [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] as an apprentice. Dunphy did not break into the first team at United, and subsequently left to play for [[York City F.C.|York City]], [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] and [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]. It was at Millwall that Dunphy made the most impact; he was considered an intelligent and skilful player in the side's midfield.

Dunphy was a member of "The Class of '71", the Millwall side that failed by just one point to gain promotion to the [[Football League First Division]].

He accompanied [[Johnny Giles]] back to Ireland to join Shamrock Rovers in 1977. Giles wanted to make the club Ireland's first full-time professional club, and hoped to make Rovers into a force in European football by developing talented young players at home who would otherwise go to clubs in England. Dunphy was originally intended to be in charge of youth development. However, despite an [[FAI Cup]] winners medal in 1978 (his only medal in senior football) and two appearances in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], Dunphy became disillusioned with the Irish game and dropped out of football altogether to concentrate on a career in journalism.

==International career==
Dunphy played 23 times for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and was Millwall's most [[Cap (sport)|capped]] international footballer with 22 caps, until surpassed by David Forde and Shane Ferguson.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/club/Hall-of-Fame-A-to-E.aspx|title=Hall of Fame – Eamon Dunphy|access-date=5 March 2015|work=Millwall F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305143206/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/club/Hall-of-Fame-A-to-E.aspx|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>

He made his Ireland début on 10 November 1965 in the [[1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|play-off]] at the [[Parc des Princes]] in Paris for the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] which [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] won 1–0, thanks to a [[José Ufarte]] goal. He went on to become, in his own words, "a good player, not a great player".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1110/ireland_playoff.html |title=Ireland's chequered play-off history |first=Ed |last=Leahy |work=RTÉ Sport |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=10 November 2011 |access-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111080150/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1110/ireland_playoff.html |archive-date=11 November 2011  }}</ref>

==Journalism==
After retiring from the game, Dunphy first began writing on football for the ''[[Sunday Tribune]]'' and then contributing regular columns on both football and current events for the ''[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]''. He currently writes a column on football for the ''[[Irish Daily Star]]''. He coined the term "[[Official Ireland]]" to refer to [[the establishment]].

He has also worked for ''[[Ireland on Sunday]]'' (now ''[[The Irish Mail on Sunday]]''), ''[[The Sunday Press]]'' (now defunct), and the ''[[Irish Examiner]]''.<ref name="Planet Dunphy"/>

Since the 1980s, Dunphy has written a number of books. His first and most widely praised book is ''Only a Game? The Diary of a Professional Footballer'', which is an autobiographical account of his days playing for Millwall. Written in diary form, it recorded events from the dressing room of his 1973–74 season, which began well for him at Millwall but subsequently ended in disillusionment: after being substituted in a 27 October 1973 home loss to eventual league winners [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], Dunphy did not play another game all season, the club finishing mid-table.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dunphy |first=Eamon |author-link=Eamon Dunphy |title=Only a Game? The Diary of a Professional Footballer|publisher=Penguin Books (2nd ed.)|location=London |year=1987|isbn=0-14-010290-6 |pages=139–142 and 177–185 }}</ref>

In 1985, rock band [[U2]] and manager [[Paul McGuinness]] commissioned him to write the story of their origins, formation, early years and the time leading up to their highly successful album ''[[The Joshua Tree]]''. His book ''[[Unforgettable Fire - Past, Present, and Future - The Definitive Biography of U2]]'' was published in 1988. It received some favourable reviews, but critics close to the band spoke of many inaccuracies. A verbal war erupted in the press during which Dunphy called lead singer [[Bono]] a "pompous git".<ref>{{cite book|last=McGee|first=Matt|title=U2: A Diary|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2008|page=111|isbn=978-1-84772-108-2}}</ref>

Dunphy has also written a biography of long-serving Manchester United manager [[Matt Busby]] and in 2002 [[Ghostwriter|ghost wrote]] the autobiography of Republic of Ireland and Manchester United player [[Roy Keane]].

==Broadcasting career==

===Television===
Since the mid-1980s, Dunphy has regularly appeared as an analyst during football coverage on [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] (RTÉ). Since RTÉ acquired the rights to show English football, he has been a regular contributor to ''[[Premier Soccer Saturday]]''. He also contributes to analysis of [[UEFA Champions League]] games and, in international football, RTÉ's coverage of [[FIFA World Cup]]s, [[UEFA European Football Championship]]s and qualifying matches involving the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]]. He contributed to [[RTÉ Sport]]'s coverage of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-hopes-ossie-and-squad-will-spur-fans-to-back-home-team-2203365.html|title=RTÉ hopes Ossie and squad will spur fans to back home team|first=Fergus|last=Black|work=Irish Independent|date=2 June 2010|access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html|first=Carl|last=O'Malley|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=RTÉ roll out big guns for their 56 live games|date=2 June 2010|access-date=2 June 2010|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021053654/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dunphy's earnings from RTÉ for his football analysis (plus a radio show) include €328,051 in 2008 and €285,915 in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kenny-tops-the-rte-richlist-1909991.html|title=Kenny tops the RTÉ richlist|date=10 October 2009|access-date=10 October 2009|first=Denise|last=Clarke|work=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media}}</ref>

In 2001, he became the first male host of the quiz show ''[[The Weakest Link (Ireland)|The Weakest Link]]'',<ref name="Planet Dunphy"/> which aired on [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]], for just one series. In 2003, he was hired again by TV3 to host their new Friday night chat show, entitled ''[[The Dunphy Show]]''. Pitted head-to-head with RTÉ's long-running flagship programme, ''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]]'', Dunphy's show lost what was a highly publicised "ratings war", and was cancelled before its original run was to conclude.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/dec/07/radio.football|title=Sacked Dunphy in career crisis|date=7 December 2003|work=Guardian|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305143416/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/dec/07/radio.football|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>

He is the first presenter of a made-for-mobile television show on the [[Hutchison 3G|3 mobile]] network in Ireland. His rants and "Spoofer of the Week" are watched by thousands of 3 Mobile customers. The shows were awarded "Best Entertainment Show" at Ireland's Digital Media Awards. Dunphy admits he never uses a mobile himself but enjoys filming for a mobile audience from his living room in Ranelagh.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

In 2009, he made an emotive outburst on ''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]]'' during a discussion regarding then-[[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]]'s financial affairs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0523/1224247188263.html|title=A host of memorable moments|date=23 May 2009|access-date=23 May 2009|first=Fiona|last=McCann|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust}}</ref>

In July 2018, Dunphy announced that he was leaving RTÉ after 40 years with the broadcaster, and that he intended to focus on his podcast ''The Stand with Eamon Dunphy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/broadcaster-eamon-dunphy-is-leaving-rt-37153781.html |title =Broadcaster Eamon Dunphy is leaving RTÉ|date=26 July 2018|work=Irish Independent|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

===Radio===
Dunphy has also had a prominent radio career with several stations, including [[Today FM]], [[Newstalk]] and [[RTÉ Radio 1]].

He was the original host in 1997 of the popular current affairs show ''The Last Word'' on Today FM.<ref name="story13586.asp">[http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/04/23/story13586.asp "Cooper talks the talk"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827185424/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/04/23/story13586.asp |date=27 August 2006 }}. ''The Sunday Business Post'', 23 April 2006.</ref> In September 2004, he took over ''The Breakfast Show'' slot on the Dublin radio station [[Newstalk 106]] from [[David McWilliams (economics pundit)|David McWilliams]]. The show tried to court controversy and listeners in equal measure. He failed to attract the large listenership predicted, with only a few additional thousand tuning in. He announced in June 2006 his intention to leave Newstalk 106, citing an inability to sustain the demands of an early morning schedule. After his departure from Newstalk 106, he confirmed he was suffering from a viral illness. He later recovered.

In July 2006, RTÉ announced that Dunphy would present a new weekly programme as part of the new RTÉ Radio 1 autumn schedule.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0707/dunphye.html|title=Eamon Dunphy is to join RTÉ Radio 1|date=7 July 2006|access-date=7 July 2006|work=RTÉ News|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305143510/http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0707/78107-dunphye/|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>

He rejoined Newstalk but left again in 2011 "due to interference from management and a push to put a more positive spin on the news". On his last show he accused his boss [[Denis O'Brien]] of "hating journalism". He quit after [[Sam Smyth]] was sacked from Today FM (also owned by O'Brien), and said management at Newstalk were trying to remove "dissenting voices" like [[Constantin Gurdgiev]] from the airwaves.<ref name=dunphy_leaving_newstalk_with_a_bang>{{cite news|url=http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/eamon-dunphy-leaving-newstalk-with-a-bang-0017247-1|title=Eamon Dunphy leaving Newstalk with a bang|date=30 October 2011|access-date=30 October 2011|work=JOE.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305143558/http://www.joe.ie/uncategorized/eamon-dunphy-leaving-newstalk-with-a-bang/28897?shortlink=1|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dunphy was a daily [[Mass (Catholic Church)|Mass]]-goer until he was preparing for marriage to his first wife, Sandra from [[City of Salford|Salford]], when he was 21. He was Catholic and she was Protestant. The priest instructing them for marriage disapproved strongly of the mixed couple, saying that he should not marry her because she was "not a proper person". Dunphy's observance was already weakening but he quit his daily Mass-going at this point. He and Sandra had two children, a boy and a girl, and Dunphy is now a grandfather. His first marriage ended and he moved to [[Castletownshend]] in Cork for two years in the early 1990s. He lived with another partner, Inge, before meeting his second wife, RTÉ commissioning editor Jane Gogan, in the [[Shelbourne Hotel|Horseshoe Bar]] in Dublin in 1992. They married at the [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Church on [[St Stephen's Green]] on 24 September 2009.<ref name="kimmage">[http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-29819361.html Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...] Sunday Independent, 8 December 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0925/dunphye.html|title=Sports pundit Dunphy ties the knot|date=25 September 2009|access-date=25 September 2009|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305145022/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2009/0925/419083-dunphye/|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[An Phoblacht]]'', Dunphy, who had previously written highly critical articles on the [[Provisional IRA]] and [[Sinn Féin]], stated that he is now a Sinn Féin supporter and declared he had voted for them in the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]]. He described their representatives as "incredibly hard-working and incredibly intelligent".<ref>{{cite news |title=Nobody liked him... but he does care – You haven't heard the last word from Eamon Dunphy |first=John |last=Hedges |newspaper=[[An Phoblacht]] |pages=16–17 |date= May 2013| volume =36| issue =5 }}</ref>

He published his autobiography entitled ''The Rocky Road'' in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/eamon-dunphy-my-rocky-road-29628558.html|title= Eamon Dunphy: My Rocky Road|date=2 October 2013|work=Irish Independent|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref>

Today, Dunphy generally resides at his home near [[Ranelagh]] in Dublin. He also owns a holiday home in [[Deauville]], France.<ref name="Planet Dunphy"/>

In May 2017, he said that he is a [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] supporter.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/i-decided-to-come-out-eamon-dunphy-reveals-he-is-a-liverpool-fan-35672431.html|title='I decided to come out!' - Eamon Dunphy reveals he is a Liverpool fan|date=2 May 2017|work=Irish Independent|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In 1999 a High Court jury awarded £300,000 to politician [[Proinsias de Rossa]] over a 1992 article by Dunphy in the ''Sunday Independent'' alleging that De Rossa was aware, while a member of the Workers' Party, of the Official IRA's alleged illegal activities, including bank robberies and forgery <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/court-backs-300000-de-rossa-libel-award/26145814.html | title=Court backs £300,000 de Rossa libel award | date=30 July 1999 }}</ref>

In 2002 Dunphy was banned from driving for a decade after being arrested for drunk driving and had eight previous convictions under the Road Traffic Act <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dunphy-gets-a-10-year-ban-and-1000-fine-on-drink-drive-charge/26027781.html | title=Dunphy gets a 10-year ban and ?1,000 fine on drink-drive charge | date=19 November 2002 }}</ref>

In 2020 one of the ''Sunday Independent'''s most senior executives admitted that the paper went too far in the vindictive nastiness of its attacks on [[John Hume]] mounted by Dunphy in an incendiary back page piece <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/08/10/news/sunday-independent-attacks-on-john-hume-over-adams-talks-went-to-far---senior-executive-2030598/ | title=Sunday Independent attacks on John Hume over Adams talks 'went too far' - senior executive | date=10 August 2020 }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The deceased satirist and actor [[Dermot Morgan]], known to international audiences as ''[[Father Ted]]'', did a much-admired Eamon Dunphy impression on the satirical radio show ''[[Scrap Saturday]]''. Different sketches had him engaged in apparent inane and ridiculous arguments. They ranged from his criticism of [[Mother Teresa]] for "not being a real nun" to his attack on the week's weather. Dunphy left RTÉ's analysis team the day before the [[1986 FIFA World Cup Final]], when he objected to Morgan's portrayal of him and Giles as monosyllabic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/whether-a-prophet-or-pundit-dunphy-has-perfected-the-art-of-winning-with-own-goals-30367122.html |title=Whether a prophet or pundit, Dunphy has perfected the art of winning with own goals |work=[[Irish Independent]] |last=O'Doherty |first=Ian |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Irishman Abroad">{{cite podcast |author-link=Jarlath Regan |author=Jarlath Regan |edition=142 |work=[[An Irishman Abroad]] |title=Eamon Dunphy |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/eamon-dunphy-episode-142 |date=2 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref>

Dunphy's [[hyperbole]] was [[Parody|parodied]] on RTÉ's ''[[Après Match]]'' show lampooning celebrities, footballers and broadcasters.

[[Oliver Callan]] also does impersonations of Dunphy, one of which Dunphy approved for a radio charity advertisement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bci-fails-to-see-funny-side-with-warning-over-radio-ads-1436187.html|title=BCI fails to see funny side with warning over radio ads|first=Niamh|last=Doohan|work=Sunday Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=20 July 2008|access-date=20 July 2008|quote=Broadcaster Eamon Dunphy and Senator David Norris had given permission to the charity to have their voices mimicked by Callan for the adverts.}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite web| title = Eamon Dunphy | url = http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/eamonndunphy.html| publisher = Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database| access-date = 22 July 2007}}

==External links==
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* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6238632019167115546&q=Eamon+Dunphy Eamo Dunphy] Google Video – Eamon's Outburst
* {{YouTube|KHTM-abNEyk|Dunphy after Liverpool Barcelona game}} – Video of Dunphy's outburst against Liverpool after knocking Barcelona out of Champions League, March 2007
* [[Andy O'Mahony|O'Mahony, Andy]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/i-was-a-slow-convert-to-vincent-browne-s-style-of-broadcasting-1.2880535 'Veteran broadcaster Andy O'Mahony analyses the flawed genius of Vincent Browne, the 'sentimentalist' Eamon Dunphy and TV chat shows' narrowing horizons', ''The Irish Times'', 24 November 2016]
* {{EU-Football.info|5157}}

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