Eamon Dunphy

Author of Unforgettable Fire

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Unforgettable Fire (1987) 296 copies, 3 reviews

Only a Game?: The Diary of a Professional Footballer (1976) 71 copies, 1 review

A Strange Kind of Glory: Sir Matt Busby and Manchester United (1991) 39 copies

Rocky Road,The (2013) 5 copies

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Legal name: Dunphy, Eamon Martin
Birthdate: 1945-08-03
Gender: male
Nationality: Ireland
Places of residence: Dublin, Ireland
Occupations: football player
journalist
Organizations: Manchester United
York City
Millwall
Charlton Athletic
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Sunday Tribune
Sunday Independent
Irish Daily Star
Radio Telefís Éireann
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Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The… by Eamon Dunphy

I was so obsessed with U2 in 1988 I actually used my parent's credit card to buy this book from Waldens at the mall. And that credit card was EMERGENCY USE only. But Mom! This was an EMERGENCY! (I was only making minimum wage part time, I never could have had this book.) That being said, I liked the book because I LOVED U2, but I was disappointed in the swear words in it. I didn't think that was professional at all or necessary. Not in a non-fiction book. Anyway, I still have this book and I have never been sorry I purchased it. I enjoyed reading it.… (more)

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Chica3000 | 2 other reviews | Dec 11, 2020 |

Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future - The… by Eamon Dunphy

I remember rushing out to buy this book in hardback when it first came out, and devouring it in one-fell-swoop in my university room. Ho hum

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LARA335 | 2 other reviews | Jan 19, 2013 |

Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future-The… by Eamon Dunphy

I love this book so much I've now read it twice. Dunphy gives us amazing amounts of detail and insight into the backgrounds of U2 and those who work with them (at least up to 1987 when it was written). An excellent history of the band and well worth your time.

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bibliothecarivs | 2 other reviews | Nov 16, 2011 |

Only a Game?: The Diary of a Professional Footballer by Eamon Dunphy

"...This is a cult book among those of us who like reading about football. Eamon Dunphy was a very run-of-the-mill professional footballer in London, playing for Millwall. And he sat down with a journalist to write this book about what it’s really like to be a footballer: the daily life, the grind, the stress, the frustrations with your team-mates, with the manager, the worries about money. It’s not very pretty.l..." (reviewed by Simon Kuper in _target="_top">FiveBooks).

The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/simon-kuper-on-best-football-books-english… (more)

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