Eamon Dunphy
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Eamon Martin Dunphy (born 3 August 1945) is an Irish media journalist, broadcaster, writer, sports pundit, and former professional footballer.
He grew up playing football, including Stella Maris.
Since being out of the game, he has made himself known to Irish television audiences as a football analyst during coverage of the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and international football on RTÉ. Dunphy has worked with RTÉ's rival television station, TV3 (for which he has hosted a chat show and a game show) and rival radio stations Today FM and Newstalk, as well as his slot with RTÉ.
He was the first host of The Last Word on Today FM.
Dunphy hosted the breakfast program on Dublin's local Newstalk 106 radio station between 2004 and 2006 before it became a national broadcaster.
He later moved to RTÉ Radio 1, where he hosted Conversations with Eamon Dunphy until 2009.
He returned to Newstalk, now nationally broadcasting, only to leave in 2011 again.
Dunphy's column on football for the Irish Daily Star newspaper continues to be written.
Early life
Dunphy grew up in Drumcondra, Dublin, "with] no electricity and no hot water. He attended Saint Patrick's National School, Drumcondra. He received a one-year government scholarship to Sandymount High School in 1958, but he had to work as a messenger at Kevin and Howlin.
Personal life
When Dunphy was 21 years old, he was preparing for marriage to his first wife, Sandra from Salford. He was Catholic and she was Protestant. The priest who was preparing them for marriage disapproved strongly of the married couple, claiming that she could not marry her because she was not a legitimate person. Dunphy's attendance was already poor, but he'd have halted his daily Mass-going at this point. Dunphy is now a grandfather. He and Sandra had two children, a boy and a girl. In the early 1990s, his first marriage ended and he moved to Castletownshend, Cork, for two years. He worked with Inge before finding his second wife, RTÉ commissioning editor Jane Gogan, in Dublin in 1992. On September 24, 2009, they married at the Unitarian Church on St Stephen's Green.
In an interview with An Phoblacht, Dunphy, who had previously written extensively on the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin, he declared that he now supports Sinn Féin and regretted that he voted for them in the 2011 general election. Their representatives were described as "extremely hard-working and incredibly intelligent," by the entrepreneur.
In October 2013, he published his autobiography entitled The Rocky Road.
Dunphy still lives at his home near Ranelagh in Dublin. He also has a holiday home in Deauville, France.
He said in May 2017 that he is a Liverpool fan.
Club career
As a youth, he left Dublin to join Manchester United as an apprentice. Dunphy did not make it to the first team at United and left for York City, Millwall, Charlton Athletic, Reading, and Shamrock Rovers. Dunphy made the most impression at Millwall; he was regarded as a versatile and skilful player in the team's midfield.
Dunphy was a member of "The Class of '71," the Millwall team that lost by just a single point to advance to Division One of the old Football League.
Johnny Giles was brought back to Ireland to join Shamrock Rovers F.C. In 1977, the first time was recorded in this region. Giles wanted to make Rovers Ireland's first full-time professional club, and hoped to make Rovers a driving force in European football by recruiting talented young players at home who would otherwise transfer to clubs in England. Dunphy was supposed to be in charge of youth growth at the time. However, Dunphy became disillusioned with the Irish game and dropped out of football altogether to concentrate on a career in journalism after winning an FAI Cup medal in 1978 (his first appearance in senior football) and two appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
International career
Dunphy appeared 23 times for the Republic of Ireland, and he remains Millwall's most capped international footballer alongside David Forde.
He made his Ireland debut in the play-off at the Parc des Princes in Paris in 1966 FIFA World Cup, where Spain defeated 1–0 thanks to a José Ufarte goal. He went on to be "a good player, not a top player," in his own words.
Broadcasting career
Dunphy has been an analyst during football reports on Raidió Partif's Éireann since the mid-1980s (RTÉ). Since RTÉ obtained the rights to air English football, he has been a regular contributor to Premier Soccer on Saturday. He also contributes to the review of UEFA Champions League games and, in international football, RTÉ's coverage of FIFA World Cups, UEFA European Football Championships, and qualifying matches involving the Republic of Ireland's national football team. He was a reporter for RTÉ Sport in South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Dunphy's earnings from RTÉ for his football analysis (plus a radio show) total €328,051 in 2008 and €285,915 in 2007.
He became the first male host of the quiz show The Weakest Link in 2001, but for one series only. He was hired by TV3 to host their latest Friday night chat show, The Dunphy Show. With RTÉ's long-running flagship program, The Late Show, Dunphy's performance shed what was a widely circulated "ratings war" and was cancelled before its original run was complete.
He is Ireland's first host of a made-for-mobile television show on the 3 mobile network. Thousands of viewers are keeping track of his rants and "Spoofer of the Week" episodes. At Ireland's Digital Media Awards, the shows were named "Best Entertainment Show" on the show. Dunphy admits he never uses a cellphone himself, but he does enjoy filming for a mobile audience in Ranelagh.
During a discussion over then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's financial affairs, he made an emotive outburst on The Late Late Show in 2009.
Dunphy revealed in July 2018 that he was leaving RTÉ after 40 years with the broadcaster, and that he planned to concentrate on his podcast The Stand with Eamon Dunphy.
Dunphy has also worked for several radio companies, including Today FM, Newstalk, and RTÉ Radio 1.
He appeared on Today FM as the first host of the popular current affairs show The Last Word in 1997. In September 2004, he took over The Breakfast Show slot on Dublin's radio station Newstalk 106 from David McWilliams. In an equal measure, the show attempted to court controversy and listeners. With just a few more thousand tuning in, he failed to attract the huge audience that had aspired. He declared in June 2006 that he would leave Newstalk 106 due to an inability to meet the demands of an early morning schedule. After his defection from Newstalk 106, he revealed he was suffering from a viral disease. He recovered later.
RTÉ revealed that Dunphy would host a new weekly show as part of the new RTÉ Radio 1 fall lineup in July 2006.
He returned to Newstalk in 2011 but was barred again from leadership and a call to put a more optimistic twist on the news. On his last show, he accused his boss Denis O'Brien of "hating journalism." Sam Smyth was fired from Today FM (also owned by O'Brien) and Newstalk's chief said the company was trying to ban "dissenting voices" like Constantin Gurdgiev from the airwaves.