Only a Game? : The Diary of a Professional Footballer

Author: Dunphy, Eamon

c 1970 to c 1980

Published on 15 October 1987 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 208 pages
196 x 129 x 14 | 152g

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 HornbyThe 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 progress of the team during a season that begins with such high hopes and is filled throughout with high drama. Populated with extraordinary characters - and with access to the dressing room that would be impossible today - Only a Game? is both a riveting read and an exceptional insight into professional sport.

'It remains both greatly admired and unmatched.' - Richard Williams, The Guardian'The best and most authentic memoir by a professional footballer' - Brian Glanville'Exceptional. It became the standard by which similar books were judged, and was exceeded in acclaim only with the publication of Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby more than a decade later.' - The Times