Mark Hodkinson wrote a newspaper feature about Chris Dunphy’s new publication based on his true-life experiences with being an active football enthusiast, More in Hope Than Glory.

More in Hope Than Glory is an autobiography and a memoir of an ex-chairman of Rochdale AFC. He was a sports enthusiast since his childhood. A boy whose heart was filled with love for the game would walk 4 miles to watch the home game every day. How he transformed from a football lover to the chairman of the lower league football club is quite exhilarating. This story entails the ups and downs of sustaining a lower league football club. During the metaphorical crash and burn of the respective club financially, how Chris stood by it is inspiring. He also relates how egos collided with each other between many stakeholders of the AFC and provide a perfect case study of a football club. For football enthusiasts, it’s a must-read and a spell-binder.

Chris Dunphy retired as the chairman of AFC Rochdale in 2018. He married thrice and has five kids. He still works for AFC Rochdale. He was also the director for approximately 30 years at AFC Rochdale, prior to that, Chris has a personality that exhibits a somewhat surreal and fictitious aura, according to the Newspaper Feature.