Phil McNulty is an Irish

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-born sports journalist. He has been

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’s chief football writer since July 2000.

Early life

McNulty attended Roman Catholic secondary school De La Salle Grammar in Liverpool.

Journalism

He covered the FIFA World Cups for the BBC in Japan and South Korea (2002),

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(2006) and

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(2010). He also does sports casting and analysis for

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and

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. McNulty wrote 449 articles from May 2007 to May 2018.

Recognition

In 2012, McNulty was ranked by a ''

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'' poll among Britain's top 50 sports journalists; Andy Stokes commenting that "McNulty is the Proust of the back pages".

References

External links

Phil McNulty on Twitter
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