Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Chris Dunphy (born 26 October 1950) is the chairman of Rochdale Association Football Club (RAFC) in Greater Manchester, England.Dunphy was born in Milnrow, Lancashire.Chris was originally appointed as a director of Rochdale AFC in 1980 when he spent 2 years on the board before moving out of the area. He returned to Rochdale in 1990 and was asked to rejoin the board by the then Chairman, David Kilpatrick and has remained there ever since. On 29 June 2006 he was elected Chairman of RAFC, replacing David Kilpatrick on his retirement. He formed a new board of Directors with the sole aim of progressing the club. One of his first major decisions was to appoint an untried Keith Hill as Manager. Since then Rochdale have enjoyed some of their most successful years; twice reaching promotion play off positions, one of which resulted in their first ever appearance at Wembley but losing to Stockport County. Finally in 2010 they gained promotion for the first time in over 40 years. The first player Chris sold was Ricky Lambert who has since gone on to feature in the full England squad.Chris also had substantial involvement with Norden Juniors football running teams for over 8 years eventually becoming Chairman following the death of Norman Dale.Chris' own business Christopher Dunphy Ecclesiastical is in the very specialized area of Church Heating, with over 40 years of experience in this field the company installs heating in all types of churches from small halls to cathedrals, from ancient to modern using everything from traditional radiator based systems to utilizing modern green methods and he used his extensive knowledge and experience to write a non-fiction book entitled 'How Green is my Church'. Chris was also the heating advisor to the Sheffield Diocese for almost 10 years[1]Rochdale Online==External links==Dunphy named as Rochdale chairman BBC News, 1 July 2006Official Rochdale AFC SiteChristopher Dunphy Ecclesiastical. }
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- Chris_Dunphy abstract "Chris Dunphy (born 26 October 1950) is the chairman of Rochdale Association Football Club (RAFC) in Greater Manchester, England.Dunphy was born in Milnrow, Lancashire.Chris was originally appointed as a director of Rochdale AFC in 1980 when he spent 2 years on the board before moving out of the area. He returned to Rochdale in 1990 and was asked to rejoin the board by the then Chairman, David Kilpatrick and has remained there ever since. On 29 June 2006 he was elected Chairman of RAFC, replacing David Kilpatrick on his retirement. He formed a new board of Directors with the sole aim of progressing the club. One of his first major decisions was to appoint an untried Keith Hill as Manager. Since then Rochdale have enjoyed some of their most successful years; twice reaching promotion play off positions, one of which resulted in their first ever appearance at Wembley but losing to Stockport County. Finally in 2010 they gained promotion for the first time in over 40 years. The first player Chris sold was Ricky Lambert who has since gone on to feature in the full England squad.Chris also had substantial involvement with Norden Juniors football running teams for over 8 years eventually becoming Chairman following the death of Norman Dale.Chris' own business Christopher Dunphy Ecclesiastical is in the very specialized area of Church Heating, with over 40 years of experience in this field the company installs heating in all types of churches from small halls to cathedrals, from ancient to modern using everything from traditional radiator based systems to utilizing modern green methods and he used his extensive knowledge and experience to write a non-fiction book entitled 'How Green is my Church'. Chris was also the heating advisor to the Sheffield Diocese for almost 10 years[1]Rochdale Online==External links==Dunphy named as Rochdale chairman BBC News, 1 July 2006Official Rochdale AFC SiteChristopher Dunphy Ecclesiastical".