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Paul Murphy
Paul is an independent sports writer who has been covering Thai football since 2013. In that time, he has featured regularly on ESPN FC's Southeast Asia blog, while also contributing to the the-AFC.com. He has also previously written for FourFourTwo and Thai League Football and featured as a pundit for Fox Sports Asia. His blog thaifootie.com provides regular reports and features on Thai football. Previous to his time in Southeast Asia, Paul used to be a sports sub-editor with various daily newspapers in the UK.
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