Patrick O’Connell: The Irishman who managed Barcelona and played for Man Utd

Richard Fitzpatrick has been researching the life of a former Manchester United captain, Patrick O'Connell, who secretly had two wives - one in Dublin and the other in Spain

Patrick O’Connell: The Irishman who managed Barcelona and played for Man Utd
Thu, 18 Jun, 2015 - 01:00
Richard Fitzpatrick

PEOPLE live extraordinary lives.

On Saturday, RTÉ Radio 1 will broadcast a documentary about Patrick O’Connell (below), who lived two of them. He was a star footballer, captain of Manchester United during the First World War, the father of four children in one’ life’ and for decades a celebrated football coach in Spain in the other ‘life’.

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