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

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’.