Barcelona Irish Manager

Patrick o connell manager of barcelona following a brief holiday in his native ireland patrick o connell was appointed as the manager of barcelona during the summer of 1935.
Barcelona irish manager. He played as a defender most notably for belfast celtic sheffield wednesday hull city and manchester united. Former tottenham manager pochettino is 10 3 with ex psg chief laurent blanc 9 2 and barca academy director patrick kluivert fourth favourite on 5 1. Pep guardiola is the most successful manager in terms of trophies. Further down the list come leeds championship.
Robert mulhern 5 years ago the irish post is the biggest selling national newspaper to the irish in britain. Indeed many of barcelona s irish pubs are actually rather nicer than the ones back on the emerald isle with sun kissed terraces on romantic plazas complementing beautifully decked out interiors. He has the distinction of being the first player from what is now the republic of ireland to play for manchester united. Catalonia was becoming a centre of resistance against the right wing tendencies emerging in spain at the time.
The story behind the forgotten irishman who managed barcelona and captained united by. Barcelona legend xavi has left only liverpool off a list of premier league giants he would like to manage. As an international he captained ireland and was a member of the team that won the 1914 british home championship. A film telling the remarkable story of irish footballer and manager patrick o connell the man credited with saving fc barcelona from bankruptcy is set to premiere in belfast.
Patrick o connell saviour of barcelona a campaign is in place to build a memorial to the footballing irishman who had an acclaimed time as real betis manager saved barcelona from bankruptcy and. Ok some are more your typical dark and dingy dens of inequity but even these are brimming with character and characters. And the spanish world cup winner boss of qatari side al sadd after retiring as a player. Patrick o connell 1935 37 this charismatic irish manager arrived at fc barcelona in the 1934 35 season after taking betis to first place in the league championship of the previous season franz.