Patrick Joseph O'Connell (8 March 1887 – 27 February 1959), also known as Paddy O'Connell or Patricio O'Connell, was an Irish

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player and manager. A

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, he played for

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Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an off ...

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and

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

. He has the distinction of being the first player from what is now the

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to play for and captain Manchester United. As an international, he captained

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and was a member of the team that won the

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. However, O'Connell is probably best remembered for managing several clubs in

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. In

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he led

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to their first La Liga title, and during the

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he took

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on a tour of

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. Despite these successes, he died destitute in London in 1959 and was initially buried in an unmarked grave at

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, London NW6.

Early life

O'Connell was born in 16 Mabel Street, Dublin. From the age of 14, he worked at Boland's Mill and became a foreman at the age of 15. He also played junior football with several local Dublin clubs, including Frankfort, Stranville Rovers and Liffey Wanderers, before joining

. In March 1909, O'Connell and left-back Peter Warren were transferred to

for a combined fee of £50.''The Men Who Made Sheffield Wednesday Football Club'' (2007) Tony Matthews

Playing career

Club

Sheffield Wednesday

A terrific performer in the heart of the defence, O'Connell made his English First Division debut for

against Bury on the last day of the 1908–09 season. However, in subsequent seasons, he was unable to establish himself as a regular in the Wednesday first team, due to competition from English McConnell, Jimmy Spoors and Bob McSkimming. As a result, he made just 21 senior appearances, 18 in the league and three in the

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. However, while with Wednesday, O'Connell made two of his six international appearances for Ireland.

Hull City

O'Connell left

for

in March 1912, and subsequently made 58

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appearances for City during the 1912–13 and 1913–14 seasons. While with City, he also made a further three appearances for Ireland.

Manchester United

O'Connell's impressive performances with Ireland attracted the attention of

, for whom he signed in May 1914 for a fee of £1,000. During the 1914–15 season, he served as United team captain, made 34

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appearances and scored twice. He also played one further game for the club in the

. He made his league debut and scored his first goal for the club on 2 September 1914 in a 3–1 home defeat against

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. He scored his second goal on 10 April 1915 in a 2–2 home draw with

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, and made his final English league appearance for the club on 26 April in a 1–0 home win against

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. O'Connell's time at United saw the club finish third from bottom in the First Division, narrowly avoiding relegation by a single point. He also became embroiled in the infamous

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. On 2 April 1915, relegation threatened United defeated mid-table

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2–0 in a home league game. It subsequently emerged that the game was fixed by a small group of players from both sides. David Goldblatt argues that the players' concern was not who went up or down the league, but due to the

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, that there would be no league at all the following season. Believing they would soon be unemployed, the players arranged a

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and backed United to win 2–0. This was the score when O'Connell took a penalty which went well wide O'Connell escaped punishment, but three of his teammates –

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and

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– and four Liverpool players later received lifetime suspensions from

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. During the war, O'Connell remained a United player and also guested for

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and Chesterfield.

Dumbarton

In August 1919, O'Connell moved to

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; during the 1919–20 season, he made 31 league appearances and played twice in the

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debut as a right-half in a 1–1 draw with

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on 16 August 1919, the opening day of the season. His first three appearances for Dumbarton were at right-half, while all the rest were at centre-half, with the exception of the home game against

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on 27 September 1919, when he again played at right-half. He made his final appearance for Dumbarton in a 4–3 away defeat against

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on 24 April 1920.

Ashington

O'Connell finished his playing career with

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. During his first season with the club, 1920–21, they played in the

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and finished ninth out of twenty teams. The 1921–22 season saw O'Connell appointed player-coach, and Ashington playing in the English Division Three North. O'Connell oversaw massive changes at Ashington, as a result of the club's league status having changed. Their home ground was upgraded from a typical non-league venue containing no more than a simple seated and covered stand to a stadium designed for 20,000. O'Connell played in the club's first ever English League fixture, a 1–0 win against

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in front of 9,000 supporters. Ashington eventually finished the season in a respectable tenth position, with O'Connell making his last appearance for the club in a 2–2 home draw against

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. In January 1921, while with Ashington, O'Connell also represented the

against the

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International

Between 1912 and 1919, O'Connell played six times for

. He made his international debut on 10 February

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, in a 6–1 defeat against

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. His teammates on the day included, among others, Billy Scott,

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and Bill Lacey. On 16 March 1912, he also played in the 4–1 defeat against

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. In 1914, together with Harris, Lacey,

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and Billy Gillespie, he was a member of the Irish team that won the

. After beating

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2–1 away on 19 January, Ireland then beat England 3–0 at

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on 14 February. O'Connell then captained the team, while playing with a broken arm, as a ten-man Ireland clinched the title with a 1–1 draw against Scotland at

on 14 March. He made his last appearance for Ireland in a 1919

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against Scotland.

Managerial career

Racing de Santander

In 1922, O'Connell succeeded

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as the manager of

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. He subsequently guided the team to five regional titles, and in

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, they became founding members of

. He would later return to Racing for a second spell as manager between

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and

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.La Liga stats
/ref>''Don Patricio O'Connell: An Irishman and the Politics of Spanish Football'' (2008) Jimmy Burn

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Real Oviedo

From September 1929 until May 1931, O'Connell managed

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in the

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Real Betis

Between 1931 and 1935, O'Connell managed

, at the time known as ''Betis Balompie''. After leading them to the

title in

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, he then guided Betis, with a team that included Lecue, to their one and only

title in

. Betis won the title on 28 April 1935, with a 5–0 win against O'Connell's former team

. The night before the game, which was played in Santander, O'Connell visited the Racing squad at a hotel where they were staying, and allegedly tried to persuade them to lose the game. Betis had to beat Racing to overtake their rivals

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FC Barcelona

O'Connell's success with

attracted the interest of

, who appointed him as successor to

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for the 1935–36 season. With a squad that included

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and Enrique Fernández, O'Connell guided Barça to the Campionat de Catalunya and the

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final. In the final, they played

and with Real leading 2–1, Escolà was denied a late equaliser after a spectacular save by

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. During the 1936–37 season,

was suspended because of the

. However, clubs in the Republican area of Spain competed in the

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. In early 1937, Barcelona received an offer from a businessman, Manuel Mas Serrano, via one of their players, Josep Iborra. Serrano proposed that the club travel to play a series of exhibition matches in

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and the

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. According to the offer, the club would be paid $15,000 with all costs covered. This was to involve a Barcelona party of 20: 16 players, plus O'Connell, Ángel Mur, Rossend Calvet, the club secretary and Modest Amorós, the club doctor. In Mexico, they played against, among others,

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and a Mexican XI. In the United States, they played against

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, Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic and an American Soccer League XI. They finished the tour with a game against a Hebrew XI. Due to the financial success of this tour, Barcelona cleared their debts and saved the club; however, O'Connell returned to Spain with only four players, after the others chose to go into exile in Mexico and

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. By the 1937–38 season, the Republican area was reduced in size, and a second Mediterranean League was impossible to organise. However, a

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, featuring just Catalan teams, was organised. Despite a depleted squad, O'Connell and Barcelona won both the Lliga Catalana and the Campionat de Catalunya.

Sevilla FC

O'Connell went on to manage

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between 1942 and 1945. During his first season in charge, 1942–43, he guided the club to second place in

Legacy

A bust commemorating O'Connell's league title achievement with Real Betis was installed at the club's

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in 2017. It was organised by the Patrick O'Connell Memorial Fund, Alan McLean, Fergus Dowd and Simon Needham. A documentary about O'Connell and the Fund, by Michael Andersen was released in May 2018, with the support of the Memorial Fund. O'Connell's new memorial was installed by the fund in April 2016. The monument commemorates Real Betis's only La Liga title.

Honours

Player

Ireland *

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1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

Manager

Racing Santander *Cantabrian Champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29 Real Betis *

: 1934–35 *

: 1931–32 Barcelona *

: 1937 *

: 1937–38 * Campionat de Catalunya: 1935–36, 1937–38

References

External links

La increíble Liga de Mr. O'ConnellThe Ballad of Patrick O'Connell
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