Patrick O'Connell

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Patrick O'Connell
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Personnel
Surname Patrick Joseph O'Connell
birthday March 8, 1887
place of birth Dublin ,  Ireland
date of death February 27, 1959
Place of death London ,  England
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
0000-1909 Belfast Celtic
1909-1912 Sheffield Wednesday 18 (0)
1912-1914 Hull City 58 (1)
1914-1919 Manchester United 34 (2)
1919-1920 Dumbarton FC 31 (0)
1920-1922 Ashington AFC 19 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1912-1919 Ireland 6 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1921-1922 Ashington AFC
1922-1929 Racing Santander
1929-1931 Real Oviedo
1932-1935 Betis Seville
1935-1940 FC Barcelona
1942-1945 Sevilla FC
1948-1949 Racing Santander
1 Only league games are given.

Patrick Joseph O'Connell (born March 8, 1887 in Dublin , † February 27, 1959 in London ) was an Irish football player and coach.

Player career

society

In his youth, O'Connell played in various clubs in his hometown Dublin; his professional career began at Belfast Celtic . In March 1909 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £ 50 . At Sheffield, however, he did not succeed in permanently belonging to the first eleven. In total, he played 18 league games and 3 games in the FA Cup during his three-year stay . In 1912 he moved to the second division club Hull City , where he became a regular straight away.

In 1914 O'Connell moved to Manchester United for a transfer fee of £ 1,000 . In the 1914/15 season , the defender ran on as captain of Manchester United and completed 34 league games. His first game and his first goal he made in the 3-1 win against Oldham Athletic on September 2, 1914. In this season, United were almost relegated from the first division, ultimately they had only 2 points more than relegated Tottenham Hotspur .

In 1915, O'Connell, like some of his teammates, was involved in a betting scandal. His teammates, who feared becoming unemployed because of the First World War, which prevented the English professional league from playing, are betting on a 2-0 victory for their team against Liverpool FC in a league game . O'Connell missed a penalty wide with this result. Still, O'Connell was not punished for it. Three of his teammates, Alexander Turnbull , Arthur Whalley and Enoch West were banned for life. During the war, O'Connell stayed with Manchester, but also played guest appearances for Clapton Orient , Rochdale AFC and Chesterfield FC .

In August 1919 he moved to the Scottish club FC Dumbarton . His playing career finally ended at AFC Ashington , for which he also worked as a player-coach in the 1921/22 season.

National team

Between 1912 and 1919, O'Connell played six times for the Irish national team . He played his first game on February 10, 1912 in a 6-1 draw against England . In 1914 he won the British Home Championship with Ireland as captain of his team .

Coaching career

From 1922 to 1929, O'Connell was the coach of Racing Santander . He led the team to five regional titles and was a founding member of the Primera División . Between 1948 and 1949 he was again coach of Racing Santander. In the period from 1929 he coached the Spanish second division club Real Oviedo .

In 1931 he was coach of Betis Sevilla , which he led to the second division championship in 1932 and thus to promotion to the first division. As early as 1935 he was Spanish champion with Betis.

After that season, O'Connell succeeded Barça coach Ferenc Plattkó . With FC Barcelona he won the Catalan championship in 1936 . The following season was not played due to the Spanish Civil War. Several Republican clubs organized a Mediterranean league, which Barcelona won in 1937. In 1937 the Irishman completed an American tour with Barcelona, ​​where they played against American and Mexican clubs to get some money back into the coffers. Even if Barcelona were liquid again after the tour, O'Connell only had four players left after the tour; the others went into exile in Mexico and France. Still, O'Connell led Barcelona to win a Catalan league in 1938. In March 1940 he was finally replaced by Josep Planas three months before the end of the contract .

Between 1942 and 1945 he coached Sevilla FC .

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LOS SESORES ALCÁNTARA Y SANCHO, ASESORES TECNICOS DEL “FC BARCELONA”, Y PLANAS ENTRENADOR. (pdf) La Vanguardia, March 23, 1940, p. 7 , accessed July 7, 2010 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME O'Connell, Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Connell, Patrick Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1959
Place of death London