Tallaght24 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 At ease gentlemen hope you are all very well and looking forward to your trip to Dublin in the Summer. I'm just writing about a project I'm working on the Patrick O'Connell Memorial Fund. Mr. O'Connell was an Irish footballer who was the first Irishman to play for and captain Manchester United and won La Liga in 1935 with Real Betis their only title success with a ground capacity of 1,000 people. Patrick went on to manage FC Barcelona and was the manager at the club during the Spanish Civil War - he took the club on a tour to Mexico, the money raised from this tour was wired to an account in Paris and ultimately kept the club a float. There is a bust in Camp Nou of Patrick. Patrick played for Sheffield Wednesday and also Dumbarton in Scotland during his playing days. Sadly Mr. O'Connell is buried in an unmarked grave in Kensal Green in London to this day, he died destitute in London in 1959 aged 71. The Patrick O'Connell Memorial Fund is a small group of football fans from Ireland,England,Scotland and Spain who came together to raise funds to build a memorial befitting Mr. O'Connell's football achievements at the cemetery in London. With the support of Sheffield Wednesday FC and Wednesdayite we have organised a fundraising speakers event at Hillsborough on Friday Feb 27th. As part of the event we are auctioning some of the donated shirts from legends of world football. One of the shirts that maybe of interest to the people on here is a donated 1967 shirt signed by the three goalscorers v England(then world champs) @ Wembley 1967 - McCalliog,Law & Lennox. Email auctions@pocfund.com to place bids for signed shirts / memorabilia items. Please state "Hillsborough" along with chosen item(s) in subject of email. Highest bids will be updated every four hours from midday to midnight. Current reserves are €75(£50) for signed shirts and €50(£35) for Samuel Eto'o signed CL Anniversary book 2006 Final Arsenal v FC Barcelona. Details here: http://www.pocfund.c...-sheffield.html Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallaght24 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 As a former club of Patricks FC Barcelona have donated a signed first team shirt just signed last week - bids welcome Full details here - http://www.wednesdayite.com/index.php/news/wednesdayite-news/item/2243-barcleona-pocfund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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