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Jack Charlton Joined: 25 Nov 2014 Status: Offline Points: 5817 |
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I have to say, I'm rather confused by this story on the BBC today, which suggests that it is a group of Betis supporters in Blythe (NE of England) who were responsible for commemorating 'Don Patricio's" grave etc: When
the Blyth Betis Pena learned of Patrick O'Connell's story, and that he
was buried in a pauper's grave in London, they set about raising money
to provide a proper headstone and help provide a more fitting final
resting place. It was a campaign that garnered support from players such as Johan Cruyff, Oliver Kahn, Martin O'Neill, Franz Beckenbauer and Luis Figo, and ended with the group presenting a bust of the Irishman to the club in front of 37,000 fans on the pitch at Real Betis' Benito Villamarin Stadium. "We couldn't believe it, nobody knew where he was for 30 years," Simon Needham, secretary of the Blyth Betis Pena, told BBC Sport. "A gentleman who captained Manchester United and Ireland, took Real Betis to the championship and managed Barcelona during the [Spanish] Civil War, ended up a pauper in London and was buried in an unmarked grave." The Blyth Betis Pena present a bust of Patrick O'Connell to Real Betis |
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