Don Patricio
The remarkable story of how one working class lad from Drumcondra helped save one of the worlds most illustrious football teams, Fc Barcelona. Patrick O'Connell or Don Patricio as he was later dubbed had an incredible career in the beautiful game, captaining Manchester United and Ireland before moving into management where he helped Real Betis to their one and only La Liga title and during the Spanish Civil War he took FC Barcelona on a tour of North America. An amazing man and a truly amazing story
More about Richard Fitzpatrick
Richard Fitzpatrick lives in Barcelona. He works as a freelance journalist, covering sport and features, for the Irish Times and Irish Examiner newspapers and also as a correspondent for Irish national radio. Recently Richard released his book El Clásico which gets to the heart of one of football's rivalries, Barcelona and Real Madrid: two of the most powerful and popular clubs in world football, and one of the world's most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the boundaries of just sport alone, this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life, taking in politics and culture and splitting a country in two. From civil war bloodshed to 40 years of fascism and links with General Franco, the clubs' shared history is the stuff of a Robert Harris novel and includes: murdered presidents from both clubs, player kidnappings, acts of hooliganism - and that's before you start thinking of the volatile football matches themselves. You can buy it here at: http://amazon.co.uk/El-Clasico-Barcelona-Footballs…
