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On The Ball
10:57 Tue Mar 8
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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I wonder who our oldest surviving player is now?
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Pub Bigot
12:44 Tue Mar 8
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RIP Frank
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DaveT
12:43 Tue Mar 8
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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Manager of Leicester as well. Had an excellent team
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Admiral Lard
12:41 Tue Mar 8
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Frank O’Farrell’s stats during his 6 years as a West Ham player. Never represented us in the top flight sadly but a very solid record.
http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=502&united=Frank_O%27Farrell
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Bamber
12:31 Tue Mar 8
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I met Frank at the afters of his brother's funeral. He was a lovely man. I was introduced as a West Ham fan by his niece and he talked to me for ages about leaving Cork by boat on his way to West Ham, his digs where there was a parrot that said "Up the Hammers", and how it was playing at a packed Upton Park. They were clearly happy days for him. He went on to talk about his time managing Iran during the Shah's regime. Fascinating. I steered clear of asking about his Man U days or Best, Law and Charlton given the circumstances. May he rest in peace.
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Sven Roeder
5:38 Mon Mar 7
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RIP
Took over directly from Busby at Man U with a definite brief but never given the chance to carry it out .... bit like Moyes & Ferguson
Daily Mail:
O'Farrell felt he needed more time to rebuild United, having inherited a side where players such as Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law who, O'Farrell said, had their best days behind them.
'The team had reached its peak two seasons before by winning the European Cup,' O'Farrell told the Manchester Evening News in 2011. 'Sir Matt said it would take five years to rebuild because there was quite a bit of work to do.
'Most of the players' best days were behind them. But you cannot replace players like Bobby Charlton and Denis Law quickly. You cannot do things overnight and I took the job on that basis, but got dismissed after 18 months.'
O'Farrell admitted that he felt let down by Busby when United sacked him, having taken the job on the basis he would have five years to rebuild the team.
'I was more disappointed in him than anything else,' he said. 'He wasn't true to his word,' O'Farrell said. 'He hand-picked me. He outlined what needed to be done, which is why I had a five-year contract. I couldn't do it in just 18 months.
'He was around the place and all the players had grown up with him. He was a father figure to them.
'The alarm bells started ringing when he questioned my decisions. After we lost a home game against Tottenham he started finding fault with Martin Buchan.
'He also said that he wouldn't have dropped Bobby Charlton. If he wouldn't have dropped Charlton, why didn't he stick in the job himself? That to me was interfering and that made the job untenable.'
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zico
5:31 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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I really miss Ex Magazine who used to have interviews with these old players and they were always fascinating and the players had a genuine love for the club. Never met Frank O'Farrell but meeting Ken Brown Senior was a joy. Different times. RIP
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5:31 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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Finney not Finley, the Preston plumber.
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5:30 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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Saw him play regularly when I was a schoolboy. Then he left and went to play for PNE a team that boasted the likes of Finley, Docherty and Gordon Milne.
Years ago he was classified as a wing half.
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Babelman
5:10 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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RIP, dad's cousin..met once as a kid
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The Stoat
5:01 Mon Mar 7
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RIP Frank ⚒☹️
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Chopper Toshack
4:18 Mon Mar 7
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https://twitter.com/irish_pics/status/1367227377076625413?s=20&t=SolfoY6JYXmszJYp7bUVWQ
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Lato
4:13 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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RIP Frank
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Far Cough
4:13 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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Managed Man U amongst others
RIP
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Irish Hammer
4:10 Mon Mar 7
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Oldest hammers player now gone to the Lego towers in the sky.
RIP
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MancIron
4:09 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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R.I.P.
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MancIron
4:09 Mon Mar 7
Re: Frank O'Farrell
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He was the oldest ex Hammer wasn't he?
Proper gent by all accounts.
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