Who is Frank O’Farrell?

Frank O’Farrell happens to be a former Irish football player and manager who played for quite some teams like Cork United, West Ham United and Preston North End.

Before entering into his managerial duties, Frank was said to have played in over 300 appearances in the Football League before joining Weymouth as player-manager.

Born on October 9, 1927, in Cork, which is in Ireland, and attended high school at christ the king  where he  played Gaelic football and captained the school team to its first trophy win in 1941.

Youth career
Nicholas Rovers
Clapton Celtic
Western Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1948 Cork United ? (?)
1948–1956 West Ham United 197 (6)
1956–1961 Preston North End 118 (3)
1961 Weymouth ? (?)
National team
1952–1959 Republic of Ireland 9 (2)
Teams managed
1961–1965 Weymouth
1965–1968 Torquay United
1968–1971 Leicester City
1971–1972 Manchester United
1973–1974 Cardiff City
1974–1976 Iran
1976–1977 Torquay United
1980 Al-Shaab
1981–1982 Torquay United

Frank O’Farrell’s Record With Manchester United

Frank was said to have head coached Manchester united from 1971 to 1972 where he played 81 games as the head coach of the team and was able to win only 30 out of the games.

On 1 July 1971, he took over at Manchester United, having been confirmed in the role on 8 June 1971.

Team From To Record
G W L D Win %
Torquay United 1 May 1965 31 December 1968 162 76 52 34 46.91
Leicester City 1 December 1968 30 June 1971 114 51 28 35 44.74
Manchester United 1 July 1971 19 December 1972 81 30 27 24 37.04
Cardiff City 13 November 1973 30 April 1974 27 8 10 9 29.63
Iran September 1974 September 1975 15 10 3 2 66.67
Torquay United 28 November 1976 1 March 1977 13 4 7 1 30.77
Al-Shaab 1980 1980 10 6 3 1 60
Torquay United 1 June 1981 30 June 1982 46 14 19 13 30.43