Who was Father Linehan/Lineham?
Dec 21, 2014 12:04:29 GMT
Post by shred on Dec 21, 2014 12:04:29 GMT
Father Linehan, one time assistant priest at St Mary's, Swinton, was the Catholic chaplain to the 6th East Lancashire Regiment during the First World War. There is a very interesting piece connecting him with Real Madrid read more......
The English priests who taught Real Madrid a football lesson
In 1907 the seminarians of the Royal English College at Valladolid thrashed the mighty Real Madrid
Fr Linehan, who captained the college side and played as goalkeeper, later served with great distinction as a Chaplain with the East Lancashire Regiment in the Dardanelles, Mesopotamia and Gallipoli. In the late 1950s while attending a football match at Old Trafford Fr Lineham, now a priest in the diocese of Salford, was introduced to Señor Santiago Bernebeu, the then president of Real Madrid who had participated in the historic football game, and Bernebeu told him: “That game changed the whole history of football in Spain by showing us how football should be played.”
In 1907 the seminarians of the Royal English College at Valladolid thrashed the mighty Real Madrid
Fr Linehan, who captained the college side and played as goalkeeper, later served with great distinction as a Chaplain with the East Lancashire Regiment in the Dardanelles, Mesopotamia and Gallipoli. In the late 1950s while attending a football match at Old Trafford Fr Lineham, now a priest in the diocese of Salford, was introduced to Señor Santiago Bernebeu, the then president of Real Madrid who had participated in the historic football game, and Bernebeu told him: “That game changed the whole history of football in Spain by showing us how football should be played.”