Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho ia hei kaiwhakahaere o Cardiff City i te marama o Noema 1973, engari i te marama o Paenga-whāwhā 1974 ka mutu ki te tango i te pou o te kaiwhakahaere ki te kapa motu o Iran. I tīmata ia i tana wā ki te wikitoria e whitu i te raupapa, ā, i ārahi i a rātou ki te mētara koura i te
1974 Asian Games me te tohu mo nga Olympics o Montreal. I te marama o Hanuere 2006, i tonoa a O'Farrell ki Iran ki te haere ki tetahi huihuinga hei whakanui i nga kaitakaro o Persepolis o mua, me Alan Rogers.