Manager 2000 - 2005

Extraordinary salvage job transformed Celtic from isolated runners-up to instant treble winners. Continued success, including a Uefa Cup final, has made him Celtic's most influential figure since Jock Stein. Intense, intelligent and highly-coveted, O'Neill left Celtic in 2005 to look after his sick wife, Geraldine.






Celtic
2003-04 Scottish Cup Winners
2002-03 Scottish League Cup runners-up, UEFA Cup runners-up
2001-02 Scottish Cup Runners Up
2000-01 Scottish Cup Winners, Scottish League Cup winners

Leicester City
2000-01 Division One play-off champions
1999-00 League Cup Winners
1998-99 League Cup runners-up
1996-97 League Cup Winners

Wycombe Wanderers
1993-94 Division Three play-off champions
1992-93 Conference Champions, FA Trophy Winners
1991-92 Bob Lord Trophy Winners
1990-91 FA Trophy Winners


Biography

• 4theGame biography of Martin O'Neill

Pictures

• Picture Gallery

Quotes

"I'll do everything I can to bring success to this football club."
Martin O'Neill, July 2000

'The UEFA Cup is not just one notch up from what we're used to, we are talking about four or five notches.'
MON, 2003

'When the final whistle blows and you're in front; thats the only moment you really enjoy it.'
MON on Old Firm games

"If you tell me we will win the league and not beat Rangers all season, then I would take it. "
Celtic boss Martin O'Neill



'One of my jobs at the start - and you can write this as a headline - was trying to find out why exactly we had spent some of our money on Rafael Sheidt'
Martin O'Neill speaking in 2004

'What sort of state do I leave Celtic in? Certainly a better state than I found them, and certainly a better state than you're in.'
Martin O'Neill on Clyde commentator Peter Martin

Quotes by others on MoN

'Martin did have one thing going for him when he arrived up there in Glasgow - he didnt need to work too hard to get fans to come to the ground. All he had to do was tell them it was a Saturday! What a luxury, massive home crowds virtually guaranteed.'
Brian Clough on MON, 2002

"If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job."
Brian Clough on Martin O'Neill.

"Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius."
Brian Clough on Martin O'Neill.