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Willie O'Neill joined Celtic from St Anthony's in October 1959 and went on to spent the best part of the next decade at Parkhead.

Remarkably O'Neill made his Hoops first team debut in the Scottish Cup final replay of 1961 as the Celts lost 2-0 to Dunfermline at Hampden.

The full back was a precision passer and a cool head but for most of his Celtic career he had to be content with infrequent first team call ups as he never seemed able to quite hold down a starting place on a permanent basis.

However at the start of the now legendary 1966-67 season Jock Stein gave O'Neill his chance but despite some fine performances he was dropped after the 3-2 Hogmanay defeat to Dundee United. Jim Craig took his place and never looked back. A popular and well liked character among fans and team-mates Willie eventually left Celtic in May 1969 to join Carlisle.