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Martin O'Neill

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Preceded by
Northern Ireland Captain
Succeeded by
Allan Hunter
1980 – 1984
Sammy McIlroy

Since taking to management Martin O’Neill has developed a Midas Touch similar to that which he possessed as captain of Northern Ireland in the early-‘eighties…
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Name: Martin Hugh Michael O’Neill MBE OBE
Born: 1 March 1952, Kilrea
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.03 st
Position: Midfielder
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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 64 Full Caps / 8 goals (1971-1984); 1 Amateur Cap (1971).

Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1970/71; (with Forest) Football League Champion 1977/78, Runner-Up 1979/80; Football League Division Two Third Place (promoted) 1976/77; Football League Cup Winner 1977/78, 1978/79, Runner-Up 1979/80; FA Charity Shield Winner 1978; European Cup Winner 1978/79 (unused sub), 1979/80; European Super Cup Winner 1979, Runner-Up 1980; Intercontinental Cup Runner-Up 1980/81; Anglo-Scottish Cup Winner 1976/77; (with Norwich) League Division Two Third Place (promoted) 1981/82.
Awards: MBE 1982, OBE 2004 (both for Services to Football); Belfast Telegraph Hall of Fame 2015.
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Club Career:
Clubs
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Others
Rosario Youth Club
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Youth
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Distillery
69/70-71/72
Aug-69
Youth
47 (-)/25
(all domestic games)
2(0)/1
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Nott'm F.
71/72-80/81
Oct-71
£15,000
264(21)/48
28(1)/3
5(0)/0
15(1)/1
4(1)/2
Norwich C.
80/81
Feb-81
£250,000
11 (0)/ 1
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Man.  City
81/82
Jun-81
£275,000
12 (1)/ 0
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3(0)/0
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Norwich.C.
81/82-82/83
Jan-82
£150,000
54 (1)/11
4(0)/1
5(0)/1
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4(0)/0
Notts Co.
83/84-84/85
Aug-83
£40,000
63 (1)/ 5
7(0)/0
10(0)/1
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Fulham
85/86
Aug-85
Free
0 (0)/ 0
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TOTALS
£730,000
451(24)/90
39(1)/4
23(0)/2
17(1)/2
8(1)/2
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Managerial Career:
  • Grantham Town (Southern League) Jul/87 – Jul/89
  • Shepshed Charterhouse (Northern Premier League) Jul/89 – Sep/89
  • Wycombe Wanderers (Football Conference/Football League) Jul/90 – Jun/95
    • Football League Division Three Play-Off Winner (promoted) 1993/94; Football Conference Champion (promoted) 1992/93; FA Trophy Winner 1990/91, 1992/93; Bob Lord Trophy Winner 1991/92.
  • Norwich City (Football League) Jun/95 – Dec/95
  • Leicester City (Football League/FA Premier League) Dec/95 – Jun/00
    • Football League Division One Play-Off Winner (promoted) 1995/96; Football League Cup Winner 1996/97, 1999/00, Runner-Up 1998/99. 
    • Premier League manager of the Month September 1997, October 1998, November 1999.
  • Celtic (Scottish Premier League) Jul/00 – May/05
    • Scottish Premier League Champion 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04; Scottish Cup Winner 2000/01, 2003/04, 2004/05, Runner-Up 2001/02; Scottish League Cup Winner 2000/01, Runner-Up 2002/03; UEFA Cup Runner-Up 2002/03.
    • SFWA Manager of the Year 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04.
    • SPL Manager of the Month August 2000, December 2000, February 2001, August 2001, April 2002, November 2002, October 2003, November 2003, January 2004 (nine times, joint record).
  • Aston Villa (FA Premier League) Aug/06 – Aug/10
    • Football League Cup Runner-Up 2009/10.
    • Premier League Manager of the Month April 2007, November 2007, December 2008.
  • Sunderland (FA Premier League) Dec/11-Mar/13
    • Premier League Manager of the Month December 2011
  • Irish League (co-manager) (representative team) May/12
  • Republic of Ireland Nov/13-Nov/18
  • Nottingham Forest (EFL) Jan/19-Jun/19
  • League Managers' Association (Chairman) Apr/24
  • Celtic (Scottish Premiership) (caretaker-manager) Oct/25
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Biography:
To follow.
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Wikipedia
Career in Pictures

Daily Mail Article
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World Soccer, November 1971 (@sp1873)

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
  1. 13-10-1971 USSR.......... H D 1-1 ECQ sub 
  2. 16-02-1972 Spain......... H D 1-1 ECQ sub
  3. 27-05-1972 Wales......... A D 0-0 BC. sub 
  4. 28-03-1973 Portugal...... H D 1-1 WCQ 1 Goal
  5. 08-05-1973 Cyprus........ H W 3-0 WCQ
  6. 12-05-1973 England....... H L 1-2 BC
  7. 16-05-1973 Scotland...... A W 2-1 BC. 1 Goal
  8. 19-05-1973 Wales......... H W 1-0 BC
  9. 26-09-1973 Bulgaria...... H D 0-0 WCQ
  10. 14-11-1973 Portugal...... A D 1-1 WCQ
  11. 15-05-1974 England....... A L 0-1 BC. sub
  12. 18-05-1974 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC
  13. 30-10-1974 Sweden........ A W 2-0 ECQ 1 Goal
  14. 16-04-1975 Yugoslavia.... H W 1-0 ECQ
  15. 17-05-1975 England....... H D 0-0 BC
  16. 20-05-1975 Scotland...... A L 0-3 BC
  17. 19-11-1975 Yugoslavia.... A L 0-1 ECQ sub
  18. 28-05-1977 England....... H L 1-2 BC. sub 
  19. 01-06-1977 Scotland...... A L 0-2 BC
  20. 21-09-1977 Iceland....... H W 2-0 WCQ
  21. 12-10-1977 Netherlands... H L 0-1 WCQ
  22. 13-05-1978 Scotland...... A D 1-1 BC. 1 Goal
  23. 16-05-1978 England....... A L 0-1 BC
  24. 19-05-1978 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC
  25. 20-09-1978 Rep of Ireland A D 0-0 ECQ
  26. 25-10-1978 Denmark....... H W 2-1 ECQ
  27. 29-11-1978 Bulgaria...... A W 2-0 ECQ
  28. 07-02-1979 England....... A L 0-4 ECQ
  29. 02-05-1979 Bulgaria...... H W 2-0 ECQ
  30. 06-06-1979 Denmark....... A L 0-4 ECQ
  31. 21-11-1979 Rep of Ireland H W 1-0 ECQ
  32. 26-03-1980 Israel........ A D 0-0 WCQ
  33. 11-06-1980 Australia..... A W 2-1 FR
  34. 15-06-1980 Australia..... A D 1-1 FR. 1 Goal
  35. 18-06-1980 Australia..... A W 2-1 FR
  36. 15-10-1980 Sweden........ H W 3-0 WCQ
  37. 19-11-1980 Portugal...... A L 0-1 WCQ
  38. 29-04-1981 Portugal...... H W 1-0 WCQ
  39. 19-05-1981 Scotland...... A L 0-2 BC
  40. 03-06-1981 Sweden........ A L 0-1 WCQ
  41. 14-10-1981 Scotland...... H D 0-0 WCQ
  42. 23-02-1982 England....... A L 0-4 BC
  43. 24-03-1982 France........ A L 0-4 FR
  44. 28-04-1982 Scotland...... H D 1-1 BC
  45. 17-06-1982 Yugoslavia.... N D 0-0 WCF
  46. 21-06-1982 Honduras...... N D 1-1 WCF
  47. 25-06-1982 Spain......... N W 1-0 WCF
  48. 01-07-1982 Austria....... N D 2-2 WCF
  49. 04-07-1982 France........ N L 1-4 WCF
  50. 13-10-1982 Austria....... A L 0-2 ECQ
  51. 17-11-1982 West Germany.. H W 1-0 ECQ
  52. 15-12-1982 Albania....... A D 0-0 ECQ
  53. 30-03-1983 Turkey........ A W 2-1 ECQ 1 Goal
  54. 27-04-1983 Albania....... H W 1-0 ECQ
  55. 24-05-1983 Scotland...... A D 0-0 BC
  56. 28-05-1983 England....... H D 0-0 BC
  57. 21-09-1983 Austria....... H W 3-1 ECQ 1 Goal
  58. 12-10-1983 Turkey........ A L 0-1 ECQ
  59. 16-11-1983 West Germany.. A W 1-0 ECQ
  60. 04-04-1984 England....... A L 0-1 BC
  61. 22-05-1984 Wales......... A D 1-1 BC
  62. 27-05-1984 Finland....... A L 0-1 WCQ
  63. 12-09-1984 Romania....... H W 3-2 WCQ 1 Goal
  64. 14-11-1984 Finland....... H W 2-1 WCQ
.Summary: 58(6)/8. Won 22, Drew 20, Lost 22.
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Record as captain:
Span
First Match
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
.GD.
Win %
Pts %
W/L
1980-1984
26/03/80
33
12
11
10
29
34
-5
36.4%
47.5%
2
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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
  1. 19-02-1971 Scotland...... H D 1-1
Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.
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Comments

Unknown said…
I'm pretty sure M O'Neill got an 8th interception goal in 3-2 win at home to Romania in Euro 84 qualifier.
Monday, February 14, 2022
jcd said…
Thanks, you are correct.

Now the next problem is I have to figure out who I had credited that goal to!
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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