Returning to Celtic as manager and winning another league title has felt like a dream for Martin O’Neill.
In the course of this rollercoaster season, the Irishman has had two spells in charge, and he has guided the Hoops to another Premiership title – their fifth in a row – with a dramatic 3-1 victory over Hearts at Paradise.
Speaking to Celtic TV after the title triumph, the Celtic manager said: “It’s surreal and what we didn’t really want to do was to get as close as we’d done and then not win it. It’s been a fantastic effort.
“Last year I came along as a pundit, so a year later to be here as the manager of the football club, is really, really incredible.
‘I genuinely can’t believe it. It’s like a dream.’
“Of the things that Kieran Tierney’s won, he’s said this is the most special, and it is really special for me. It’s probably because I can’t remember the ones from back on those days!
“I have two grandchildren who were at the game. The three-year-old won’t know what it’s al about – she just keeps saying ‘Celtic, Celtic.’ But the seven-year-old will grasp this and that’s just lovely.
“And I remember when I was manager of Wycombe Wanderers, and my two daughters going across the Wembley pitch when we won the FA Trophy, and this is really special for them now.
“People keep talking about tactics and positions and everything, but at the end of it, we know that things change during the course of the game and you have to have courage to play the game and compete.
“I remember Tommy Burns once saying that he felt it was more difficult to play for Celtic than against them, and players have to rise to the occasion, with sixty-thousand people demanding it.”
Fixtures
Celtic Vs. Heart of Midlothian – Sat, May 16th 2026, 12:30 Final score: 3 – 1