Day That Kicked Off the Martin O’Neill Fairytale

The day the Martin O'Neill fairytale truly began still stirs every Celtic supporter

The summer of 2000 changed Celtic forever – we look back at the day the O’Neill era announced itself and why that transformation still resonates with every supporter who lived through it. Martin O’Neill takes his place in the Celtic dugout at the start of the 2000-01 season. (Photo: SNS Group) The late 1990s had been a peculiar kind of purgatory for Celtic supporters. The club was undeniably alive – crowds were good, the stadium was rebuilt, the…

Day That Kicked Off the Martin O’Neill Fairytale

5:30 AM Jun 1, 2026: MARTIN O’NEILL is Celtic’s serial title winner and has topped and tailed the club’s TWENTY-SIX Premiership crowns thus far in this century. The charismatic 74-year-old Irishman got the ball rolling in his debut 2000/01 campaign and, of course, has just emulated the achievement with this campaign’s extraordinary success. In one of the most dramatic and...