Celtic lift Scottish Cup as O’Neill weighs short-term stay
Nostalgic cup final as Celtic beat Dunfermline 3-1 for the double. Debate grows over O’Neill staying, Maeda likened to Larsson, and a major summer overhaul looms.
Celtic beat Dunfermline 3-1 at Hampden to clinch the Scottish Cup and complete the double. Maeda, Engels and Iheanacho scored, with Cooper netting late for the Pars.
Ex-Rangers player Dougie Bell laments current squad’s mentality, noting Celtic won the league and cup, and calls for more Scots at Ibrox to match Celtic’s standards.
O’Neill hails Kelechi Iheanacho as a ‘cult hero’ after clutch goals vs Hibs and Motherwell in title run-in. He has 8 goals, 1 assist in 23 games and scored in the 3-1 cup final.
Forrest wins a 28th major honour and calls this season’s double his sweetest after a comeback title and 3-1 cup win over Dunfermline. The 34-year-old signs on for another year.
Frank McAvennie claims Hatate ‘fell out’ with O’Neill, with the midfielder out of favour and omitted from squads for the Hearts decider and the 3-1 Scottish Cup final win.
Former Coronation Street actress celebrates at Hampden as Celtic lift the Scottish Cup after a 3-1 win over Dunfermline.
Celtic’s cup win puts Rangers into Europa League Q3 as seeds on 6 Aug, with potential ties vs sides like Qarabag or Anderlecht. Celtic complete the double by beating Dunfermline.
After Dunfermline’s 3-1 loss, Lennon hails O’Neill for rescuing Celtic’s season and says the board should let him choose whether to stay after delivering a double.
Robbie Keane quits Ferencvaros amid links to Celtic job. Schalke rule out £10m-rated Soufiane El-Faouzi sale. Lech Poznan push to buy Celtic loanee Luis Palma permanently.
SFA release audio from Celtic 3-1 Hearts, backing Don Robertson’s decision to end the game, not abandon it, after a pitch incursion, confirming communication with the Hearts bench.
O’Neill, 74, celebrates double then says he will meet Dermot Desmond to discuss his future, open to a ‘very short term’ role after Celtic’s 3-1 cup win over Dunfermline.
