My party Bhoys are innocent, says Celtic boss

CELTIC manager Martin O’Neill today declared he was 100% convinced the three players at the centre of the club’s Christmas night out scandal were innocent of the allegations made against them.

Despite that, he has decreed there will be no more Christmas parties for players as long as he is manager at Parkhead.

O'Neill yesterday broke his silence on the allegations that a photographer had his equipment forcibly removed and then damaged by Celtic players after he had taken pictures of them emerging from a Newcastle nightclub.