O’Neill brands Pars chairman ‘ignorant’

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Yorkston claimed Bobo Balde had injured more players than the controversial East End Park playing surface. He tried to play down the comments as a joke following his side's Tennent's Scottish Cup fourth-round defeat, but Celtic boss O'Neill was having none of it. O'Neill launched into an angry tirade against Yorkston, who in the past has accused Celtic of ruining their bid to sign Taribo West and made remarks about Chris Sutton.

"His comments are disgraceful," said O'Neill. "I think he should be hauled in front of the SFA because it is simply not true. It is a disgraceful comment about a player you can't say that. We didn't hear it before the game and I'm pleased we didn't.