Old Bhoy O’Neill cool on return to Paradise

Parkhead has known some great European nights, but the meeting of Scotland and the Republic of Ireland at the Glasgow ground on November 14 in Group D of the European Championships is almost guaranteed to go down alongside the most memorable.

With Hampden Park unavailable due to the Commonwealth Games, Celtic Park always looked like the most obvious venue, and the Scottish FA duly confirmed the Hoops’ ground as their stadium for choice for the fixture last week.

The connection between Celtic and this island needs little elaboration and the return of Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane to ‘Paradise’ in their guise as Ireland’s brains trust has assured the fixture an even greater significance.