Pride the primary focus for O'Neill

New Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill made restoring a sense of pride in the shirt his first objective after agreeing a two-year contract to replace Nigel Worthington.

The Irish Football Association confirmed the 42-year-old would take charge of their World Cup 2014 campaign yesterday afternoon, with O’Neill beating his former Shamrock Rovers assistant Jim Magilton and Iain Dowie in the final reckoning.