Martin O’Neill: Liam Miller should have stayed that bit longer at Celtic

Martin O’Neill spoke yesterday with a very real poignancy about the chat he enjoyed with Liam Miller a couple of nights before the Cork man’s passing.

“He was still the handsome young man we had so fervently hugged in the dressing room at Celtic Park (when he made his European debut), his impish sense of humour still intact. We reminisced about many things until it was time for me to leave. That evening will stay with me,” O’Neill wrote in yesterday’s souvenir match programme for Miller.