Martin O’Neill: ‘I deserved criticism. But it was an absolute outpouring’

The former Ireland manager reflects on his time under Brian Clough, working with Roy Keane and the ‘brutally brilliant’ Old Firm rivalry.

CASE FOR DEFENCE: Former Ireland boss Martin O'Neill reflects on time with Forest and managing Celtic and Leicester in new book. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

There are already murmurings in the Republic of Ireland about Martin O’Neill’s autobiography. On Days Like These, which charts five decades in football, signs off with a withering take-down of Keith Andrews, Stephen Kenny’s assistant with Ireland. 

“Stephen’s lieutenant finds himself in a hotter seat in the dugout than the one he occupied in a TV studio when he was an excoriating critic of mine,” O’Neill writes.