Martin O’Neill: I was called ‘Northerner’ and treated as outsider during Ireland reign

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  1. What a load of bull .. people turned against him due to shite football and his bitter interviews…
    In saying that I’m not sure what he could have done to make the football better

  2. Crazy how much his stock fell after Celtic. Started off well at Villa and Sunderland but it all went to shit. Same at Ireland

  3. I’m a nordie who’s lived in Dublin for 6 years and I just know some southerners assume the worst when they hear the accent. You can tell from their face and attitude. They think you’re a big orange man even though they don’t realise majoirty of loyalist wouldn’t go down south only Irish nordies want to live south or go to school there

  4. Mick McCarthy was also treated the exact same way by Irish media. Compare how both were treated to the way Stephen Kenny is currently being viewed. If either O’Neill or McCarthy teams performed like Kenny’s Irish team the Irish media would be screaming for them to be sacked! We love our soccer players/ managers even more when they’re “our type” of Irish. Irish media are disgraceful and gormless and discriminatory.

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