And That's Final Michael Grant Reports From Hampden Where Martin O'neill Bids Farewell to Celtic with a 1-0 Cup Win Over Dundee United
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MARTIN O'NEILL was encouraged to break with tradition and go upfirst to lift the Tennent's Scottish Cup at Hampden yesterday. Now it is up to Gordon Strachan to lift Celtic.
A 1-0 victory secured by an Alan Thompson strike which deflected off teenager Garry Kenneth's heel gave Celtic the cup for a record 33rd time but none of those previous triumphs were secured amid such a swirl of contrasting emotions. In expressing their thanks and gratitude to O'Neill at the end of his last match in charge, the Celtic supporters gave the cup final a broader significance than the mere accumulation of another piece of silverware.See the full content of this document
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And That's Final Michael Grant Reports From Hampden Where Martin O'neill Bids Farewell to Celtic with a 1-0 Cup Win Over Dundee United
The celebrations were genuine but a bigger point was being made: they would have stayed and demanded a lap of honour from O'Neill even if the final had ended in an unexpected defeat.
Instead it delivered the seventh troph...See the full content of this document
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