By CALUM CROWE

Published: 22:14, 2 November 2025 | Updated: 22:14, 2 November 2025

Decked out in a retro adidas tracksuit with lime green trim, Martin O’Neill stood on the Hampden touchline looking like he could easily have been due on Centre Court to face Bjorn Borg.

If his choice of clothing was very much from the vintage collection, then the sight of this 73-year-old evergreen Celtic manager emerging victorious against Rangers also felt like a blast from the past.

At the end of a pulsating encounter between Scottish football’s two most bitter rivals, it was O’Neill’s name which rang out high into the skies above Mount Florida.

A week which started with the shock resignation of Brendan Rodgers finished with O’Neill being serenaded by supporters and hailed as Celtic’s saviour, just as he was in his pomp 25 years ago.

‘I was 73 when I arrived on Monday, I’m 94 now,’ he joked on TV afterwards about a match which showcased this rivalry at its most intense and chaotic best.

Much had been made of O’Neill’s comments on talkSPORT last Monday...