Martin O’Neill
The current Aston Villa Manager began his playing career in his native Northern Ireland for Derry City, before he was signed by Brian Clough for Nottingham Forest in 1971. The useful midfielder was part of the fantastic side built by Brian Clough that went on to win the First Division Championship in 1978, and the European Cup in both 1979 and 1980. Moving on from Forest Martin then went on to play for Norwich City, Man City, Notts County, Chesterfield and Fulham.
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Martin played 64 times for Northern Ireland scoring 8 goals, the highlight being Captaining his side in th 1982 World Cup Finals in Spain.
His managerial career began at Grantham Town In 1987, and after a brief spell at Shepshed Charterhouse, he was appointed Manager of Wycombe Wanderers in 1990. In just over 5 years he totally transformed the non league club, they initially won The Vauxhall Conference gaining promotion to the Football league, and then a further promotion took them into the 3rd Division.
He left Wycombe to take charge of Norwich City, but left shortly after a disagreement with the Chairman, and almost immediately took up the reigns at Leicester City in 1995. In is first season he achieved promotion via the Play Offs to the Premier League, followed by 3 Wembley appearances in the Carling Cup, winning 2 of them to take Leicester into Europe for the first time in decades.
Martin left Filbert Street for Celtic in 2000 where he immediately became a hero, transforming the fortunes of the club by winning The Scottish League In 2001 And 2002. A year later Celtic reached the Final of The Uefa Cup and Ii 2004 Celtic Won The League And Cup Double. He left Celtic after the Scottish Cup Final in 2005 due to personal reasons, and a year later he was appointed Manager of Aston Villa.
Martin was awarded The OBE In 2004.
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