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Graeme McGarry

Martin O'Neill on why Ange Postecoglou's Celtic side won't blow title in the way that class of 2005 did

Former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill presented current captain Callum McGregor with the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award this week.

NOBODY, but nobody, has to remind Martin O’Neill that a league title is never sealed until it is mathematically assured. Very few in fact would be brave enough to broach the subject with the former Celtic manager.

O’Neill still smarts from the late collapse his team suffered some 17 years ago now, blowing their seemingly insurmountable advantage over Rangers in a frantic final few minutes at Fir Park, an afternoon that forever became known as ‘Helicopter Sunday’.

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