Talk:Martin O'Neill

message: Should there not be a mention of his work as a pundit on televised football? He seems to have been on a lot in the recent World Cup (on the BBC I think), plus other prominent games as well, I think. --A bit iffy 22:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: TV pundit

message: I've added a section on his (now confirmed by him) agreement to leave Celtic and become Leeds manager in Jan 2003 as alleged in Peter Ridsdale's book. -- --Jw2034 15:41, 4 November 2007 (GMT)
:I think this poorly written section should be merged into the Celtic section, and should be perhaps half a sentence long. 90.194.100.16 (talk) 22:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Leeds

message: What's the significance of the number he wears on his jacket? Someone once told me there was a reason why he wears the number 31, which he did at Celtic as well as the Villa.  slυмgυм [ ←→ ] 18:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:   31 

message: There should be far more about Martin's playing career, as he was quite an accomplished and successful midfielder. The trouble with Wikipedia is that it focuses on the present too much, leaving a lot of historical detail out. I confess I don't know much about him, which is why I looked here in the first place!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.70.74.247 (talk) 21:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playing days 

message: I believe he initially attended St. Columb's in Derry but after his family moved to Belfast, he then transferred to St. Malachy's where he completed his A levels. While at St. Malachy's they reached the MacRory Cup final and this was due to be played at Casement Park. However, the GAA said he could not play there as he played soccer for Distillery. The game was transferred to another ground and he played.
This is covered in the RTE Radio talk he recently gave which is still available on RTE.ie site. Perhaps someone with more time could re-write this section?
P O'Colla  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocolla (talk • contribs) 13:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: It seems that someone has thought that Harry Potter, Weasley and Dumbledore had something to do with Martin O'Neill's contract. Someone should change this. --Fiddle and herman (talk) 16:20, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, though for future reference: you can do it yourself. Check the history of the page, find the vandalism revision and then revert it. For more information see Help:Page_history. Thanks for notifying us. Regards, Woody (talk) 16:25, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leeds contract 

message: Is there a suitable way of stating O'Neill's reputation in the eyes of most football fans? Consensus is that he's one of the best managers currently in the game, eg touted as possible successor to Alex Ferguson, and tipped for England. Can this be incorporated into the intro with a reference, perhaps?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.230.100 (talk) 21:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reputation/standing 

message: might as well have this here...91.104.127.57 (talk) 13:53, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No we don't. Until we get a verifiable statement from the club that something is up then we leave the article as at the status quo. Woody (talk) 13:57, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed, would someone edit it out though please?!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.57.216 (talk) 16:22, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been removed now and protected for the time being to prevent further disruption. Regards, Woody (talk) 16:39, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leaving Villa Rumours 

message: The great man's full name is not "Martin O'Neil" but Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3357303.stm
90.200.240.178 (talk) 18:24, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have also added his goals from Nottingham Forest, with a source, only to see it reverted to zero. Might I remind editors that the 'pending changes' setting shouldn't be used to block geniune additions or maintain wrong information - especially on a BLP 90.200.240.178 (talk) 15:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies, I've restored it. Though it was cockup rather than conspiracy. Your edit must have been added to the pending queue after I read the article page with a view to removing the rumour, so when I reverted the rumour, your good edit went with it. Again, sorry. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 15:10, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Are we sure on that? i'm sure i heard Alan Pardew call him something different at the recent Newcastle United - 5under1and derby game, i think it rhymed with clucking stunt. lol--The Mercenary 73 (talk) 20:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: The article needs to mention O'Neill's reasons for doing so.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:46, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: do you have a source that gives these 'reasons'. Monkeymanman (talk) 13:01, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: He must have given SOME explanation. There's not even an attempt here to enlighten the reader.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:05, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: i am not going to search for you, but if there was some explanation then a reliable source would show it. Monkeymanman (talk) 13:43, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine, I've done it myself.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:52, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did he resign as Villa manager? 

message: I see there's an edit war over Martin O'Neil's nationality (one editor putting Irish, the other British, with neither using WP:RS). I've put in from Northern Ireland's nationalist community, with the Northern Ireland bit sourced from the Guardian. This may be wrong - as I understand it, under the peace agreement he has the choice of taking an Irish passport, but should be backed up with reliable sources. Equally, there may be some Wiki convention I don't know about on this as I would have thought it's an issue that's cropped up elsewhere. Again, please show if this is the case. Mattun0211 (talk) 01:57, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: He played international football for Northern Ireland. This would not have been possible had he not been a UK national. Therefore we know that he is British. He may also have taken up his entitlement to ROI citizenship, but we would need a reliable source. Mooretwin (talk) 13:10, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: His nationality should simply be Northern Irish as either Irish or British would be WP:OR without a source and not his FIFA defined nationality anyway so irrelevant. Adam4267 (talk) 15:19, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Since his OBE isn't honourary, he is a British citizen.--Allthestrongbowintheworld (talk) 15:44, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, his OBE isn't honourary. They can be awarded to anyone but if they aren't a UK citizen then it's an honourary award. Being brought up by a nationalist family means nothing other than his family is Irish, not him himself. Martin himself clearly isn't that nationalist because he chose to represent Northern Ireland rather than the republic.--Allthestrongbowintheworld (talk) 21:56, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

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message: There has been a recent dispute about Martin O'Neill's nationality. Its my understanding that he is Northern Irish on the basis that that is where he was born, where he played for and what FIFA describe him as. Is this ok with everyone. C. 22468   Talk to me 23:09, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: The Sunderland has a paragraph about his 2011 matches which mentions a "first" Tyne-Wear derby, then a paragraph about his 2012 matches, with another "first" Tyne-Wear derby.  Can someone review that section? Gronky (talk) 17:31, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Tyne-Wear derby in 2011 or 2012? 

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