GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 16: Martin O'Neill, Interim Manager of Celtic lifts the William Hill Premiership trophy with players of Celtic following the team's victory in the William Hill Premiership match between Celtic and Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park on May 16, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Martin O’Neill has fired back spectacularly at the Scottish media and their new favourite club.
With Danny Rohl imploding in the post-split fixtures allegiances quickly switched to the Gorgie cousins led by the forever dignified figure of Derek McInnes.
Celtic’s late penalty at Motherwell last week triggered an incredible reaction.
Kris Boyd led the way from Tynecastle with Sky Sports applying to checks or corrections on his ridiculous claims.
BBC Scotland were quickly on the case as they shared the despair of Tom English, Kenny Macintyre, Ryan Stevenson and Andy Halliday.
The build up to Saturday’s title decider was incredible. Most legacy media outlets were all-in on a Jambo title party.
Since McInnes raced down the tunnel and onto the team bus the reaction to Celtic’s success has been furious. Rancid, bitter, toxic.
MARTIN O’NEILL FIRES BACK AT THE CELTIC PILE ON
Celtic’s favoured media partners have been in unison. Tainted is one of the mildest descriptions used for the latest title won by Scotland’s most successful club.
O’Neill took Zombie duo Jim White and Simon Jordan to task on Monday live on TalkSPORT.
This afternoon the Celtic boss came out swinging as he called out the ABC Scottish media. Anyone But Celtic.
Asked if Celtic’s achievements had been dismissed across Scotland, O’Neill didn’t hold back
There’s no question it’s been lost.
Outside our supporters, outside us, outside the diaspora, everybody wanted Hearts to win. So there was just this… what shall I say… just an incredible anti-feeling about us winning it and so that didn’t become the story.
The story became the fans coming onto the pitch to celebrate as if it’s never happened before and yeah and just downright skulduggery on our part to actually take the win away from Hearts.
So Hearts have been brilliant all season and let’s remind ourselves about that there but we won it and sometimes I have to remind myself that we did do it.
With Michael Nicholson hiding behind a spreadsheet O’Neill is the only voice inside Celtic.
Brian Unity Wilson hasn’t delivered a Supporters Update since the devastation of the Labour Party’s humiliation at the election to the Scottish Parliament.
On and off the park O’Neill has been the only person at Celtic justifying their salary and position.
Chris McKay and Mark Hargreaves turn up with Nicholson and Wilson at away matches. Other than that they remain on mute, contributing nothing, taking plenty.
On TalkSPORT Bloom said:
The Hearts players, one or two got assaulted. It’s completely unacceptable behaviour. The authorities will be looking at it. I don’t want to say anything more about that.
Following Bloom, Hearts stated:
We have also written to the SFA and SPFL setting out our observations and questions regarding the circumstances surrounding the premature ending of the match, and expressing our concern that a troubling precedent has been set whereby a pitch invasion can effectively determine the duration of a football match, rather than the match officials.
Celtic won Saturday’s match 3-1 to finish the season two points ahead of Hearts.
It is title 56 for Celtic, Hearts haven’t been champions of Scotland for 66 years.
Sky Sports, BBC Scotland, TalkSPORT and the Daily Record won’t be able to change a thing. All they are doing is reducing their audience as social media contradicts every wild claim.
fan video from the touch line shows the Hearts dug out empty out and go onto the pitch just as callum scored the 3rd , the hearts staff and subs stayed on the pitch
it was the same in 86 when we won for months every hun you knew was a farts fan ,and the media are going word for word along the same smear as they did with Hibs after the cup final
This Bloom comment is disgraceful, it’s now 4 day’s after, still zero assault footage but Bloom now claiming at least 2 assaulted, piss poor. Sick of them now
Bloom is just another greetin faced prick.
“The Hearts players, one or two got assaulted. ”
Bloom would know for certain whether it was one or two players that were assaulted. The vagueness suggests that he is lying.
If anyone is to be charged it’ll be Shankland & Kent, both assaulting fan’s and their property, you also had the centre half goading the Celtic fans at the tunnel for a square go……
Grew should do a touch of research before opening his huge gob….
HH
@hermatim,
EXACTLY !!!
If Bloom had wanted to make himself more ridiculous he would have failed miserably.
The game was over by mid Saturday afternoon and he STILL can’t get his story straight.
One or two injured, is that right,ya dafty ?
Would one of them be Spittal after he head butted the floor of the Gorgie Suite from landing on his head when he drunkenly fell off a table ?
Or perhaps he’s referring to Shankland who is forever getting his oversized head stuck in any door frame he attempts to pass through !
Get it right roon yeez,ya twisted miserable shower of scumbags.
Long may their pain continue well into the Summer and even to the start of the season.
The longer they talk about themselves and the media,the more it will F**K them for next season.
The Hearts fans themselves,the media the punters have done more greetin than a Xmas card.
Surely to fu*k they’ll give up tomorrow…
There again – We have a cup final coming up and they’ll try to disrupt any preparation for that will the scums o’ the earth !
This Bloom pr**K is sounding like a right broken record, Club should immediately release statement contradicting mini huns claims and ask for footage that shows players being assaulted….never heard some much fabricated lies…
Playing the pain game
Rosie and Jim tried to barge their way past O’Neil’s defence, getting on the tragic roundabout with a Balamory that after the ball entered the empty old king Cole that the little Tommy Tucker hadn’t given a little Bo Peep of his whistle. When you confront O’Neil you’d better go get a better disguise! Because he knows today’s the day the Teddy Bears have their Tantrum, everyone knows they’re tired of losing and winning little Teddy Bears. Claims of marooned farmers in the den getting hit with sticks and stones wanting a Gorgie apology while they ran away are just a teenie, weenie, minnie, moans.
The ghirls and bhoys came out to play and it seems the queen of Hearts felt a bit Jack and Jill because when they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down, turning Derek McInnes into a Karen but his Hearts in the right place, finishing second. They thought the flowers May Bloom to gladden the Hearts but One man’s team went to pot Bill and Ben we scored One for sorrow, Two to annoy, Three for to destroy, now Ye Cannae Shove Yer goalie Aff a Bus. They were beaten only by a Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, that’s assault that matters. It was three blind mice of the critical media to admit there’s a hole in their bucket, dear Lies, dear Lies.