1 Aug 2000: Headshot of Simon Jordan the Crystal Palace chairman during the appointment of Alan Smith as Crystal Palace manager held at Selhurst Park, in London. Mandatory Credit: Ian Walton /Allsport
Martin O’Neill brilliantly destroyed Jim White and Simon Jordan live on TalkSPORT this morning.
For the first few months of this season the Celtic boss was a regular Monday morning guest for the London based radio station.
Nobody at TalkSPORT really bothers about Scottish football. David ‘Bless Me’ Tanner is their token Scottish football reporter, he wasn’t anywhere near Celtic Park on Saturday.
Excitement at Celtic possibly losing the SPFL was masked as interest in the Hearts fairy-tale, becoming champions of Scotland for the first time in 66 years.
Through gritted teeth this morning, both of the Turkish variety, White and Jordan put in a call to O’Neill.
There was no enthusiasm for Celtic’s victory, barely any respect for a 74-year-old interim manager that twice came to the rescue.
White was quick to use the word tainted. Not a phrase that he’d ever use with his cheeky mate Ally McCoist.
Only the after-match scenes interested White, a former pupil of Kelvinside Academy.
O’NEILL REFUSED TO PLAY ALONG WITH WHITE’S AGENDA
O’Neill came back swinging at White.
This wasn’t kindly Uncle Martin cracking gags about his age.
White suddenly realised that it wasn’t a chummy chat with McCoist or Kris Boyd.
O’Neill fired straight back. And rattled the target, White hasn’t known anything like it since his last breathalyser.
The Celtic boss challenged and trashed every point made by the former Sky Sports anchor man.
After a lifetime in journalism White’s legacy is wearing yellow ties and melting like an excited school-girl in the presence of Brian Laudrup.
Martin evidently pissed off with Jim White, handedly him his arse. pic.twitter.com/QcfylOpMJT
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Jordan was unusually sheepish. You get a feeling that the man that took Crystal Palace into administration is very jealous of O’Neill’s earning power. Off air at TalkSPORT it is unlikely that they shared any small talk.
Jordan asked O’Neill about the penalty Celtic were correctly awarded at Motherwell in midweek.
Again O’Neill saw it coming. Reminded Jordan of the Laws of the Game. Referees and VAR officials don’t make decisions on sympathy.
In the first half at Motherwell John Beaton and Andrew Dallas failed to award Celtic a penalty when Daizen Maeda was wiped out by Callum Ward. Not a peep about that from Jordan.
Hopefully O’Neill’s bonus for winning the SPFL title means that he never again has to give White and Jordan air-time.

They wouldn’t be the first idiots that forgot Martin O’Neill’s “chummy leprechaun” act is exactly that – an act. Underneath that genial exterior he’s as sharp as a chef’s boning knife and still as hard as nails – whether he’s 74 or not. I remember Adrian Chiles annoying him on air and getting his arse handed back to him – with a new hole in it.
Yes. Let’s all talk about tainted titles.
Do you really want to do that Mr Laudrup Licker?
Why aren’t the gutter press not going to the real trouble makers that is the tarts singing secterian songs manager captain n spittal latter going to hospital after trying to sing sec song spittal fell off whiskey barrel and the only one I saw lifting their hands on pitch invasion was the dob shanklan let’s hear the gutter press has to say about that
MON is a time served lawyer, you wanna start an argument with a lawyer?
Pair of idiots at Talk Sport haven’t a clue.
Aberdeen v Rangers 87 pitch invasion last game of the season, players of Aberdeen not of the pitch goalposts wrecked etc, no uproar from Jim Bitterarse White then , Celtic fans in their own stadium come onto the pitch to celebrate no violence, if my memory serves me right England scored a goal with fans on the pitch thinking the game was over, pure envy and bitterness.
Jordans face was a picture he asked Martin a question….how would he feel if a penalty was given against his team like the motherwell game…Martin said it was a clear penalty…Jordan was agahst….when Martin had finished his point. That he didn’t like the stupid rule because soft penalties are given..(right left and centre) Jordans face had changed….surely talk sport can employ people…to say what they see and not what they WANT it to be..it’s NOT only talk sport that can’t be objective…any organisation reporting on a CELTIC WIN
Lol,the Chuckle brothers trying to wide and ended with a boot in the balls with steel toecaps on.
That photo of Jordan makes the C**T look like a reject from a redcoat Butlins interview.,it’s the auld Jim Bowen gameshow host jacket if ever I have seen one matches the same colour as his neck and alkie coupon.
I see wee David Spanner got a mention lol,I thought he was deed,along with Kris Einstein who has still not been seen or heard from since Saturday,somebody check the looney bin.
2 full days later and I haven’t seen any congratulations from the MSM,
for Celtic winning the title in such trying circumstances this season.
Has any club ever won a league title with 4 managers’ bums on the seat
at various points during the season?!
That was the story: that was the incredible achievement!
[Even though we did play p!sh most of the time… 🙂 ]
Just read what gorhun Smith wrote says the. CELTIC FANS were horrendous on the pitch the only horrendous thing that happened was captain dickhead hasn’t been jailed for assault on the fan he pushed to the floor were was his comment s when his scum ran riot few weeks back but that’s what you get from an ex C/E of sfa sweet fuck all
Smith doesn’t get to talk about anyone else’s fans…
Not Millwall’s, not Galasatry’s, not River Plate’s…
And fu**in certainly Celtic supporters for sure !
We’re on the One Road
Jim White made a quick sash for the Jambos bus leaving Celtic Park destined for Tynecastle Stadium’s celebrations, Simon Jordan looked the ticket dressed as an inspector in that jacket to be going with them. They weren’t the only ones that missed the bus, a bogus passenger named Andy Halliday said he’d be on that number 86 team bus travelling along the Gorgie road. Labour MP Ian Murray too tried to jump on the Jambos bandwagon and turn it into a campaign bus and Tom English went along for the token ride. Some fare dodgers wanted to throw John Beaton under the bus and McInnes the conductor of sectarian songs that the decent travellers back of the bus cannae sing, gets a free pass from the media.
More than a few will have experienced the travel sickness, remembering the pedestrian crossing, after exceeding their limits, leaving the glove compartment wide open giving right-of-way to Celtic. It was disgusting to use the bust stop at Motherwell where Andrew Dallas indicated correctly that Sam Nicholson did put his hand out and the Jambos acted like mother truckers using it as a distraction and disregarding the code of behaviour. Tony Bloom the driver wilt need to halt outside Edinburgh’s botanic gardens to water the Bleeding Hearts. Looking ahead they might have arrived at the end of the road for their title ambitions after doing 60, Celtic will be keeping them in the rear view mirror from now on.
Brilliant stuff Con…
D’ya know what – You could say they were BUSted !!!