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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Classic Big Interview: Michael O’Neill Part One

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Sports, Soccer, Football

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Michael O’Neill from season one.

In part one, Michael breaks down in fascinating detail the way he had shaped and guided a Northern Ireland squad to the phenomenal achievement of qualification for Euro 2016. We get great insights into his man management approach, and his hopes for Kyle Lafferty being the player of the tournament.

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0:00.0

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0:02.8

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0:04.6

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0:07.7

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0:09.2

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0:11.8

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0:14.8

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0:17.2

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0:20.1

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0:21.1

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0:25.0

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0:28.0

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0:59.4

I knew exactly how much I was going to like Michael O'Neill, the Northern Island manager,

1:04.8

when I found out that he'd bought tickets for him and his family to sit behind the goal at the

1:09.9

Bar saw, I led to go with the Champions League quarterfinal first leg.

1:14.0

That's a proper football fandom that is.

1:17.0

My impression was confirmed when we began to talk and we shared memories of sports nights

1:22.0

sitting up late praying for that it be football on

1:24.8

and the growing when a horse jumping came on from Wembley except for the police

1:28.6

I love the police sants Michael sat there in Edinburgh having happily re-scheduled the interview because I've been happily rescheduled the interview because I'd been somewhat delayed by an airplane and we talked about everything.

1:39.0

I was in 1982's World Cup in Spain and remember how the country as far as we could see from people around us,

1:45.2

the radio, the television, the papers came to a standstill when Northern Ireland beat Spain

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