{"id":3091,"date":"2026-01-06T01:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:43:29","slug":"celtic-sack-nancy-appoint-oneill-until-end-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/celtic-sack-nancy-appoint-oneill-until-end-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic sack Nancy, appoint O\u2019Neill until end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilfried Nancy was sacked by Celtic on Monday after just one month in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s 3\u20131 defeat to arch-rivals Rangers, which extended the club\u2019s poor run to six losses in eight matches, proved to be the final straw.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTEUT1yDnRE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; 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text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTEUT1yDnRE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SPOTV Indonesia (@spotv.indonesia)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nancy, the 2024 MLS Coach of the Year who joined from Columbus Crew, was immediately replaced by Martin O\u2019Neill until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman returned on an interim basis for the second time this season, having previously overseen the team following the departure of Brendan Rodgers in October.<\/p>\n<p>During his earlier stint, the defending Scottish Premiership champions won seven out of eight matches in all competitions, including reaching the Scottish League Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m obviously very pleased and privileged to be back at the football club, but in circumstances like this, with Wilfried leaving the club, that just seems a wee bit strange at this moment,\u201d said O\u2019Neill<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we\u2019re in a big fight. We\u2019re going to try and win the league. It won\u2019t be easy, although it never is, but we\u2019re halfway through the season, we\u2019ve got a big fight on our hands, so we have to be up to the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celtic are currently second in the league, sitting six points behind Hearts and ahead of Rangers on goals scored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilfried Nancy was sacked by Celtic on Monday after just one month in charge. Saturday\u2019s 3\u20131 defeat to arch-rivals Rangers, which extended the club\u2019s poor run to six losses in eight matches, proved to be the final straw. &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; A post shared by SPOTV Indonesia (@spotv.indonesia) Nancy, the 2024 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/celtic-sack-nancy-appoint-oneill-until-end-of-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celtic sack Nancy, appoint O\u2019Neill until end of season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[127,577],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-football","tag-scottish-premiership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}