On this day in 2013, Martin O'Neill was sacked as Sunderland manager. He supported us as a boy, his hero being SAFC legend Charlie Hurley, but also had an affinity for Celtic.
After a knee injury forced him into early retirement as a player, O’Neill began his managerial career right at the bottom of football, with Grantham Town and Shepshed Charterhouse.
After these appointments, O'Neill rose to prominence whilst in charge of Wycombe Wanderers. He was there between 1990 and 1995, taking the Chairboys from the Football Conference to the third tier of English football in successive seasons, making him their most successful manager in history. They are now established as a football league side, as we are well aware.
After a really brief stint at Norwich, who he made 11 appearances for as a player, he joined Leicester. Here, he won two League Cups (