MARTIN O’NEILL has made sweeping changes to the Celtic line-up against Auchinleck Talbot in the Scottish Fourth Round encounter at Rugby Park this evening.
The interim boss has brought in a host of new players with Viljami Sinisalo taking over from Kasper Schmeichel in goal while Stephen Welsh will partner Dane Murray in central defence.
Johnny Kenny will lead the attack with Michel-Ange Balikwisha also getting the nod to be in at the start.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Ralston, Murray, Welsh, Donovan; McCowan, McGregor, Bernardo; Forrest, Kenny, Balikwisha. Subs: Schmeichel, Scales, Nygren, Yang, Yamada. Tounekti, Maeda, Hatate and Haney.
Earlier in the day, we asked you how much you could remember about the Irishman’s previous experiences in the national competition in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test you knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
LIFT OFF…Jackie McNamara takes to the air as he celebrates putting Celtic ahead in the 3-0 Scottish Cup Final triumph over Hibs at Hampden in May 2001. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Henrik Larsson claimed a double in the 3-0 triumph over Hibs in May 2001 when Martin O’Neill completed the clean sweep in his debut campaign. Who scored Celtic’s first goal that afternoon?
2: When did Celtic last claim the domestic treble before O’Neill’s arrival: A: 1967; B: 1968 or C: 1969?
3: A Hibs player that day later joined the Hoops. Can you name him?
4: Henrik Larsson collected another double when O’Neill led Celtic to a second Scottish Cup success with a 3-1 victory over Dunfermline in May 2004. Who scored the team’s other goal?
5: O’Neill completed his hat-trick the following year with a 1-0 triumph over Dundee United. Who was the Celtic matchwinner?
ANSWERS:
1: Jackie McNamara.
2: C: 1969.
3: Ulrich Laursen.
4: Stiliyan Petrov.
5: Alan Thompson.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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