One-time Newcastle striker Michael O’Neill is recognised in New Year’s honours list.

Former Newcastle United striker Michael O’Neill is being tipped for a Premier League manager’s job by one of his players.

Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill picks three Newcastle United players in his best ever fantasy eleven.

A number of clubs have already been credited with interest, including Celtic, with Ronny Deila reported to be under severe danger of the sack in the coming months.

“Dundee United was so much more professional than Newcastle. We had an athletics coach, a strength and conditioning coach, we had a psychologist.”

No doubt Michael O’Neill has regularly looked back at that 1987/88 season at St James Park and wondered what might have been…