Martin O’Neill and Neil Lennon’s Hampden records compared ahead of Celtic v Dunfermline

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Celtic’s season of unprecedented drama started with Brendan Rodgers leading the team out against St Mirren on Flag Day in August.

But it will end with Martin O’Neill and Dunfermline Athletic’s Neil Lennon walking their teams out for the Scottish Cup final at Hampden on Saturday afternoon.

It has been a crazy campaign in Scotland, full of ups and downs like never before, with Celtic fans hoping it is the last of it as the team chases another domestic double.

O’Neill and Lennon know all about winning trophies together at Celtic, but how do their records compare at Hampden as managers?

67 Hail Hail had a look at their records, with O’Neill already adding to his impressive record this season, when he downed Rangers in the League Cup semi-final.

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Martin O’Neill and Neil Lennon’s Hampden records

Of course, all of O’Neill’s 14 games at Hampden have been as Celtic manager, while Lennon has also coached Hibernian during that time.

Perhaps, without taking anything away from Lennon, his old boss also did it during more difficult times.

When O’Neill first joined Celtic after the turn of the century, he was up against a far more competitive Rangers and the Premiership as a whole compared to Lennon’s time in the dugout.

That’s why it’s impressive that O’Neill has won the same number of matches and his teams have scored the same number of goals, but they have done it in fewer matches compared to his student.

• O’Neill’s games: 14
• Won: 11 (including pens)
• Drawn: 0
• Lost: 3
• Goals scored: 37
• Goals conceded: 14

• Lennon’s games: 17
• Won: 11 (including pens)
• Drawn: 0
• Lost: 6
• Goals scored: 37
• Goals conceded: 22

O’Neill’s final game as manager?

Make no bones about it, Celtic wouldn’t have won the Premiership title if it weren’t for O’Neill.

But many are now questioning if he will stay on as manager next season, with the man himself suggesting that he doesn’t have the ‘energy’ to do it.

If that’s the case, then Celtic’s Scottish Cup final against Dunfermline could be the 74-year-old’s final bow as a manager.

If that’s the case, then it’s fitting that it will be against somebody like Lennon, and hopefully, it ends on the highest of highs because there is nobody in Celtic’s history who deserves it more.