{"id":5059,"date":"2019-01-15T09:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2019-01-15T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:39:12","slug":"5059","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5059","title":{"rendered":"Martin O&#8217;Neill Appointed as Manager of Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dw8pr6WW0AU2Fye-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"826\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dw8pr6WW0AU2Fye-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dw8pr6WW0AU2Fye-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dw8pr6WW0AU2Fye-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dw8pr6WW0AU2Fye.jpg 1586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Nottingham Forest have announced the appointment of Martin O\u2019Neill as their new manager.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old, a former Forest player who won two European Cups with the club, replaces Aitor Karanka in the job after the Spaniard\u2019s departure last week.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill becomes the club\u2019s 11th full-time boss since 2011 and his first game in charge will be at home against fellow Championship play-off hopefuls Bristol City on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>There is no news yet on whether Roy Keane, the former Forest midfielder who assisted O\u2019Neill during his five years as Republic of Ireland manager, will also be returning to the club.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill was a midfielder for Brian Clough\u2019s continent-conquering Forest team which won the 1977-78 First Division title and then back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980. Clough managed Forest from 1975 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Irishman O\u2019Neill enjoyed success with Wycombe, Leicester and Celtic as a manager before less fruitful spells with Aston Villa and Sunderland. He left his role as Ireland boss in November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5059\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5059&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5059\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5059&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5059\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5059&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5059\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest have announced the appointment of Martin O\u2019Neill as their new manager. The 66-year-old, a former Forest player who won two European Cups with the club, replaces Aitor Karanka in the job after the Spaniard\u2019s departure last week. 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