CELTS' NEW GEAR (AND MARTIN'S OLD TRACKIE!)

Legend dresses like it's 2000 and goals are back in fashion for Bhoys

- MICHAEL GANNON AT CELTIC PARK

MARTIN O'NEILL rolled back the years by getting the tracksuit out again and even sticking on a pair of shiny old-school Copa Mundials.

And the returning hero gave Celtic the boot up the backside they needed.

It had been 20 years since the Northern Irishman last sat or stood in front - of the Parkhead dugout.

Yet if you squinted enough in some ways it seemed like he'd never been away.

Hoops fans chanted his name and Celtic won at a canter on a nostalgic night in Glasgow's East End.

The only thing missing was Henrik Larsson sticking his tongue out as Celts got used to life after Brendan Rodgers with a stroll against Falkirk.

Johnny Kenny blasted a first half double, Benji Nygren bashed in a third and Sebastian Tounetki tucked away No.4 to tee interim boss O'Neill and Shaun Maloney up for Sunday's Premier Sports Cup semi-final showdown with Rangers.

And it was probably just what the club needed after an incredible, dramatic few days.

Parkhead powerhouse Dermot Desmond - who body-bagged Rodgers on the way out on Monday - was in town to see his stand-in staff do the business in perhaps the most straightforward league game of the season so far.

There was still the usual ire towards the directors' box but O'Neill's bow brought a feelgood factor lacking for months.

This was never in doubt.

Celts were banging on the door but it was a familiar tale of toil in the final third before Kenny finally made the breakthrough on the half hour.

Nygren who'd missed another couple of gilt-edged chances thumped the post with a snapshot in the box.

But this time Kenny was quick to react to bury the rebound.