Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
3 talking points as Celtic held by battling Kilmarnock after Christopher Jullien moment of madness
dailyrecord.co.ukKilmarnock took a deserved point at Rugby Park. The champions led through Ryan Christie, but Christopher Jullien's moment of madness allowed Chris Burke to equalise from the spot.And despite dominating the ball Neil Lennon's side couldn't find a way through an organised and determined Killie.With Rangers beating St Mirren in the earlier kick-off, the visitors would have been keen not to hand their title rivals an early psychological boost on a hot afternoon in Ayrshire.
And Celtic got off to a perfect start with an early goal, though Killie boss Alex Dyer will be frustrated at the manner in which his side conceded.
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