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 Neil Lennon suffers Celtic title body blow despite late comeback against Hibs
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic from defeat at Easter Road. But it was on-loan Rangers star Jamie Murphy who perhaps had the bigger say in the title race by doing his parent club a huge favour.
The Hibs winger had a huge input as the title holders shipped two more priceless points in Leith. Celtic boss Neil Lennon started the day disgusted at SFA news that he’d be without David Turnbull for the game due to self-isolation.
But the frustration by the end of the 90 minutes at Easter Road came from painful wounds that were self inflicted. Scott Brown’s needless concession of a penalty kick for a foul on Martin Boyle put the Premiership champions in trouble.
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