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.
4 key Hibs vs Rangers ref calls from the Nathan Moriah-Welsh VAR mystery to star 'begging' for red card
dailyrecord.co.ukIt was a busy afternoon for referee Steven McLean as he stood as the man in the middle for the Scottish Cup blockbuster between Rangers and Hibs.
Philippe Clement's side have ambitions of lifted a Treble this season having already claimed the League Cup and are sitting at the top of the Scottish Premiership - with Nick Montgomery's men standing in their way at Easter Road.
In the end goals from John Lundstram and Fabio Silva were enough to decide the clash as the Light Blues booked a date at Hampden - but that was far from the full story as temperatures reached boiling point in Leith.
The home side finished the quarter-final with nine men while there was a heated debate over the penalty that led to Rangers opening the scoring in the capital.
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