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.
5 talking points as Celtic dealt another title race blow in incredible Aberdeen draw
dailyrecord.co.ukLewis Ferguson calmly slotted home his second spot-kick of the afternoon to cap a 3-3 draw and consign Neil Lennon's side to another title race blow at the end of a difficult week.
Ferguson stroked the Dons into a first-half lead after being felled by Olivier Ntcham before Callum McGregor surged through to equalise after the break.A Shane Duffy error led to Ryan Hedges putting Derek McInnes' side back in front with 25 minutes to play.Celtic rallied, throwing on Leigh Griffiths, who repaid Neil Lennon's faith by rattling home a stunning equaliser.Moments later, Mohamed Elyounoussi was felled by Tommie Hoban and Ryan Christie fired home what looked to be a decisive penalty winner.But it was Aberdeen's turn to roar back, McGregor bringing down.
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