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's suffer Europa League pain despite Milan fightback
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League opener but not before they staged a rousing finish.First-half goals from Rade Krunic and Brahim Diaz had the visitors cruising but Neil Lennon 's side kept going and sub Mohamed Elyounoussi's header in the 76th minute gave the Hoops hope before Jens Petter Hauge's late sickener.The Irishman told his players they were "amazing" in the build-up but his motivational pick-me-up didn't appear to have the desired effect.Yes, It started positively enough with Celtic working at pace not witnessed since before lockdown as they stated their intent.Olivier Ntcham was key in the opening 10 minutes with both Albian Ajeti and Leigh Griffiths working half chances for themselves but they were unable to create anything clear-cut.But all the.
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