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 suffer humiliating Sparta Prague rout to pile the pressure on Neil Lennon
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League hopes hanging by a thread.The Czech side came into the match having not played a league game in over a month, and with several key players missing.But they turned in a vibrant performance as Lukas Julis hit a hat-trick against a ropey Celtic defence.The only bright side for the hosts was another goal by Leigh Griffiths but after one win in six the pressure will continue to mount on the manager.Neil Lennon opted for the same starting XI that had triumphed against Aberdeen, with Odsonne Edouard leading the line against Sparta's back-three.The Czechs left two of their key attacking threats on the bench in the shape of Ladislav Krejci and Boreck Dockal and they were happy to let Celtic dominate the ball in the opening stages.It.
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