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.
6 things we spotted from Celtic training as Neil Lennon's Ninja gets ready for special Rangers mission
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon is an open book and one particular image captured the Irishman looking to the sky for answers as he trudged out of the Lennoxtown changing rooms.
That was the day before the win over Lille and Celtic haven't looked back since having racked up six consecutive victories in all competitions.
But the recent rejuvenation project will count for little unless they earn a positive result against Rangers in Saturday's blockbuster clash for the ages.
A win and Celtic's Ten In A Row dream is well and truly back on but a defeat to Steven Gerrard 's runaway leaders will open up a 19-point gap at the summit and it will surely be game over.
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