Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
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.
Betfred Cup draw LIVE as Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts and the rest discover their last 16 fate
dailyrecord.co.ukBetfred Cup is still highly sought after and triumph in the competition can set the tone for the rest of the season. This second round is where the big guns come out to play and European qualifiers Celtic, Rangers, Motherwell and Aberdeen enter the mix having skipped the group stage due to continental commitments.
And there will be plenty of excitement from the likes of Ayr United, Falkirk, Alloa and Arbroath that they can be paired with a giant and end up with a much needed money-spinning TV tie.
For managers at the cutting edge of Scottish football like Neil Lennon, Steven Gerrard or Derek McInnes it's an opportunity to put a marker down by capturing the first available major silverware in the February 28 final.
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