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.
Bobby Madden chosen as Rangers vs Celtic referee as he's handed derby reins for first time since Jordan Jones incident
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic on January 2. The experienced SFA whistler was last in charge of the fixture in September last year when he sent off Jordan Jones for a wild challenge in the closing minutes of the game.
Neil Lennon's Hoops were 2-0 victors on that day at Ibrox and they'll need a similar result to spark some life into their title race.
They currently trail the Premiership leaders by 16 points although they do hold three games in hand over their rivals. Madden was also the man in the middle for the March 2019 showdown at Parkhead which saw Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos sent off for an elbow on Scott Brown before Ryan Kent's aggressive push towards the skipper could have also merited a red card.
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