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.
Brian Rice fumes over Celtic penalty as raging Hamilton boss makes barbed 'season of presents' jibe
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic were handed a 'nice present' by referee Don Robertson for the penalty opener in their win over Hamilton.The Hoops opened the scoring in the second half after Odsonne Edouard was tripped in the box by Accies defender Aaron Martin and the Frenchman stepped up to convert the spot-kick for Neil Lennon's side.
However, raging Rice believes whistler Robertson must have been in the festive spirit when he pointed to the spot five minutes into the second half.He told Sky Sports: "To be fair it's the season of presents and when you see the penalty they have got a nice present there to change the game second half, an early goal.
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