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.
Brilliant Eddie Howe would have Celtic fans purring says mentor as 'cool customer' tipped to lift the Parkhead gloom
dailyrecord.co.ukLisbon Lions as a kid growing up in Belfast.And the Northern Ireland strike legend insists his former pupil Eddie Howe is the perfect man to bring that back to Parkhead.Quinn was gutted to see his former international team-mate Neil Lennon’s second spell in charge of the Hoops end disastrously this week.
But the 61-year-old believes bookies’ fancy Howe would be the ideal replacement with the former Bournemouth gaffer’s name circling around the top of the market for months.Quinn unwittingly set the Englishman on the road to managerial stardom when he found a role for him at the Cherries during the dark days of administration - only to be replaced by him in the hotseat after he was sacked.It was a journey that would see Howe guide his beloved.
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