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.
Callum McGregor singles out the Celtic gap factor that critics 'have to remember'
dailyrecord.co.ukCallum McGregor insists under-fire Celtic are united from top to bottom. Neil Lennon has taken the flak for a run of two wins from eight games but his midfield maestro has vowed the Hoops squad will dig in for their boss.
He concedes an 11 point gap to Premiership leaders Rangers looks daunting but points out Celtic 's lagging schedule has, in part, arisen from their push for a quadruple Treble.
McGregor is still confident the reigning champions can turn around their "sticky situation".“No season is ever perfect or ever the same,” he told Celtic TV."I always touch on this when we have sticky situations throughout the campaign, that it’s how you react to the adversity in terms of bad results and bad performances.
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