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.
Celtic 2 Motherwell 1: Spirited Steelmen fall short after nightmare start
dailyrecord.co.ukimpressive midweek win against Dundee United.Declan Gallagher remained sidelined with a muscle injury with Ricki Lami deputising at centre-back with Stephen O'Donnell continuing as captain.Neil Lennon made just one change from the emphatic midweek win over Kilmarnock with Tom Rogic replacing the injured Ryan Christie.The Steelmen arrived at Celtic Park full of confidence after consecutive wins but they made the worst possible start conceding after just one minute.David Turnbull - who left Fir Park for Celtic in the summer transfer window - swung in a brilliant corner for an unmarked Stephen Welsh to bullet a header past a hapless Liam Kelly.The former 'Well academy star Turbull was prominent during the opening ten minutes.
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