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 are still better than Rangers and only THREE Ibrox stars would get into a combined XI - Gordon Parks
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon on a five-a-side pitch a few years back, it was a painful experience and far from pleasant. A failure to track a runner one Shawlands night was an insight into the Northern Irishman’s standards and desire to win even during a beer-bellied bounce game.The demand to be better, work harder and pull your weight for the cause is ingrained in his psyche and it’s that respect for him which has been retained from our brief one-hour fling as team-mates.It has also been reinforced with our paths crossing at media briefings as Celtic boss.Honest, sharp as a tack, with that heart-on-his-sleeve passion for the job always evident.All of the hysteria over his team’s current form has the critics howling for change.Many, if not all of them,.
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