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.
Hibs out of having a big role in the title race.The Celtic boss plays host to the high-flying Easter Road outfit on Sunday in a mouth-watering crunch at Parkhead.Lennon’s old team enter the weekend just three points off the pace at the summit of the Scottish Premiership after an impressive start to the campaign under gaffer Jack Ross.Hibs underlined their abilities six days ago by holding leaders Rangers to a 2-2 draw on home soil to set themselves up for a showdown with the champions.Lennon knows that it will be extremely tough for any other side to maintain a strong challenge to the Glasgow pair in the flag fight over the course of a marathon and squad-sapping 38-game programme.But he also acknowledges that it would be wrong for anyone at.
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