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 vs St Johnstone LIVE score and goal updates from the Premiership clash at Parkhead
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon first signed for Celtic and seldom can he have experienced the pressure he's under now. The Betfred Cup defeat to Ross County last weekend brought protests from fans, and the collapse at San Siro against Milan only turned the heat up.
While Celtic do have two games in hand an 11 point gap to Rangers at this stage of the season is daunting and the champions simply cannot afford to slip up here.
They take on a St Johnstone side unbeaten in the Premiership since October 4 who knocked Motherwell out of the League Cup last weekend.
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