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.
Challenging Celtic can give Motherwell confidence to climb table, says Nathan McGinley
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Steelmen lost 4-1 to the Hoops earlier this month, but pulled it back to 2-1 at one point as well as giving Neil Lennon's side a few scares.
And the defender hopes they take the positives when they return from the international break on Saturday to face St Johnstone.McGinley, whose side face back-to-back matches with Saints having been handed a home tie against them in the Betfred Cup last 16 yesterday, said: "Celtic are a top side and when you look at the subs they brought on it that game, the depth of their squad is great."So to be challenging them for the full game was great."I think we had our chances, but they were more clinical with theirs."I don't really feel the scoreline represented the game."We gave daft goals away, but as a.
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