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.
Chris Sutton reveals frosty Celtic Park snub from Neil Lennon and why he assumes he's banned by Rangers
dailyrecord.co.ukIn a great new series Record Sport has teamed up with BT Sport to bring you highlights from their new podcast ‘Currie Club – The Scottish Football Sessions’, hosted by Darrell Currie.
The latest episode, out now, features former Celtic star and Record Sport columnist Chris Sutton. The episodes are available every Friday for free across popular podcast platforms. ‘Currie Club – The Scottish Football Sessions’ is part of a new line-up of podcasts, BT Sport Pods.
Visit btsport.com/pods Chris Sutton gets it. He knows football people can be thin-skinned at times. After all, he’s been there, done that, and sulked at the stick he believes unfairly came his way at Chelsea.
So now that he’s a goal poacher turned gamekeeper and part of the media he once shunned, Sutton can understand why there are people within football who don’t like the forthright opinions he spouts on TV, radio and in this very newspaper as a Record Sport columnist.
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