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.
Christopher Jullien sums up Celtic relief as he makes honest 'needed that one' confession
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic's 3-2 win over Lille on Thursday night. Already some supporters had indicated their intentions to march on Parkhead at the weekend before the club's next domestic game against Kilmarnock on Sunday.
But the team still had a job to do - prove to a restless fanbase that there is still some fight left in a team that manager Neil Lennon admitted were "in a bad place".
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