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.
David Turnbull on delaying the Celtic ritual that broke Twitter during transfer false start
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic jersey for size, only for it to be ripped from his back when the results of his medical came through.Turnbull had to deal with the anguish of seeing his £3million move collapse at the last minute – even after he’d posed for pics with Neil Lennon in the new kit.The 21-year-old recovered from the shock of learning he needed knee surgery to complete the deal for real 14 months later and was happy to try on the shirt again once the ink was dry on his four-year deal.Turnbull said: “I just wanted the medical this week to be over with as quickly as possible!“It wasn’t going to be the same scenario as last year because I was confident everything was fine and the surgeon had reassured me.“Even so, it was weird going in for it.
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