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 reflects on 'weird' Celtic rise as star rejects Neil Lennon's bravery accusation
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic this season.But the former Motherwell midfielder believes hard work and self belief are the factors behind his good fortune.The 21-year-old also insists the blame should be shared for a dismal campaign that last week culminated in the departure of boss Neil Lennon.He said: “It has been a weird year.“On a personal level, it has been good.
I have got a lot of good games under my belt.“It is a team game, though. We want to get as many good results as we can but we have not done that enough.“Obviously, it is not the way Lenny would have wanted to have left the club or how the players would have wanted it to happen. “But as a group we need to take full responsibility for the season and the way it has gone on.
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