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.
Perhaps the man who secured the two best European group stage points hauls in Celtic 's history has a right to bristle about the reasons why his final season in charge was an unmitigated disaster.
Neil Lennon's Parkhead trophy record is impressive - both as a player and manager - but he was in the line of fire all of last season as the club's 10 In A Row bid collapsed.
He walked away in February but the damage was done during an abysmal autumn when the results stopped coming after a stuttering start to the season.Lennon sensed danger last August as he went nuclear on his squad by sensationally telling wantaway players to hit the road after being dumped out of Champions League qualifying by Ferencvaros.That incredible candour 14 months ago
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