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.
Frank McAvennie fires Celtic director of football candidate Fergal Harkin barb with bizarre 'showing houses' claim
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic director of football candidate Fergal Harkin - claiming he only showed players houses at Manchester City. Record Sport revealed this week that Harkin is edging closer to taking the reins with the Hoops after turning down Belgian side SK Lommel.
It's a massive step in the Parkhead rebuild with Ange Postecoglou the frontrunner to take over from Neil Lennon as boss. However, club legend McAvennie didn't back either man to make the difference in the Premiership next season.
On BBC Sportsound he insisted Australian Postecoglou could effectively dictate his own terms to the club after the collapse of the Eddie Howe deal. Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every.
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