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.
Green Brigade Celtic row earns global support as banned ultras win alliances from Cyprus to Egypt
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Green Brigade have been offered support by four ultras groups around the world after their banning by the Celtic hiearchy.Parkhead chiefs have suspended season tickets for the supporters usually placed in their home stadium's north curved indefinitely after hitting them with a lengthy rap sheet of incidents.
A Green Brigade statement insisted that their show of support for Palestine amid the war between Israel and Hamas in the Middle-East is the reason behind the ban, despite the club insisting that's not the case.PSG ultras showd their support midweek for the group and now it has spanned across Europe and parts of Africa.
Supporters of Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia - formerly managed by ex-Celtic boss Neil Lennon - showed their support with a couple of banners that read in full: "Solidarity with the Celtic fans - Green Brigade.
Against the bans from the board. We stand with the Green Brigade" Egyptian side Zamalek SC's vocal supporters group, Ultras White Knights, also had a message of support.
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