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.
Have Celtic stretched the quality gap over Rangers this season? Monday Jury
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic will be crowned champions in the coming days - do you think that Neil Lennon’s side are further ahead of Rangers than 12 months ago?KEITH JACKSON: No.
Rangers may have coughed and spluttered their way into lockdown but there’s no question Steven Gerrard has made big strides with his team over the last 12 months.
Ultimately, they fell short in the second half of the season but that improvement should be acknowledged regardless. MICHAEL GANNON: The gap remains the same.
Rangers have improved this season but so have Celtic. They scored more goals in 30 games than they managed in all 38 last term and Neil Lennon improved a team that was starting to look jaded towards the end of Brendan Rodgers’ time.
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