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.
Jeremie Frimpong gets Celtic 'proper boots' approval as Neil Lennon hails old school footwear switch up
dailyrecord.co.ukJeremie Frimpong 's outstanding Europa League display. The first-half sub was a constant threat in an otherwise drab Celtic performance as Lennon's side edged past Riga and into the play off round by a single goal.
Frimpong replaced the injured James Forrest and brilliantly assisted Mohamed Elyounoussi 's 90th minute winner. And his manager joked it was swapping his orange and yellow dazzlers for some old school all-black efforts that made the difference.He said: "Jerry (Frimpong) is starting to look more like himself."He’s got a proper pair of boots on and he looks more comfortable.
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