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 refuses to offer Celtic excuses as he delivers 'just not good enough' verdict
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic was not helped in the past two matches by the loss of 13 players due to Covid protocols following the disastrous consequences of the controversial mid-season training trip to Dubai.Neil Lennon’s back-up squad were not able to deliver wins with coach Gavin Strachan in the technical area.Frimpong admits it was down to those available to produce the goods ahead of the self-isolating players’ return for Wednesday’s return clash against Livi.Assessing the stalemate with the Lions, he said: “It just wasn’t good enough from us.
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