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.
Jim Goodwin hoping to add to Celtic's woes as he pinpoints key frailty to attack
dailyrecord.co.ukSt Mirren head along the M8 this afternoon on the back of an impressive 5-1 midweek victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.
Neil Lennon’s struggling Celtic side have won just once in their last five Premiership games, and Goodwin feels his side have the tools to pick apart the Hoops today.
He is especially targeting their defensive frailties from set pieces, which has been the Glasgow giant’s Achilles heel this season.Goodwin told Express Sport: “It’s always great to have the kind of scoreline we had on Wednesday because it certainly doesn’t happen very often. “It’s a long time since St Mirren last scored five goals against anyone in any division.“I think you’d need to go back 30 to 40 years to find the last time they did it in the top.
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