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 targeting historic Celtic double as boss reveals St Mirren confidence is sky high
dailyrecord.co.ukJim Goodwin insists his confident side are looking forward to trying to seal an incredible double over Celtic tonight. The Buddies haven’t beaten the Hoops home and away in the same season since the 1989/90 campaign when club legend Tony Fitzpatrick was in the dugout.
While Goodwin is wary of the fact Neil Lennon’s side will be eager for revenge after St Mirren outplayed the Glasgow side to pick up three points at Parkhead recently, he believes his players believe they can produce a repeat performance in Paisley this evening. “The pressure is always on the Old Firm, there’s no getting away from that,” Goodwin told Express Sport.“I do think they’ll be wanting to make amends for what happened at Parkhead, there’s no doubt about that.“They.
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