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.
Johan Mjallby rubbishes Celtic barb aimed at Neil Lennon as he insists boss is 'no dinosaur'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon is at boiling point right now – but he backed the Hoops boss to keep his cool. The former Celtic hero reckons the manager won’t wilt as he will be loving the pressure of making history at Parkhead.
Lennon has come under fire after Celts slipped nine points behind Rangers on the back of their Old Firm defeat last month while fans have fumed about the side’s Champions League exit and struggles in the Europa League.
The Parkhead manager has taken hits over team selection and tactics with punters sweating their dream title tally could be slipping away.Mjallby came to the defence of his old pal.
He reckons it’s easy for the computer game managers to criticise and he insisted Lennon is no tactical dinosaur. The big Swede told The.
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