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.
John Hartson in Celtic U-turn as legend claims Ange Postecoglou needs a miracle to win title
dailyrecord.co.ukJohn Hartson reckons his old team "need to do a miracle" to take the title back this season. The Parkhead club won nine on the spin but were comprehensively dethroned by Rangers last season, with their bitter rivals going unbeaten and winning the league by 25 points.
Manager Neil Lennon left in February and, after a caretaker spell for John Kennedy, Ange Postecoglou is the man tasked with rebuilding.
The Welshman has called for calm after an inconsistent start to the season, giving his backing to the new man. But Hartson appeared to dramatically backtrack on that as he admitted he doesn't expect the Premiership title to return to his old stomping ground this season.
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