Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
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 Kennedy explains Celtic guard of honour snub ahead of Rangers clash as boss insists 'we always show class'
dailyrecord.co.ukJohn Kennedy insists his club will forego a guard of honour in this weekend's derby against Rangers because their rivals did the same two years ago.
Kennedy's predecessor Neil Lennon steered the Parkhead side to the title in the 2018-19 season, Steven Gerrard's first campaign in charge across the city.
Gerrard's side opted not to applaud their arch-rivals onto the park in the post-split derby, which came after the Parkhead side had sealed their eighth successive league title.
Two years later, the shoe is on the other foot after Rangers tied up the Premiership earlier this month - and despite past comments from Lennon that " Celtic would have done it", Kennedy insists his players aren't keen on the gesture having been denied one themselves..
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