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.
Kilmarnock vs Celtic LIVE score and goal updates from the Premiership clash at Rugby Park
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic are looking to continue a blistering start to the league season at Kilmarnock. The Hoops mauled Hamilton 5-1 last week at Parkhead but Alex Dyer's side on the Ayrshire astro represents a slightly more daunting challenge.Killie fell to a 2-1 loss at Hibs on Premiership opening day and they'll be looking to get off the mark after that false start.Vasilis Barkas ' first outing between the sticks could come today for the visitors after Scott Bain was preferred against Hamilton.
The home side meanwhile added former Hearts man Clevid Dikamona during the week and he might feature today.Kilmarnock have represented a formidable challenge for Celtic in recent seasons.
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