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.
Kristoffer Ajer in Shane Duffy Celtic salute as defender makes 'wrong' Man of the Match admission
dailyrecord.co.ukKristoffer Ajer has saluted team-mate Shane Duffy for proving the doubters wrong after beating Kilmarnock. The Brighton loanee tried to claim the first goal in the 2-0 win, although it appeared to come off Killie's Aaron McGowan last.
But there was no doubt who scored the second with the Irishman powering a header past Danny Rogers to double the Hoops' lead and ease the pressure on manager Neil Lennon.
Ajer was given the club's man of the match award but in a touch of humility he said he'd pass it on to Duffy for powering through a tough start to his Celtic career.
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