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.
Lewis Ferguson in Rangers and Celtic challenge as Aberdeen star insists they can compete at the top
dailyrecord.co.ukAberdeen have the squad to challenge the Old Firm for trophies this season.The Dons face the Hoops in the Premiership on Sunday knowing a win will take them level with Neil Lennon’s team in the league table."The sides meet again next weekend at Hampden in last season’s Scottish Cup semi-final – before this year’s Betfred and Scottish Cup campaigns.Ferguson said: “This is a good chance for us to get level with Celtic in the table and we want to push the Old Firm as far as we can go.“Our squad is capable of doing that so we hope to sustain a challenge until the end of the season."We’ve got the squad and quality to push the Old Firm.
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