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.
Livid Neil Lennon berates Celtic stars as Parkhead boss concedes European campaign is over after Sparta mauling
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has slammed his players following a dismal 4-1 Europa League defeat at home to Sparta Prague.Lukas Julis' hat-trick and a late header from Ladislav Krejci sealed a heavy loss as the visitors became the first Czech side to win at Celtic Park.The home side now need a miracle to revive their ambitions of reaching the knockout stage.Celtic trail second-placed AC Milan by five points in Group H with three games remaining and are on course to be knocked out of European competition by Christmas for the first time in four years.And asked on BT Sport if the performance failed to match his standards, Lennon said: "I got the total opposite."First half, we started off OK, then we got really ragged with the ball and we've lost a goal from a.
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