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.
'Lucky' Celtic given defensive warning as legend claims Hearts won all the battles
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic "lucky" to win the Scottish Cup against Hearts. The Hoops eventually defeated the Championship leaders on penalties after a titanic encounter that ended in a 3-3 draw.
They looked on easy street at half-time after going in with a two goal lead but Robbie Neilson 's men fought back with a tigerish intensity and dominated the second-half.
While Celtic were always a threat going forward, they looked shaky at the back, particularly against the pace of Josh Ginnelly and from cross balls into the box.Neil Lennon 's side got over the line on spot-kicks to claim the final part of an unparalleled run of domestic dominance and claim a quadruple Treble.
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