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.
Man Utd were beaten 3-0 at ground of European opponents - by team from different country
dailystar.co.ukManchester United will play a Cypriot side for the very first time in European competition on Thursday, but they've already been humiliated at the GSP Stadium in the past.United travel to Cyprus to face Omonia Nicosia on Thursday, who are managed by former Celtic boss Neil Lennon.
And they'll be hoping for a straight forward result this time around after suffering a 3-0 defeat to Maccabi Haifa back in the 2002/03 season.The Israeli side were forced to play their home matches on neutral ground due to tensions within the country, and managed to ease past a United side that contained Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
It was the only game that United didn't manage to win in Group F, but it was an embarrassing occasion.READ MORE: 15 players you forgot still played for Premier League clubs - including Arsenal flops With Cristiano Ronaldo leading the line against Omonia, anything other than a win will be an almighty upset for United.
But as history suggests, the GSP Stadium can certainly throw a spanner in the works. Although United were still flooded with stars, it was an experimental team put out by Sir Alex Ferguson back in 2002.
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