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.
Martin O'Neill is an Ange Ball convert as Celtic legend warns of Rangers double-edge sword
dailyrecord.co.ukEnthused Martin O'Neill admits he's a paid-up subscriber to the brand of football his former club Celtic are playing. And former Hoops boss took over the reins at Celtic Park in similar circumstances to Ange Postecoglou, with Rangers having won the title the season before by a huge margin.
After a difficult start, Postecoglou appears to have turned things around at Parkhead as they sit just four points behind their fierce rivals in the table.Celtic are also still competing in the Europa League group stages while also heading into a League Cup semi-final clash with St Johnstone on Saturday.
O'Neill is pleased to see his former side on the up after their attempt to secure 10-In-A-Row went up in flames last season under Neil Lennon.
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