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.
Michael Stewart pinpoints Neil Lennon's Celtic 'bluff' as pundit tears into Hoops' tactical approach
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon his Celtic bluff has been called after their 2-0 defeat against Rangers. The former Manchester United youngster reckons the team don't know their roles in the 3-5-2 formation they've been deploying, and insists they have been under par all season.The Hoops have been scraping wins prior to this with the defeat to Rangers the first loss of the season, but Stewart reckons it's been coming.
And he's also aired concerns that Celtic have been dominated by Rangers in the last three Old Firm games. Rangers have won two of those at Celtic Park while the Hoops claimed the Betfred Cup with a goal against the run of play at Hampden.
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