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.
Mikey Johnston's Celtic dedication revealed as pundit lifts the lid on the commitment that helped winger overcome injury
dailyrecord.co.ukMikey Johnston isn't content with training hard at Lennoxtown every day, the winger gets in extra practice in the park at night.
The 21-year-old has impressed since breaking into the first team, though he missed the start of this season's Premiership campaign with injury.
That knee problem was sustained at St Johnstone last season and possibly aggravated when the youngster attempted to play through the pain barrier.
Manager Neil Lennon used his final substitution having been assured Johnston could continue, only for the Scotland Under-21 international to limp off moments later.
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