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.
Neil Lennon admits Celtic lockdown worries as he calls on Scottish clubs to become 'standard bearers'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon reckons everyone in the Scottish game now has to be on a short leash to avoid the nightmare scenario of another lockdown.
The Celtic boss admits he’s now in the dark whether his side will face Aberdeen next week after Pittodrie was clamped in the wake of the Covid calamity at Cormack Park.
It’s not anger he’s feeling. It’s disappointment – as well as huge concern.Lennon is worried about the knife edge nature of our game.He believes we’ve come too far and grafted too hard to allow Scottish football to fall back in to the grubber because protocols can’t be kept.Premiership teams simply have to tow the line – because the alternative doesn’t bear thinking about.
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