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 afforded seven Celtic showdowns to save 10 In A Row as boss set to remain for Rangers clash
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic’s season around and save the quest for 10 In A Row.The under-fire boss will stay in charge until the New Year Old Firm game at Ibrox despite the clamour for him to be sacked following Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to St Johnstone.Lennon’s progress will be reviewed after the season-defining fixture in Govan on January 2.The Nine In A Row champions came out in strong defence of their manager on Monday with a tea-time statement confirming he will lead his side into the Scottish Cup final on December 20 and the Old Firm clash.Now after Thursday night’s meaningless Europa League match against Lille is put to bed, Parkhead supremo Dermot Desmond hopes Lennon can then salvage the club’s domestic campaign.The statement read: “In light of the.
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