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 and the newfound Celtic calm that has turned form around as manager puts in training ground hours
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon for keeping calm in the crisis that has engulfed the Hoops as their 10 In A Row dream imploded.Lennon led his side to their fifth straight win on Wednesday, 1-0 against Aberdeen, but the club trail Rangers by a massive 15 points and his No.2 knows that while the title is all but gone, his gaffer has worked tirelessly to steady a ship that looked holed below the waterline.The victory also consigned the Dons to an unwanted record of six games without a goal for the first time in their history – a landmark that boss Derek McInnes admits hurts everyone at the club.Celtic too are hurting but Kennedy believes Lennon is leading them into a better place.He said: “Neil has been terrific.
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