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 blasts Neil McCann's Celtic penalty claim as Hoops boss fires incredulous 'come on' response
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard and branded claims of his striker being disrespectful as nonsense.The Celtic boss is stunned at criticism of his French hitman’s Panenka penalty in the Scottish Cup Final win over Hearts.Former Scotland winger and TV pundit Neil McCann dubbed Edouard’s cool conversion past ex-team-mate Craig Gordon as both “disrespectful” and “selfish.”However, Lennon vehemently dismissed such notions and said: “What, you want me to caution Odsonne for scoring a penalty in a cup final?
Come on.“The Panenka has been around since 1976. I have seen great players doing it, I have seen [Andrea] Pirlo doing it against England.“I don’t remember any of those individuals getting actually criticised or being called disrespectful.
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