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 brands Celtic summit 'no ordeal' but reveals the burning question debated with Lawwell and Desmond
dailyrecord.co.ukPeter Lawwell but the Celtic boss insists his future was not up for discussion.The manager is under heavy fire on the back of a nightmare run of just two wins in nine games that’s sent Celts out of the Europa League and struggling to keep up with Premiership pace-settlers Rangers.A growing number of Hoops fans have called for Lennon to go with the Green Brigade ultras group demanding his dismissal even before Thursday’s dismal 4-1 defeat to Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic.There was an online meeting between the boss, majority shareholder Desmond and chief exec Lawwell yesterday morning but Lennon insisted he has the backing of the men who call the shots at Celtic Park.He said: “It wasn’t a special army council meeting or a COBRA cabinet.
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