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 claims Celtic vindication as he insists underachievers 'needed the jag'
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic.The Parkhead manager didn’t mince his words as he hit out at some of his troops following last weekend’s dismal defeat to St Mirren.Lennon’s much-changed side gave emphatic answers with a biggest win since last September as they cruised to a 4-0 success at Kilmarnock.It was just a second win of 2021 for the defending champions and the gaffer said: “I got the reaction I wanted.“It was the polar opposite of what we produced on Saturday.
People were criticising me for jagging the team, but they needed the jag to be honest and we got a great performance and a great result.“The body language, their attacking play, the concentration was so much better.
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