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 given Celtic reprieve as New Year review leads to 'continued support' despite derby defeat
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon will see out the season at Parkhead, a report has claimed. The under-fire manager managed to steady the ship after a horror run of just two wins in 12 games.
But fans are once again questioning his position following Saturday's defeat to Rangers that leaves his side 19 points behind their rivals in the Scottish Premiership title race.
However, the Scottish Sun claim that majority shareholder Dermot Desmond saw enough in their performance at Ibrox to conclude the manager can continue the turnaround in the promised New Year review of his performance.
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