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 found out when he became the latest victim of the commentator’s curse while working for BBC Radio 5Live on Wednesday night.The Northern Irishman was on media duty as a pundit, covering Manchester United’s thrilling Champions League tie with Atalanta at Old Trafford.His words were being relayed from the radio onto the BBC website so that fans could get a glimpse of his analysis.Unfortunately for the former Celtic and Bolton boss, they didn’t leave out his positive prediction for Man United in the first half.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side found themselves a goal down thanks to Mario Pasalic’s effort, putting the Italian side ahead on their first trip to Old Trafford.The Red Devils had created several chances to equalise but could not.
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