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 hails Celtic's two post-Brendan Rodgers changes as he swoons over incredible goal record
dailyrecord.co.ukDelighted Neil Lennon has saluted to his free-scoring Celtic side after they thrashed St Mirren 5-0 on Saturday. Red-hot Leigh Griffiths grabbed his first hat-trick in four years while strike partner Odsonne Edouard scored his 28th of the campaign and midfielder Callum McGregor taking his tally for the season to 13 with a late penalty.
The champions have scored 89 goals and conceded 19 after 30 Premiership games and next is a trip to Ibrox to face Rangers next Sunday where Lennon will be happy to take a plus-70 goal difference.Celtic scored 77 goals in winning their eighth successive title last season with a goal difference of 57 and Lennon, who took over from Brendan Rodgers just over a year ago, analysed the statistics to date.
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