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 highlights Celtic bugbear as he pays tribute to 'footballing genius' Leigh Griffiths
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon.This is a man whom most Celtic fans wanted out the door a fortnight ago and who only got to savour the greatest moment of his career because his board of directors refused to bow to them.And there were times yesterday, as his team’s defensive frailties resurfaced to allow Hearts three goals and send the Scottish Cup Final to a penalty shootout that it looked like that decision might backfire on the club.But Lennon’s team got there and some of the huge selection decisions he made were vindicated.Scott Brown came back and was the driving force - his determination to win a header setting up the third goal for Leigh Griffiths - later hailed a ‘genius’ by his gaffer for his prowess in the penalty box.Ryan Christie was restored and.
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