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 in Celtic 'streetwise' warning as boss leans on old cliche for Kilmarnock clash
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic players to be wary of 'streetwise' Kilmarnock ahead of their visit to Parkhead tomorrow. The Hoops got back to winning ways against Lille in midweek and earned their first win at Celtic Park since December.
Lennon now wants to use the momentum to close the 13-point gap on Rangers at the top of the table. However, he doesn't expect Alex Dyer's men to be pushovers after they drew 1-1 with at Rugby Park earlier in the season.He said: "They are such a difficult team at times to break down, particularly at home."But they have had some good results in Glasgow, they are a smart, streetwise team."Alex has continued on in his own style from Steve (Clarke, former Killie boss), they have that great sort of togetherness and I expect it to be,.
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