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 insists Celtic's strike duo are here to stay as boss tasks pair with reigniting Rangers race
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon insists he will be continuing his strike partnership of Odsonne Edouard and Leigh Griffiths for the foreseeable future.
Both of the strikers grabbed a goal before David Turnbull capped a 3-0 win over Hamilton Accies in a soaking Boxing Day battle.
The pair fired Celtic to their ninth Premiership title in a row last season and they showed their chemistry on many occasions in Lanarkshire on Saturday despite the best efforts of Storm Bella to disrupt play.
Edouard set up Griffiths for the second goal that effectively ended the game as a contest and the manager insists they'll be the starting strikers going forward with the latter back to full fitness.
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