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 is at Celtic to stay insists Kenny Dalgish as he shrugs off sacking talk
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic might be in the middle of a crisis.“There’s concern when you lose the toss of the coin at Celtic,” was how the Parkhead legend put it.But Dalglish is convinced that despite his former club suffering a week from hell, following home defeats to Rangers and AC Milan then drawing at Pittodrie, there’s no way Peter Lawwell and the Celtic board are contemplating the sacking of Neil Lennon.Dalglish was at Hampden yesterday, promoting Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final between Celtic and Aberdeen where a win would keep the Parkhead outfit on course for a quadruple Treble.That incredible feat, should it happen, and Lennon’s win ratio since riding to the rescue when Brendan Rodgers saddled up and bolted for Leicester has convinced Dalglish that.
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