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 Celtic's punched out street fighter and it's time he was removed for his own good - Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers who have been busy motoring off into the distance since it all began behind closed doors back in August.Well, that’s not strictly true.
It must be acknowledged that Celtic have done their bit too by blundering around from one bad decision to the next and creaking under the weight of these monumental errors to such an extent that the champions have appeared ready to come crashing down at any moment.And that moment finally arrived in West Lothian with the surrender of a 2-2 draw which must surely now have put Neil Lennon and his players out of this pitiful misery of a title defence.They have folded just as Dave King predicted they would when the pressure began to build on their quest to reel off a historic run of championship.
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