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 makes Celtic line-up hint as he talks up Scott Brown Scottish Cup Final starting 'chance'
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Brown may be reinstated to a starting slot for the Scottish Cup Final against Hearts. Brown has dropped out of the engine room in victories over Lille and Kilmarnock with Ismaila Sora coming in.The Ivory Coast midfielder has impressed with his energy and defensive nous helping his team to show steady improvement.
But with a quadruple Treble on the line against the Jambos in last season's delayed final, Lennon has already said he's keen to show faith with those who's toil got the club in position to achieve history.
And he hinted that Brown may well return to lead his side out at Hampden.He said: "Scott has been fantastic and he is quite a unique individual.
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