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 quadruple treble plea as he backs Scottish Cup 'hub' plan
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon insists he would be up for the Scottish Cup being concluded in a central hub as a curtain-raiser to next season as he pleaded for the chance for his Celtic players to complete a quadruple treble.SFA president Rod Petrie recently confirmed the tournament would be played to a finish but was adamant it should be in front of a full house at Hampden which could see it pushed back to next year.The governing body are keen for supporters to be allowed through the turnstiles in time for the resumption of their flagship competition with the semi-finals and final worth around £4.5 million to the SFA.However, pushing it into next season has raised questions of sporting fairness with the four teams remaining likely to be hugely different
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