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 Rangers admission as Celtic boss shuts down title question after defining night
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon insists his didn't even know Rangers had lost, as he praised his "brilliant" Celtic side for a comeback draw at Livingston.The Hoops grabbed a stoppage time equaliser at the Tony Macaroni Arena to take a 2-2 draw back to Glasgow.The result sent them 13 points clear at the top thanks to Rangers ' defeat to Hamilton at Ibrox, and the Celtic manager insists he hadn't even been made aware of events in Govan.Lennon said on BBC Radio Scotland: "I didn't know the score.
I'm thinking: 'we'll have to take a point' and I just heard the news from the other side of Glasgow. "We've extended our lead which just shows you sometimes get what you deserve."That's all it is, a fantastic position and we march on."I want them to get better, I want
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