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 'never earned' Celtic top job as ruthless Charlie Nicholas sticks the boot into under-fire boss
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has never earned the right to be Celtic manager. The pundit and former Parkhead striker has delivered a brutal takedown of the under-fire boss' second stint in charge of the club.Lennon helped steer the club to Nine In A Row and could yet complete a quadruple Treble, but stands on the brink following a miserable run of results.Celtic are out of the Europa League and the Betfred Cup while also trailing Rangers by 11 points in the title race.
And now Nicholas has rounded on the Irishman, insisting he was a "lucky, lucky boy" in being appointed successor to Brendan Rodgers.
He told The Express : "Neil is a lucky, lucky boy to have had the privilege to manage Celtic on two occasions. "On the first occasion, he didn't earn it.
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