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 on the brink LIVE as Celtic boss is given Dermot Desmond stay of execution
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon 's time at Celtic was up. Angry fan protests followed a dismal Betfred Cup defeat to Ross County that finally brought an end to the club's stranglehold on every domestic trophy in the land.
Out of the Europa League, 11 points behind Rangers and with a team on the pitch looking out of ideas, the picture certainly remains bleak for the manager.
But, as exclusively revealed on Monday night, he's been given a stay of execution by the club's majority shareholder Dermot Desmond.
It's understood the Irish billionaire was so appalled by the scenes outside Celtic Park on Sunday night he has doubled down on his resolve to stand shoulder to shoulder with the club's former captain.
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