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 pinpoints Celtic 'disappointing thing' as he shrugs off Rangers pressure query
dailyrecord.co.ukAlbian Ajeti after the striker bagged a Hoops winner at Tannadice. The £5million front-man bagged his first goal for the club since arriving from West Ham to seal victory over Dundee United.
With seven minutes left on Tayside, it looked like Lennon’s side would drop more points on the road on their return to Premiership action.
But Ajeti popped up to fire home from close range and secure a vital three points. Afterwards, Lennon admitted the Swiss ace is still short of fitness – but hopes by getting off the mark it can be the first of many.
He said: “I’m delighted for Ajeti, it’s always good for a striker to come in and make an early impact.“You can see he’s not match fit yet but that’ll do his confidence the world of good.“He did great to.
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