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 reckons Celtic and Rangers get a raw deal as he insists rivals were RIGHT to dig out the SFA
dailyrecord.co.ukSFA over the compliance process as the Celtic boss believes the Old Firm get a raw deal from the beaks.The Hoops gaffer was relieved Albian Ajeti was let off the hook after being cited for an alleged dive in the win at Kilmarnock last week.Lennon was unhappy his club had to appeal a proposed two match ban while rivals Rangers are furious at recent retrospective bans dished out to Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe – while other offences went unpunished.The Irishman agrees the disciplinary process needs to be looked at – because big guns Celtic and Rangers are the ones who he believes are constantly under the spotlight when it comes to big calls.Hoops chiefs have also been unhappy with several incidents, such as Motherwell’s Devante Cole not.
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