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 resigns as boss of Celtic amid "difficult season"
mirror.co.ukNeil Lennon has resigned as the manager of Celtic with immediate effect after all-but surrendering the Scottish Premier League title to rivals Rangers.
The 49-year-old leaves his post almost two years to the day that he returned for a second spell in the hot seat. Celtic are currently 18 points off Rangers in the table with only eight games left to play after a disappointing defeat to Ross County on Sunday.
An official statement from Lennon on the Celtic website read: "We have experienced a difficult season due to so many factors and, of course, it is very frustrating and disappointing that we have not been able to hit the same heights as we did previously. “I have worked as hard as ever to try and turn things around, but unfortunately we
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