Neil Lennon resigns as boss of Celtic amid "difficult season"

mirror.co.uk:

Neil 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