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 rubbishes 'ludicrous' Celtic Ten In A Row claim as boss shuts down snipers
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic have abandoned their Champions League ambitions to focus on their historic Ten In A Row bid are absolute nonsense.The Hoops have failed to make the group stage of European football’s blue-riband club competition for the third successive year following the midweek defeat to Ferencvaros in the second qualifying round.But they have continued to dominate domestically with consecutive titles number seven, eight and nine secured during that time as part of a potential and unprecedented quadruple Treble.However, Lennon is adamant that the silverware at home hasn’t come at the expense of competing with cream of the continent and a club settling for just being top dogs in Scotland.Ahead of today’s visit of Motherwell where they will look to.
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