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's Celtic car crash needs more than on the spot repairs as huge Rangers call looms - Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic have become the Inconvinceables. Not quite sure where they are heading under Neil Lennon and, in this season of all seasons, unable to rediscover the levels of form which will almost certainly be required in order to salvage their hopes of a tenth successive title.
Yes, the ship has been steadied over these last three weeks which is precisely what chief executive Peter Lawwell was banking on when he threw his weight behind the manager even though his own car park was coming under siege.
Lawwell studied the festive fixture list and concluded that Lennon still had enough left in his managerial locker to stabilise Celtic’s top flight campaign by beating Kilmarnock, Ross County, Hamilton and Dundee United while also delivering last.
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