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 took media, pundits and even the government to task for the reaction to Celtic 's trip to Dubai. To say he was angry would be an understatement as he insisted he and the club had nothing to apologise for.It was a moment of genuine drama but it's far from the only time a press conference or interview has gone off the rails.Here are 10 of the greatest manager meltdowns.
As inauspicious beginnings go "I don't want to play mind games" takes some beating as Benitez fell hook, line and sinker for Sir Alex Ferguson 's wind-up.
The Manchester United boss had spoken about the fixture schedule with Liverpool leading the league and his title rival took the bait.
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