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 substitution fury revealed as Gordon Strachan makes hilarious 'nobody wanted to tell him' admission
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon they were taking him off in the Scottish Cup final. With the 2007 showpiece against Dunfermline goalless, Strachan made the call to replace Lennon with Gary Caldwell after 66 minutes.
The former Scotland gaffer admits the Celtic dugout of Gary Penrice, Tommy Burns and Strachan didn't want to tell him he was getting hooked at Hampden.
However, the Northern Irishman would calm down after Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe's late winner and taking the trophy back to Celtic Park.
With Lennon's loyalty to the likes of Scott Brown a hot topic ahead of the Scottish Cup final with Hearts, Strachan admits sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture.
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