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 ultimate Celtic stick or twist moment as strike partnership hints at all guns blazing approach
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers. The trophy mountain they’ve built for themselves over these last few years is all the evidence he needs.No, Lennon’s conundrum is not if his team can beat their old rivals.
It’s a question of how?Does he go out on his shield at Ibrox today? Name his strongest starting eleven and hope that it’s functioning well enough to impose itself against the runaway league leaders and stop them in their tracks?Or, in stead, does he have to come up with a strategy which is based upon nullifying the threats which are laced through Gerrard’s system?
Figure out how best to prevent James Tavernier and Borna Barisic from ripping down his flanks. How to flood the midfield so that Steve Davis, Glen Kamara and Joe Aribo do not have the run of the place?.
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