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 can’t believe Albian Ajeti is facing an SFA rap.And the disgusted Celtic boss has hammered the decision making of the panel of ex-refs who have slammed his “bewildered” Swiss into the dock for diving.Lennon insists the club will vigorously fight the charges on Monday and he’s confident Ajeti, who is set to start against Motherwell on Saturday, will be cleared at a Hampden hearing.The 23-year-old was offered a two-match ban after going down when challenged by Kilmarnock keeper Colin Doyle and winning a penalty.But Lennon is staggered that the trio of former officials on the disciplinary panel came to their controversial conclusion and believes it’s their actions and not Ajeti’s that need assessed.He said: “If you’ve three.
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