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 'taken aback' by James Forrest as Celtic boss left rubbing his eyes
dailyrecord.co.ukJames Forrest left him rubbing his eyes in disbelief last night as he urged his Celtic troops to storm back to the top of the Premiership.
But St Mirren counterpart Jim Goodwin insisted referee John Beaton could also have done with a second look at a key penalty incident which went against his side as he raised the subject of VAR.
Hoops boss Lennon was delighted with the display of his champions as they triumphed in Paisley. Forrest’s stunning header to win the game after Shane Duffy had equalised a Lee Erwin opener for the hosts was outstanding and left his gaffer startled.
Lennon said: “It was a bullet. We were all taken aback by it on the bench and rubbing our eyes.“Ryan [Christie] has flipped it in on the angle and it’s as brilliantly.
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