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 McCann trolled over Celtic spot-kick as 'disrespectful' Odsonne Edouard remark leads to Sportscene ribbing
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard panenka storm as he praised the Celtic hero's Hamilton spot-kick. The Frenchman scored from the spot as Celtic won a historic quadruple Treble on penalties after a 3-3 draw at Hampden.
It drew a furious reaction from the former Rangers winger McCann who dubbed the cheeky chipped finish disrescpectful. Hoops' boss Neil Lennon fired back at the comments from pundit McCann stating those criticising his star man where talking "complete and utter nonsense".
The striker was again on target from the spot against Hamilton but opted against the panenka finish, leading to the McCann taking a roasting on BBC Sportsound as he joked about the fallout.
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