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.
Niall McGinn opens up on 'hard to take' abuse as Aberdeen star highlights Scottish football issue
dailyrecord.co.ukNiall McGinn has spoken out about the abuse he has received at the hands of a minority of Scottish football fans. The former Celtic man has had to deal with sectarian abuse and worse since arriving from Derry City in 2009.
In 2011 Royal Mail intercepted a package meant for McGinn containing bullets, with packages also sent to Paddy McCourt and manager Neil Lennon.
And while the Dons star doesn't have to deal with anything like that level of abuse these days, he insists the spectre of sectarianism has not gone away.
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