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.
Riga 0 Celtic 0 LIVE score as the second half of the Europa League clash gets under way
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League qualifying dream.The quirks of the pandemic have affected the UEFA calendar and that means Neil Lennon's side have had to bide their time to make right the nightmare result.Riga lie in wait in the third qualifying round of the Europa League and Celtic will be desperate not to be on the receiving end of another shock result.The Premiership champions have Ten In A Row on their mind but not at the expense of another crack at a tournament that ended on a sour note with a lifeless defeat to Copenhagen last season.Celtic know they must navigate another one-off tie against either Sarajevo or Budućnost Podgorica to reach the group stage but their sole focus is on the clash in Latvia.Odsonne Edouard leads the line after being rested.
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