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.
Scott Allan suffers fresh setback as Celtic friendly earmarked for Hibs return kiboshed by Dubai chaos
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Allan 's return to the Hibs first team. The two clubs that battled out Monday night's 1-1 draw were set to follow that up with a bounce game between their B teams on Tuesday.
And that was earmarked as a way for Allan to get valuable minutes on the park, with Easter Road boss Jack Ross confirming: “He has now been back in the group for several weeks and his load has increased in that period. “Weather permitting we are hopeful we will have a bounce match on Tuesday that he will be involved in.
That’s another big step forward.” But with Neil Lennon 's side forced to call up a plethora of reserve players and young prospects, the friendly was shelved.
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