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.
Celtic’s squad are all firmly behind Neil Lennon after the boss let rip at the club’s critics.Angry Lenny took aim at First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Sky pundit Andy Walker for their digs over the disastrous trip to Dubai.Brown won’t get dragged in to the political war of words – but he insisted his gaffer was bang on the money in fighting Celtic’s corner.The captain – who like Lennon is back after 10 days in quarantine – said: “We all back the gaffer.
What he said was right, as far as I’m concerned.“I don’t want to get too involved in the politics and stuff, that’s for the gaffer and chief executive.“But for us players it’s about doing our talking on the park and producing results for the manager.“We need to stick together, that’s the.
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