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 Brown details James Forrest's Celtic qualities as he explains importance of star winger
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Brown has been the leader through Celtic’s Nine in a Row.But the Parkhead captain is adamant few down the years have provided more than James Forrest to help deliver the landmark run of success.Manager Neil Lennon described his long-serving duo as “modern-day greats” having both played through every single one of the winning campaigns from 2011-2012 to 2019-2020.In terms of personal tallies, Brown has won 21 medals at Celtic to make him third-highest of the playing list behind Bobby Lennox and Billy McNeill.In joint fourth alongside Jimmy Johnstone sits Forrest with 19.
The skipper, though, feels the day will eventually come in future years where his colleague will overtake his numbers.And, when he assesses Forrest’s input of making
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