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.
Sparta Prague boss enters Celtic last chance saloon as legend suggests key weakness Hoops can 'exploit'
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic in the Europa League tomorrow, according to club legend Jiri Novotny. The Scottish champions travel to Czech Republic desperately needing three points but they currently sit in bottom spot with one point from three games.
Celtic will be hoping to avenge a shock 4-1 thrashing in Glasgow in the last game before the international break and under-pressure manager Neil Lennon knows he needs a win.
But the Prague side have been on a dreadful run of form themselves and the knives are out for manager Vaclav Kotal after they lost 3-1 away at Viktoria Plzen and then were crushed 4-2 by Ceske Budejovice at the weekend - the first time in their history Sparta had lost to them at home.
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