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.
St Mirren face Stephen Robinson fight with boss a major contender for Northern Ireland job
dailyrecord.co.ukStephen Robinson is a major contender for the vacant Northern Ireland job. The highly-rated St Mirren manager is very much in the thoughts of the Irish Football Association as they look to appoint a successor to Ian Baraclough who left his position earlier this week.
The IFA board has already met to discuss replacements and Robinson has strong backing at that level, Record Sport understands.
The former Motherwell boss is also no stranger to the Northern Ireland set-up as he previously bossed their under-age groups and was also involved in coaching under Michael O’Neill at Euro 2016.The 47-year-old was also previously interviewed for the job before Baraclough but at that time Motherwell would have been due significant compensation.
Robinson was headhunted by St Mirren from Morecambe last season. He has revamped his squad and taken the Buddies on a level.
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