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.
The Celtic pre-season level-up needed to spark 10 In A Row push as deep-end dive backed to pay off
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic needed to spark their 10 In A Row attempt. The young defender embarked on his third summer tour with the club earlier this month with the standard of opposition the highest he's ever faced.
But for Welsh, diving in at the deep end against Champions League outfits Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain will do more to prepare players than walk-overs against obscure opposition.
Neil Lennon 's side begin their quest for a 10th straight Premiership title against Hamilton on Sunday and Welsh believes they'll be firing on all cylinders.
He told the Celtic View : “This was the third pre-season I’ve been on with the first-team and the biggest difference this year has been the level of opposition we’ve played. “Usually we’ll play a few local, lower.
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