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 have at least stemmed the flow of dropped points.Neil Lennon's side have now won three on the bounce but remain a long way behind Premiership leaders Rangers.However, they're set to visit one of their favourite hunting grounds of recent years this weekend.St Johnstone are the hosts and Callum Davidson's side are looking to maintain their momentum ahead of the upcoming Betfred Cup final.Saints became the first side to inflict defeat on Livingston boss David Martindale in a dress rehearsal of the Hampden showpiece.And now they can build that head of steam even further with a result against the champions.Here's all you need to know about the fixture.The match will take place at McDiarmid Park on Sunday, February 14.Kick-off is at.
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