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.
3 talking points as Leigh Griffiths rescues Celtic with late St Johnstone winner to fire Hoops top
dailyrecord.co.ukLeigh Griffiths and Patryk Klimala struck late to secure a 2-0 win over St Johnstone. The champions had the chance to really put the pressure on title rivals Rangers with a win in Perth but struggled for long periods to find a way through the home defence.St Johnstone put everything into the game and looked to have secured a point as three minutes of stoppage time showed on the board.
Griffiths was left unmarked for a late header though, before Klimala showed dogged determination to breach the defence a second time and fire high into the net.Neil Lennon made three changes to the side which beat Sarajevo on Thursday, with David Turnbull coming in for his first start and Olivier Ntcham replacing captain Scott Brown.
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