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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League hopes alive. The Premiership champions were battered 4-1 by Sparta Prague last time out and the pressure is growing on Neil Lennon and his squad.
A 2-2 draw with Hibs on Saturday allowed Rangers to move 11 points clear at the top, and though Celtic have two games in hand there have nonetheless been protests from fans.
Realistically any chance of a place in Europe after Christmas vanished with that defeat to Sparta but revenge over in Prague would go some way to calming the waters.
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