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 Champions League aftermath LIVE as Neil Lennon’s side suffer more Euro embarrassment
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League group stages was halted after just two games as they crashed out at the hands of Ferencvaros. The Hungarian champions, managed by legendary striker Sergiy Rebrov, took an early lead at Celtic Park.
While Celtic did manage to fight back through Ryan Christie's deflected effort, the visitors hit a late winner after some poor defending on the part of the hosts.
Manager Neil Lennon was fuming after the final whistle, publicly calling out members of the squad who he believes want to leave the club.
Celtic now drop into the Europa League, but this elimination could have knock-on effects. Failure to reach the Champions League group stages means no boost to the bank balance from playing in Europe's premier competition.Not having.
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