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 face fixture chaos as Scottish Cup completion plans raise prospect of brutal 10 game run
dailyrecord.co.ukScottish Cup before the end of the year. understands the governing body has drawn up provisional dates to squeeze the two outstanding semi finals as well as the traditional end of season showpiece into an already packed December schedule.And that could leave the defending champions having to cram as many as ten games - including two potential European ties - into a punishing four week stretch ahead of a January 2 Old Firm showdown at Ibrox.It’s expected the SFA will confirm the plan to play last season’s Covid-19 interrupted competition to a finish at Tuesday's AGM - with Neil Lennon’s side facing a last four showdown against Aberdeen and Edinburgh rivals Hearts and Hibs up against each other for a place in the final.The Dons could also be.
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