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 'far too strong' for Reykjavik as Jim Bett predicts comfortable Champions League night
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League first qualifying round tomorrow night.Such is the importance of the one-off tie for Neil Lennon’s side, the former Scotland, Rangers and Aberdeen star has backed the Hoops to inflict serious damage to the Icelanders.And he reckons it could become a standing count of ‘how many?’Bett watched Reykjavik lose in their last outing three days ago and saw nothing to worry about for Celtic other than a bit of ring rust.Progress would see the Parkhead side take on either Swedish champions Djurgardens or Ferencvaros of Hungary at the next hurdle.And the 60-year-old, who lives in the Nordic island’s capital, doesn’t expect to see a shock on the cards tomorrow as he believes the stakes are so high for the hosts against a team who play.
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