Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
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 leaked team fix gives Neil Lennon back control amid Chris Jullien wait-and-see call
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon. But there's a compelling case to be made that no singular incident hurt him as deeply as the team leak that preceded the 2-0 defeat to Rangers and sparked a run of two wins in 12 games.
It was mortifying for Lennon as tribes in the Amazon Rainforest even had the heads-up that Stephen Welsh was starting the clash with Steven Gerrard's side.Listen, it probably wouldn't have made a difference if the academy graduate entered the park under a sheet as a last second surprise because the Hoops were awful back in October.
But Lennon felt someone was "doing us in" and that act of betrayal in the eyes of the Celtic manager certainly didn't help a club in malaise.
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