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 vs Motherwell LIVE score build-up and team news from the Premiership clash at Parkhead
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon knows winning remains imperative but in the last 20 league seasons the Hoops have been at least in the mix of being in title contention in the first week of February.But Celtic are Premiership no-hopers as they sit 23 points behind rivals Rangers who could set a new record for the quickest title win ever.Lennon knows his team need to improve and that starts on home turf where they have only won one of their last four league games in Glasgow's east end.And it's only seven days since St Mirren secured a storied win at Celtic Park - their first in 31 years.Motherwell have a wretched record against Celtic but Graham Alexander is targeting a storied away victory as they eye three consecutive wins on the spin.Celtic looked more like.
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