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.
Neil Lennon and Celtic have been in this movie before.The cast may have changed and the background may look a whole lot different but the early part of the script is uncannily similar.The Celtic boss will just be hoping he’s in the same position when the credits roll.Back in November 2011 a draw against Hibs left Lennon’s side trailing Rangers by a mammoth 15 points with two games in hand going into a showdown with Motherwell at Fir Park.Written off with their unbeaten rivals surging ahead, the pressure reached fever pitch in Lanarkshire.
Especially when Michael Higdon fired Well ahead early on.Yet not only did Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper hit back to clinch a crucial three points, Lennon then guided the Hoops on a 17-game winning run.
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