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.
Chris Sutton fears for Neil Lennon as Celtic hero reckons boss will find it 'hard to see this out'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon to keep his job after Thursday's hammering in Prague. The Celtic boss was under pressure heading into the Europa League tie after a faltering start to the domestic season.
They had been thrashed 4-1 by Sparta on home turf and travelled to the Czech Republic needing a win to stand any chance of qualifying for the knockout stages.
But after Odsonne Edouard had opened the scoring, a double from Lukas Julis helped ensure that lightning struck twice. Sparta breathed fire into their own qualification hopes with another rampant 4-1 win.
And now columnist Sutton, who had previously defended Lennon, says it will be difficult for his former team-mate to hold onto his job.
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