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.
Derry City issue Celtic friendly update as manager Declan Devine reveals Parkhead promise
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic, despite a weekend friendly being cancelled. The Hoops had lined-up a friendly with Irish champions Dundalk, but that had to be pulled due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
Derry offered to step into the breach, and as they are based north of the border it was hoped they would be able to travel to take on Neil Lennon 's side.
But as revealed by they then received a warning from the FAI that, by accepting a glamour friendly with the Premiership champions, their players and coaching staff would be unable to compete in a top flight clash against St Pats in Dublin on August 3.
Declan Devine told the Derry Journal : "It was a brilliant opportunity which was put to us by Celtic. "We did all our business as clean as a whistle and Celtic.
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