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.
Inside the Celtic shutdown as as Neil Lennon raises key dilemmas facing club
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon was the first to admit what should have been a routine press conference would result in more questions than answers.
The fact he had to digest the news that all of Scottish football’s fixtures had been postponed indefinitely ensured many imponderables required good guesswork about the unfathomable.
That air of uncharted territory on the back of the coronavirus crisis hung heavy in the media room.Lennon cracked a smile and waited in bemusement for the first query over the state of limbo his club and the rest of Scottish football find themselves in.The Celtic boss was at a loss to make any sense of the chain of events – but the only certainty is his belief that football now has a new normal.
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