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.
Jason Leitch tempers Premiership shutdown fears but presses home rapid 'wipe out' warning
dailyrecord.co.ukPremiership season is about be shut down - but warned Covid worst-case scenarios can unfold quickly. Scotland's national clinical director caused some alarm on Friday by stating the top-flight campaign found itself in a "fragile" situation.Football below the Championship has been paused for three weeks while SFA chief Ian Maxwell wrote to second-tier sides on Friday night to gauge their position on potentially following suit.
In the top-flight, Celtic currently have 14 players plus boss Neil Lennon and John Kennedy in self-isolation and Leitch emphasised how the virus can quickly "wipe out" entire squads.
But he's hopeful virus growth rates are beginning to slow in Scotland, in which case he believes competitions could be played to a.
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