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.
Jonjoe Kenny makes Celtic 'difficult period' confession after Everton second chance under Frank Lampard
dailyrecord.co.ukEverton full-back Jonjoe Kenny admits he was battling with issues off the park during his loan spell at Celtic. The boyhood Parkhead fan was signed on loan from the Toffees as the dream bid for 10 In A Row collapsed.Having been signed by Neil Lennon, Kenny was left in limbo at the club as his loan spell in the Premiership came to an end under interim boss John Kennedy.He returned to Goodison Park in the summer, and wasn't given any serious game time under Rafa Benitez.
The signing of Nathan Patterson from Rangers appeared to end his chances of becoming a regular in the English Premier League. Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Celtic Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.But the arrival of Frank Lampard has allowed the 24-year-old a second chance, and he was handed his first start under the new boss during the win over Leeds.Kenny told Everton TV: “I knew my chance was going to come, just not when it would come, and wanted to make sure I was ready.“I made everything down to me, changed what I needed to and tried to get rid of excuses, which is difficult.“I didn’t want to be giving the excuse that I wasn’t ready or didn’t take my opportunity. “ Celtic was a difficult period for me, off the pitch, especially.
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