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.
Neil Lennon 'absolutely delighted' by Celtic performance as he issues transfer update
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon insists he was "absolutely delighted" with his team's performance as they overcame St Mirren in Paisley. The champions fell behind early on, but Shane Duffy's equaliser and a James Forrest header saw them move to within three points of the summit.
Despite the narrow margin of victory the Celtic manager heaped praise on his team's performance after the final whistle. Lennon told BBC Scotland: "We reacted very well to a poor start, conceding from a set play is always very disappointing."But our reaction was excellent and we played with real intensity in the first half and fully deserved to go in in front at half time. "Two really good goals, and then second half we dominated albeit St Mirren defended really, really low. "We worked.
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