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 and the 3 Celtic examples of turning a 'crisis' into an opportunity
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic manager. That's life in the Glasgow goldfish bowl but the pressure to deliver success is nothing new for Neil Lennon, he's been dealing with it for 20 years.
The Celtic boss touched upon that very fact in the wake of Saturday's lifeless defeat to Rangers. He knew there and then the flak was coming from fans and pundits alike.
Lennon, though, will be relieved the big games are coming thick and fast with Milan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic allowing him no time to dwell on the setback against Steven Gerrard's men.
There are many factors behind Celtic's 21st century dominance over Scottish football but, perhaps, their greatest strength is the ability to not allow a singular defeat to manifest into a nightmare run of form.Lennon has plenty of.
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