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 given Celtic support as John Barnes tells fans there's 'no point' complaining
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon despite a disastrous run of results. A run of just two wins in 12 games has brought protests from fans, with Rangers 13 points clear at the top of the Premiership.
Celtic do have two games in hand, however, and the board have made clear they're backing Lennon at least until January. Barnes knows about the difficulty of managing against a rampant Rangers, having been sacked just 29 games into his own Parkhead tenure.
But the former England international insists his old club are right to stand by their man. Speaking to BonusCodeBets Barnes said: "Celtic backing Neil Lennon was the right thing for them to do.
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