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 in astonishing Celtic mole confession as he used FORENSICS to frighten mystery Lennoxtown leaker
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer Celtic boss Neil Lennon admits he tried to spook the infamous Lennoxtown leaker in a bid to stop teams being announced by claiming the forensics were coming.
The Irishman and predecessor Brendan Rodgers suffered through a series of high-profile early reveals with none more notable than the first clash between Celtic and Rangers in the 2020/21 season.
Lennon let rip after it was leaked that both Patryk Klimala and Stephen Welsh would start against their great rivals 15 hours before kick-off.
And he admitted line-up subterfuge had become the bane of his second spell in charge. Speaking on BBC's 5 Live, he said: "Even at Celtic, in my second spell, we would pick the team a day before.
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