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 Celtic meltdown as Feyenoord clanger leaves legend screaming 'no, no, no'
dailyrecord.co.ukStunned Neil Lennon was left in disbelief by Joe Hart as he palmed the opening goal into the net for Feyenoord during a nightmare opening to the Champions League group stage for the Hoops.
Calvin Stengs whipped a free-kick into the back of the net from 30 yards out as the ball was allowed beyond the wall by Kyogo Furuhashi and bounced in front of the veteran goalkeeper, who could only palm the ball into the net at De Kuip to allow the Dutch champions to take the lead just before half time.
Things got worse for the visitors in the second period as Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Thiago Holm were both shown red before Alireza Jahanbakhsh climbed off the bench to net a second.
But it was the Celtic number one that caught flak from Lennon for his costly mistake - and on Sky Sports Lennon could barely believe what he was watching.
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