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 insists Celtic disaster season has mitigating circumstances that must be kept secret
dailyrecord.co.ukLiam Shaw on a pre-contract.The club's 10 In A Row dream, however, is all-but extinguished with Rangers just four wins from the title.Celtic host Aberdeen on Wednesday night in a bid to claw back more ground on their rivals and Lennon says fans who claim failure to deliver 10 In A Row should result in his sacking haven’t been privy to off-field issues which will be kept private.The manager said: “I don’t think it’s unfair or unrealistic but we have had mitigating circumstances throughout the course of the campaign, some of which I can’t divulge publicly.“But I’ve never shied away from the fact that it’s been massively disappointing and we could and should have performed better.
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