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 mulls Celtic 'smoke signal' instructions to combat football's new conundrum
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has admitted he's turning to dramatic measures to ensure potentially x-rated touchline instructions don't end up broadcast to the nation.
The advent of games being played without fans has lead to shouts made by players and coaching staff highly audible during broadcasts.
Sky commentators had to apologise last night after some choice language was aired during Southampton 's win over Norwich. And BBC journalist Brian McLauchlin put it to the Hoops boss that the new normal of games behind closed doors will mean manager's touchline rants could soon become a subject of discussion amongst armchair fans.The veteran reporter said: "You do hear everything, or you hear most of it."A laughing Lennon admitted to concern with a jokey.
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