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 rubbishes 'ego trip' accusation as Celtic boss holds firm on no strikers line
dailyrecord.co.ukMotherwell and insisted he’s not on an ego trip by refusing to listen to fans’ demands that he plays with a striker. The Celtic boss selected a team without a recognised frontman for the second game in a row, but ended the match with Albian Ajeti and Patryk Klimala up front in the 3-0 win that cut Rangers’ lead to six points, with the Hoops having two games in hand.
And Lennon, who was criticised for playing without a frontman in Odsonne Edouard ’s absence against Ferencvaros as Celtic crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday, stuck by his guns despite knowing there would have been a backlash if points had been dropped.
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