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’s Celtic dressing room hint that only came into focus after Rangers battering - Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon.Too soon to press the panic button. Too late to do much about it in any case.It’s not that losing the first Old Firm game of the season should spook the Parkhead boss or cause him to rush back to the drawing boardOn the contrary, he shouldn’t even have been overly surprised by the defeat given that, for a variety of reasons, almost everyone else saw it coming from a mile off.But what ought to be causing him some serious concern is that Rangers were able to dominate his side all over the pitch and to control Saturday’s contest without operating to anywhere near their maximum levels.To lose one derby on your own pitch may be regarded as a misfortune.
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