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 leaked team victory as Parkhead mole is whacked
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has certainly had to do some soul searching during his post-match autopsies in recent months. The Hoops boss has continually searched for positives with his side feeling the heat after a run two wins 12 games and he himself faced calls to go with Ten In A Row dreams fading fast.But amid all his media obligations during his side's nightmare spell, never was Lennon vexed more than when he reacted to the team leak that emerged 12 hours before his side's 2-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Rangers.The Irishman was visibly seething as he raged at the Parkhead double agent who was "doing us in."It's easy to forget that sorry display and result against their biggest rivals set in motion a wretched run of form that Celtic are only.
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