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 shares his Celtic delight as he raves about David Turnbull's match winning display
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon believes his side's rousing 3-2 win over Lille can be the result that turns his side's fortunes around. The 49-year-old was beaming at the final whistle as he talked up his much-changed starting XI following their rejuvenating Europa League victory that ended a winless run of five matches.
Goals from Chris Jullien and Callum McGregor had the Hoops ahead but it was David Turnbull who grabbed the winner after former Celtic loanee Timothy Weah had pegged the visitors back to 2-2.
The likes of Ismaila Soro and Patryk Klimala also impressed with both hoping to be in the mix to start against Kilmarnock on Sunday.
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