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 throws down Celtic gauntlet as he challenges Premiership rivals to stop his team
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon hasn’t been hit with stage fright.If anything the Celtic manager is more relaxed than ever. It’s not that Lennon is ultra-confident his men will waltz to another title, it’s that the heat was on just to get to this point and set up the once in the lifetime tilt at history – he’s simply excited it’s time to finally face the music.He’ll let everyone else get wrapped up in the record-breaking figure.Lennon’s thinking bigger.
It doesn’t matter how many championships are in the hipper, this is just the start rather than a last dance.Celts kick off their quest against Accies tomorrow and Lennon said: “There has been 10 In A Row chat for the last three or four years.
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