Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
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 tips 2 Celtic stars to shoot down Rangers as he picks the Postecoglou player who would fit into HIS team
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon admits there’s a world of difference between his Celtic teams and Ange Postecoglou’s current crop, who are much quicker than the squad Lennon managed.The Aussie was Lennon’s permanent successor at Parkhead after the Northern Irishman left in February 2021 as the Hoops’ 10-In-A-Row dream collapsed with Steven Gerrard leading an unbeaten Rangers to their first Scottish Premiership title in a decade.
No. 2 John Kennedy stepped into the void until the end of the season before Postecoglou landed the gig, although only after a protracted and ultimately unsuccessful pursuit of Edie Howe.
However, a Premiership and League Cup double in his first season meant Celtic fans weren’t left wondering what might have been as they fully embraced Angeball under the popular Greek-born coach.
His playing style is proving difficult to live with as Celtic go into Monday’s derby clash against Rangers at Ibrox nine points clear of their bitter rivals and intent on making that 12.Lennon is no stranger to trophies adorned with the green and white ribbons and Ange has a bit to go to match his haul as Celtic boss.
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