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 unleashes as ex Celtic boss calls out refs 'who have never played the game' in blistering VAR rant
dailyrecord.co.ukFuming Neil Lennon took aim at referees and VAR after Omonia Nicosia suffered a heavy Europa League group stage defeat to FC Sheriff.
The former Celtic and Hibs boss has kickstarted his career in Cyprus, leading Omonia to the Cypriot Cup last term which earned them qualification for the Europa League group stage, but the Irishman couldn't mastermind the perfect start to the campaign with a 3-0 defeat in the opener.
The Moldovan outfit cruised to a win thanks to goals from Iyayi Atiemwen, Ibrahim Rasheed and Mouhamed Diop, with Atiemwen's strike from the penalty spot sparking Lennon's ire.
Adam Lang was adjudged to have handled the ball when a shot rebounded off the Hungarian defender, which was then flagged up by the video assistant.
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