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.
Nicola Sturgeon labels Celtic protesters 'pretty despicable' as she sends firm warning after fan fury
dailyrecord.co.ukNicola Sturgeon has labelled the actions of Celtic protesters as "pretty despicable".The SNP was asked about the unsavoury scenes that followed the Premiership champions 2-0 defeat to Ross County as fans called for boss Neil Lennon to go and chants of "sack the board" could be heard ringing out.A pair of Police Scotland officers suffered minor injuries as raging supporters knocked over fences and launches missiles as club officials were led away from the stadium by a police escort.And Sturgeon insists that type of behaviour will never be tolerated.She said: "I don't care if you're a Celtic fan, a Rangers fan, an Ayr United fan or no fan of football at all."Anybody who attacks police officers is doing wrong and that is pretty despicable."I.
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