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.
Raging Neil Lennon goes tonto as former Celtic boss held back after astonishing referee row in Cup Final
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer Celtic boss Neil Lennon is facing a mammoth touchline ban over the angry scenes that marred his side's unlikely Cypriot Cup win.
The Omonia Nicosia manager was ejected from the touchline after an astonishing blast that saw him appear to make a "smoking" signal at officials.But worse was yet to follow as he let rip following his red card, as he mockingly clapped at the match official before being held back by players and coaching staff.His team defeated Achnas in the Final despite playing 115 minutes without Shehu Abdullahi.But the big story will likely be Lennon's looming ban as he was left furious with multiple match officials.
The former Celtic boss has often railed against over his reputation for a fiery nature but he now faces a lengthy ban. He served multiple bans during his time with Celtic and Hibs and was involved in high profile dust-ups with the likes of Ally McCoist and Jim Duffy during his time managing in Scotland.
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