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.
Rangers edge closer to Celtic Park guard of honour as Neil Lennon's flops run out of lifelines
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon.Steven Gerrard's side are now only seven points from Premiership history but that's factoring in the Hoops win their next two games against Aberdeen and Dundee United.
Rangers were able to sit back and relax as they watched Celtic lose 1-0 in the Highlands hours after their comfortable 4-1 win over the Terrors.
The gap stands at 18 points between the teams and with only 24 left to play for but two more Rangers wins would only secure the title before the teams meet at Celtic Park if the Hoops come up short in another game.
But any sort of result at against the outgoing champions will mean Rangers will follow in the footsteps of the class of '99 who won the league at the home of their rivals.
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