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.
Robbie Neilson salutes 'outstanding' Hearts and insists he knew Jambos would get chances following Celtic analysis
dailyrecord.co.ukHearts would get chances against Celtic even when they were two goals down. The Jambos fought back to take the game to extra-time and then to level within it before losing a Scottish Cup Final shoot-out at Hampden.
Despite coming out in the second half while trailing 2-0, Neilson said he always knew they would get chances after watching back Neil Lennon 's side and their recent struggles.
He told the BBC: "We're disappointed for the players, the staff and the fans but I thought we were outstanding today."I thought we recovered well against a team who have won the last 12 trophies and you come back and recover in extra-time shows the team's strength of character.
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