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.
Roy Keane on 'nightmare' Celtic debut as he rates his performance in huge Clyde cup shock
dailyrecord.co.ukIt is a day that will live in infamy of Scottish football - but not for the reasons most of punters thought. Roy Keane was to turn out for Celtic for the first time since leaving Manchester United on January 8, 2006 with the world watching Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld.
The Sky cameras were beaming the first start for the Hoops new man and a procession of goals was predicted against First Division outfit Clyde.Despite the likes of Neil Lennon, John Hartson and Shunsuke Nakamura lining up alongside Keane it was Craig Bryson and Eddie Malone who grabbed the headlines as they put The Bully Wee into a two-goal lead.In truth, it could have been more with Alec Williams and Tom Brighton both having goals ruled out for offside and Stephen
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