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.
Scott Brown denies Celtic dressing room rift as captain sends 'we're with you' message to fans
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Brown insists the players must shoulder the blame for poor form as he denied there is a rift in the dressing room. The Premiership champions have won just two of their last 10 games and pressure is mounting on manager Neil Lennon.
Following Sunday's Betfred Cup loss to Ross County a number of fans protested outside the stadium, with Celtic condemning the scenes which saw players given an escort away from Parkhead.
As exclusively revealed by the board have chosen to stick with Lennon, at least for Thursday's trip to face Milan, and the skipper insists it's he and his team-mates who should be shouldering the blame.
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