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's Celtic press conference in full as skipper swerves Neil Lennon rant fallout
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Brown wouldn't be drawn into the debate over the controversial Dubai trip as he insisted they can still lift the Premiership title When asked about the fall-out Brown was keen to move on and look ahead to the clash at the Tony Macaroni Arena just 24 hours after Neil Lennon 's scathing press conference rant.
It makes a drastic change from the comments of the Parkhead gaffer during his astonishing press conference - where he claimed his club were being treated unfairly by the authorities and blasted everyone from the Scottish Government to pundit Andy Walker.
However, as the captain emerged from isolation he was full focused on closing the 21-point gap on Rangers. You can read every word from Brown's press conference below.
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