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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon 's side denied permission to play by the Scottish Government. That's allowed Rangers to open up a six point lead over last season's champions, who also have a game in hand against Aberdeen to play.
They'll hope to cut the deficit to three tonight, and Celtic are in good form following a 5-0 win over Ross County at the weekend.
Lennon has almost a full squad to choose from, with Leigh Griffiths and Tom Rogic the only notable absentees. The same cannot be said for Jim Goodwin, with COVID-19 playing havoc with even the rescheduled match.
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