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.
Steven Naismith insists Hearts have purged 'losers' as he looks to right painful Celtic wrong
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic in the Scottish Cup final. A knee injury deprived the Jambos of Naismith’s snarling, cajoling presence, not to mention his experience of the big occasion.
And it was much missed as despite taking a shock lead through Ryan Edwards, Odsonne Edouard struck twice to break Hearts and secure a treble treble for Neil Lennon’s team.
Eighteen months on, however, Naismith is fit and ready for the fight at Hampden tomorrow.Not many would have given the Tynecastle side a chance had the final taken place back in May.The capital club would have gone into it off the back of a wretched season whether they went down or not, and the Hoops would have been fresh from making nine league titles in a row.
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