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.
The 'spoiled' Celtic fan narrative that's swallowed up the real reason for spiralling anger
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon more time to rescue the club's tilt at 10 In A Row.But for many of the fans, not just those who took to the streets, time was already up long before Alex Iacovitti put County 2-0 ahead.A narrative emerged from the weekend debacle that supporters' fury was borne of that result in isolation, that they simply could not handle an unprecedented mopping up of silverware being brought to a shuddering halt.And while the minority who crossed a line outside the stadium surrendered the right to be taken seriously, there's been a distortion of what this swell of anger is really about.Most supporters did not launch barriers at police vans, most do want change based on reasons that run deeper than a solitary defeat.Sunday was simply a tipping.
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