Neil Lennon
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"Neil Francis Lennon" is a association football/football player and manager from Northern Ireland. He was appointed as manager of Football League Championship club Bolton Wanderers F.C./Bolton Wanderers in October 2014.

During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City F.C./Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra F.C./Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City F.C./Leicester City. Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic F.C./Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain (association football)/captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England to represent Nottingham Forest F.C./Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers F.C./Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland national football team/Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals.

Lennon was appointed Manager (association football)/manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray. Lennon enjoyed significant success as Celtic manager, winning three Scottish league championships, two Scottish Cups and qualifying for the group stage of the Champions League twice, before leaving the club in May 2014.

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We arrived late and just sat at the back of the auditorium. They were showing snippets of a game against Real Madrid and we were just chuckling away because it was great to watch this wee man tearing strips off defenders. He was voted the greatest Celtic player ever, and rightly so.

We came within four minutes of winning it and then it was a whole year's work down the drain. It didn't half hurt for a while but we've shown resolve this season and, hopefully, we can see it through.

I don't really want to get into the debate, but I'd want my own manager to win.

I love playing with these guys. It makes my job easier out there. It would be great if we could all stay.

It is still not a foregone conclusion and we have a bit of work to do. Hearts are going for the Champions League and won't be giving up just yet.

He's the best man-manager out there. One word from him is worth 10 from another person. That's the aura he's got.

Early on in his career that (getting forward) was his (Keane's) forte. He's just shown he's got more strings to his bow than just sitting in there. I say, 'go on, on you go'. He was full of energy, as was the whole team.

You wouldn't want to change the way he is. His shouting gets a reaction. It's up to you whether it's positive or not. The boys respect him for what he's done and what he is. He's a great player. If he wants to give you a rollicking, you respect that.