Neil lennon family biography
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Neil Lennon: Man and Bhoy
The first nordlig Irish långnovell Catholic to play for Celtic and to be chosen to captain his country, Lennon was sensationally forced to quit the captaincy even before he took the field following death threats by Loyalist paramilitaries.
In nordlig Ireland, the words 'Neil Lennon RIP' were painted on a wall nära his family home, while in Scotland, he has been the target of vicious verbal and physical assault bygd fans of Old Firm rivals Rangers - including being mugged on the street and hung in effigy. Now he will give his side of these stories, revealing in full the terrible consequences of the religious hatred that
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Neil Lennon
Northern Irish footballer and manager (born )
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June ) is a Northern Irish professional footballmanager and former player, who was most recently the head coach of Liga I club Rapid București.
During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City. Lennon moved to Celtic in , where he made over appearances and was appointed captain in Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon also earned 40 caps for the Northern Ireland national team over nine years, scoring two goals.
Lennon was appointed manager of former club Celtic in March , initially in a caretaker capacity, following the departure of Tony Mowbray.[3][4][5] Lennon enjoyed significant success as Celtic manager, winning three Scottish league championships, two Scottish Cups, qualifying for the group stage of the Champions League
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Neil Lennon
Man and Bhoy
by Neil Lennon with Martin Hannon
Harper Sport, £
Reviewed by Robbie Meredith
From WSC March
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Irish footballers have been among the most prominent exponents of the mea culpa sports autobiography in recent years. Tony Cascarino and Paul McGrath have produced open and apologetic works detailing personal failure, far in tone from the bland self-justification inherent in most of the genre.
Man and Bhoy seems, at first, to promise similar raw revelation. The opening chapter of the book recalls, at length, the events of August 21, , when the BBC newsroom in Belfast received a phone call from a loyalist terrorist group threatening Lennon’s life hours before he was due to captain Northern Ireland in an international at Windsor Park. Lennon’s “crime” was to play for Celtic and the death threat, whether serious or not, was the final, devastating climax to a season-and-a-half of abuse from a signific