Captain of Celtic and midfield enforcer for Northern Ireland,
Neil Lennon is one of the most controversial figures in British
football. His story, fully updated for the Celtic 2006/7 season in
this paperback edition, is an extraordinary tale of religious
bigotry, life-threatening career injury and tumultuous football
success at club level.
The first Northern Irish Roman 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 Northern Ireland, the words Neil Lennon RIP were painted on a
wall near his family home, while in Scotland, he has been the
target of vicious verbal and physical assault by 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 has
tainted his career.
Lennon will write of his Leicester years under Martin O Neill,
and how the Midlands club defied bigger rivals by maintaining their
Premiership League status and winning two League Cups. He will also
tell the inside story of Celtic under O Neill; how his 5 million
transfer to Parkhead nearly didn t happen; his wrongful arrest on a
club night out; lifting the domestic treble in a glorious first
season with Celtic, and the continued revival of the club to the
point where they reached the UEFA Cup Final (narrowly losing out to
a Jose Mourinho-inspired Porto); and his relationship with current
boss Gordon Strachan.
As he approaches the twilight of his playing career, Lennon has
decided the time is right to reveal all about his life on the field
including his horrific spinal injury and his less than happy
apprenticeships at Motherwell and Manchester City as well as his
hitherto closely guarded private life, including his battle with
depression.
It s a book that will shock football to its core."
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