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BBC News
18 hours ago
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- BBC News
'My record gets taken for granted'
In his managerial career Neil Lennon has won five Scottish Premiership titles, four Scottish Cups, one League Cup, one Scottish Championship, and one Cypriot Cup. Not a bad haul of trophies, is it?Yet because the bulk of it - 10 of 12 - came when he helmed Celtic, Lennon feels his record doesn't always get the respect it deserves."I think people take it for granted," Lennon told BBC Scotland. "Sometimes I take the wins for granted as well, but the older you get, the more you realise that was good. That was really good."Having just signed a two-year deal to remain with second-tier Dunfermline Athletic, whom he joined on a short-term basis in March, the 53-year-old Celtic icon has plenty of drive left in him."Football moves on quickly and people forget about you. I know my place in the game there and what I need to do for myself. That's bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to this club and to the players," he added."I want to be a success. I don't like talking too much about myself because I always feel like you set yourself up for a fall. But yeah, I've done okay. I want more."I want more experiences, I want more success, I want more silverware, I want more. I think that's just been sort of in me since I was a kid. My playing career was good in terms of trophies."I'm getting old. I don't get much excitement these days. I still have a passion and love for the game, and I want to do it my way."Lennon, who won five top-flight titles among 11 major honours as a Celtic player, credits former boss Martin O'Neill for teaching him "everything about the game" and instilling a winning mentality."I learnt things at Crewe, I learnt things at Leicester and that was under Martin and that really sort of developed me into the mindset of what was needed because he had been so successful himself as a player under Brian Clough," he added."So that really was the sort of slam-dunk moment in my life or career was working under him for 10 years. I worked under him in his pomp and I learnt everything about the game from him. "Martin was the one that really drove the winning sort of ethos into me."
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘Celtic were the same' – Adam Matthews compares Shamrock Rovers expectations to Scottish Premiership giants
ADAM MATTHEWS reckons his four years at Celtic were the perfect prep for life at Shamrock Rovers. And 2 Adam Matthews believes Celtic helped prepare him for Shamrock Rovers Credit: Sportsfile - Subscription 2 Adam Matthews spent four years in Glasgow Credit: PA:Press Association In After subsequently playing for And ahead of tonight's game with Matthews said: 'Celtic's a massive, massive team, but you get the same feeling with the fans. You are expected to win every game. Read More on Shamrock Rovers 'Obviously, you can't, even 'We go into every game hoping to, well, thinking we can win. Celtic were the same.' The Hoops have made good on their belief lately, winning their last five games to go six points clear at the top of the table. Matthews — who played with Rovers director of football Stephen McPhail at Most read in Sport A knee gash suffered on his debut against Bohemians was not the only reason he had been used more sparingly. Boss Bradley said: 'We had to be careful and had to be slow with him because he'd come in late and he had been inactive for a few months. It was never going to be that he was ready from the start. Shamrock Rovers snap up Northern Ireland Under-21s goal-getter as Stephen Bradley gives exciting verdict 'I spoke to a few of his managers previously and they all raved about him on and off the pitch. I had a good conversation with Neil Lennon about him, he had him in Celtic and in Cyprus and couldn't speak highly enough of him. We'd done our homework with Stephen but then when you hear that from someone like Neil, it was a no-brainer. 'You can see his versatility, what he's brought to us in terms of he started left wing-back up in 'He's played recently like a right wing-back. His quality was never in doubt, obviously with the level he's played at, but he's been brilliant around the group too.' After parting company with Omonia, who he helped win the Cypriot Cup in 2023, Matthews was back in Wales and training with Carmarthen Town before Rovers offered him a route back into full-time football. He said: 'It does happen in football. The older you get, the more you expect that to happen. It was tough but I just needed to keep myself fit and wait for the opportunity, and thankfully Stephen gave me a ring. 'I was training with a team in Bar speaking to former Celtic team-mate Paddy McCourt and ex-Sunderland colleague work . And he is reasonably impressed with Rovers and the League itself. He said: 'You've got a good manager, good tactically, so it's very similar to a lot of the clubs that I've been at to be honest. Obviously the facilities in some of the clubs are a bit better, but at the bigger clubs, you're going to get that. 'Training-wise, I think it's very similar. It's a very competitive league. I think you can see by the league table that anyone can beat anyone. 'But we're on a good run at the minute, created a bit of a gap. Our aim is to try and keep winning games and make the gap bigger.'
