Neil Lennon on that death threat…

Neil Lennon’s forthcoming autobiography will contain, amongst other things, his reflections on the period where he was forced to stop playing for Northern Ireland. An extract is published in the Guardian today – given how much the rest of us talk about what happened to him, it’s probably worth reading his views! “From the moment I went on to that pitch to play against Norway I was the target of an unremitting chorus of abuse. In a half-empty stadium, the …

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