If there was one thing the Celtic fans loved about Neil Lennon on both his playing and managerial days, it was the passion he had on the pitch and in the dugout.
The Celtic legend played and managed with his heart on his sleeve and when he took over from Tony Mowbray back in 2010 we all remember those words when Lennon said he wanted to ‘bring back the thunder’.
And that is exactly what he did. In his first season as the Celtic manager, Lennon brought home the Scottish Cup after narrowly missing out on the league title by just one single point.
And as he looked to put that right the following season, the subsequent Glasgow Derbies proved crucial.
Who really was to blame for the Lennon/McCoist Celtic Park flashpoint
We all remember that game. Celtic went into the Parkhead December derby having lost the Ibrox clash in September 4-2 to Ally McCoist‘s Rangers.
That result left the Hoops four points adrift but by the time both teams met at Celtic Park in December, only one point separated the teams.
Celtic ran out 1-0 winners after a Joe Ledley goal sent Celtic to the top of the table and the ensuing full-time fireworks began as Lennon and McCoist went at each other.
And on talkSPORT this morning, both shared who was really to blame for a spat that made national news headlines and gained intervention by the Scottish Government.
McCoist: “By the way, just on that footnote, it was me that paid for the beers. What do you think?’
Lennon: “You’re asking the wrong man because Browny was too busy nosing up El Hadj Diouf all night as those two were going at it hammer and tongs as well!”
McCoist: “By the way, you are not wrong! It was him that started it and you and I ended up with the Government having an argument about us!”
Lennon: “You and I ended up getting the blame for it all!”
Celtic went on to win the league that season and spark a run that would see a second nine-in-a-row come to the club which was also the building blocks for the famous and record-breaking Quadruple Treble.
Lennon went on to have two successful spells at the club raking in countless silverware and making his mark on Europe whilst McCoist’s troubles at Rangers were well documented over that period.