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Sectarian thugs beat Neil Lennon senseless hours after Old Firm match
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The Scotsman
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September 2, 2008
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THE former Celtic captain Neil Lennon was treated in hospital
yesterday after he was assaulted hours after Sunday's Old Firm
match.
It is understood that Lennon, who is now a coach with Celtic, was
called a "f****n b*****d" during an incident in which he was
attacked and knocked unconscious by two middle-aged men.
Friends said that it showed any claims that Scotland was making
progress in tackling sectarianism were wrong.
It is understood that Lennon had gone to a local bar, Jinty
McGinty's, in the city's fashionable Ashton Lane, close to his home
in the West End of Glasgow.
The 37-year-old left by himself just after midnight, having
turned down offers from friends to accompany him back ...