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Sectarian thugs beat Neil Lennon senseless hours after Old Firm match

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 ...

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