Lennon contacted by SFA again

Lennon contacted by SFA again

Neil Lennon: Sent another letter by SFA compliance officer Vincent Lunny

Neil Lennon has been written to by the Scottish Football Association's compliance officer for the third time in just over a week.

The Celtic manager has been asked to explain comments he made about referees ahead of their SPL clash with St Johnstone at Parkhead this coming Sunday.

Ahead of the visit of the Saints, which will be refereed by George Salmond, Lennon was quoted in Tuesday's Evening Times as saying: "It will be nice just to be able to go out and think only about winning a game of football - and maybe have a decent refereeing performance into the bargain."

The Parkhead boss has allegedly breac hed rule 69, which prevents managers commenting on referees before games, a rule which was implemented at the start of the season.

The Northern Irishman has until Friday to respond.

The former Hoops skipper was served with a notice of complaint by SFA compliance officer Vincent Lunny on Monday after being sent off by referee Calum Murray at half-time in the 3-2 SPL defeat by Rangers at Ibrox on Sunday, a decision which Lennon described as "a joke".

Lunny had already written to the Northern Irishman asking him to explain his comments following last week's 1-0 Scottish League Cup final defeat against Kilmarnock at Hampden when he referred to referee Willie Collum's decision not to award the Hoops a late penalty as "shocking" and "criminal".