Lennon appointed Dunfermline manager until summer

Image caption, Neil Lennon has most recently been a television football punditFormer Celtic boss Neil Lennon is hoping to bring "an exciting brand of football" after being appointed Dunfermline Athletic manager on "an initial short-term deal until the end of the season".

It comes four days after the sacking of Michael Tidser with the Pars sitting in the second-bottom, relegation play-off spot in the Scottish Championship and having won just once in eight games.

Lennon was himself dismissed by Rapid Bucharest in August after only three months in charge of the Romanian top-flight club.

Tidser had a similarly short spell in charge, lasting only 60 days after Dunfermline had negotiated a…