Welcome to the big interview bite size. I'm Graham Hunter and in each episode

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Today's tales are from Neil Lennon, recorded in front of a live audience.

Here's Mr Lennon telling you about the moment that changed his life.

His first meeting with Martin O'Neill,

the man who had signed him for both Leicester City and Celtic.

At the time I was living my friend just renting a terrace.

And Martin and Neil described it as a hovel,

which was quite flattering, actually.

So it's like, just men behaving badly, really. You really, you know, we didn't cook, you know, certainly didn't clean.

And I had spoken to Coventry. Ron Ekerson was the manager. I was playing for Crete at the time. They did 750,000 for me.

I went to meet Ron Eckerson. I thought, yeah, I mean it's primary league, it's a great opportunity for me.

He got my tickets for a game that night.

It wasn't far from where I was living.

They were playing Mans City at Main Road in the cup.

So I went along to the game game and then went home and had a couple of beers when we made

the cellar bed going to Coventry the next day for a medical. And then I got a phone call

from Jim Melrose, who I don't know if many people knew if many people know Jim played for part

of the festival Celtic man city at less their chaunting among other clubs yeah

Jim was looking after a little bit of my affairs at the time and he rang me and he said,

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