Lenny refused to shake my hand when I joined Celtic..was not liked

HE’S always considered himself to be one of the most unpopular players in all of Scottish football.

- KEITH JACKSON

But Steven Pressley was still shocked on the day he signed for Celtic when Neil Lennon refused to shake his hand. He said: “On my first day, I got on the bus and was shaking hands with everyone.

“Neil Lennon refused to shake my hand. He was quite serious – it’s not as if he was playing around with me. I think Neil was one who liked to test you a little bit but we became good team-mates and I really like him.

“I saw a lot of things in Neil that I could see in myself but he did that and I accepted it. We’d had some real battles, some words on the field of play.

“On one occasion there had been a spitting incident involving Rudi Skacel and Neil and I think I defended Rudi to the hilt on that. And Neil wasn’t particularly happy with it!