My link NEIL LENNON'S furious father vowed last night to boycott Celtic Park after fans booed his son. Gerry Lennon was stunned when he heard his boy being jeered on television during last week's UEFA Cup first leg semi-final draw with Boavista. And speaking from his home in Lurgan yesterday he said: "Of course I was upset when I heard it on the TV. "I've spoken to Neil and he knows how I felt. It was a disgrace. "This is the only way I can make my own personal protest at Neil's treatment." However Lennon Senior will not extend his stay away protest to all Celtic games. He added: "I'm not going to home matches, but away games are absolutely different - that's where you get the real supporters and I don't feel there would be any problems." Midfielder Lennon - who quit the Northern Ireland international set-up after receiving death threats - also broke his silence over his treatment from the fans. He said: "I get booed at every other ground in Scotland so I suppose I might as well get booed here as well. "I wasn't happy about it. I thought it was uncalled for and unjustified. I will forgive it in time, but it's hard to forget and I was very disappointed with it. "My dad wasn't over for the game, but he was watching it on TV and he could hear what was going on. "He was really upset and he told that he wouldn't be coming back to see me play at Parkhead because of what happened. "He's obviously proud of me playing for Celtic and this has hurt my family more than me." Lennon was slaughtered for passing the ball back to keeper Rab Douglas from the halfway line and boss Martin O'Neill was involved in a heated exchange with punters behind his dug-out as he begged for patience. Lennon explained: "Boavista were sitting back and trying to break up our attacks, but you have to be a bit more patient in European football and try to move the ball around the park. "When you open them up a little then that's the time to play the ball forward. "At that level of football if you lose possession it can take a long time to win it back again, wheras domestically it isn't so difficult to do. "The manager has come out and said his piece which was pleasing. It was big of him to do that because he didn't have to. "I also got a good reception against Kilmarnock on Sunday which was nice and overall I enjoyed the game." Lennon is singled out at every away ground in Scotland for abuse and he blamed the media for the treatment. He shrugged: "I've no idea why I get that kind of reception at other grounds - I think a lot of it is to do with how I'm put across by the media. "People try and make out that it's some sort of sectarian thing, but I certainly never had any problems when I first came up to Scotland. "I am perceived through the press to be completely different to the person that I am." Celtic fans' chief Peter Rafferty condemned the treatment of £6million man Lennon. He said: "Fortunately it was a small minority of a 60,000 crowd. It was audible, but I'm glad to say nothing like the encouragement he got after it. "There was a high level of expectation of this game and it put extra pressure on everyone." Meanwhile Lennon joined in the Parkhead condemnation of the SPL's decision to schedule the final Old Firm game of the season for Sunday, April 27 - just 56 hours after the Hoops return leg against Boavista. He added: "It's a slap in the face for the club, the players and the management after the efforts we've put in this season. "Two clubs abstained from the vote which I found difficult to understand, but the whole thing smacks of hypocrisy."