1. Neil Warnock was born on 1 December 1948 and is an English football manager and former player who is currently football advisor at Torquay United.
50 Facts About Neil Warnock
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Neil Warnock played as a winger for Chesterfield, Rotherham United, Hartlepool, Scunthorpe United, Aldershot, Barnsley, York City and Crewe Alexandra, scoring 36 goals in 327 career league appearances.
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Neil Warnock retired from league football in 1979, aged 30.
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Neil Warnock then managed Notts County, leading them from the Third Division to the First Division in successive seasons, though he was sacked after the club were relegated the season before the First Division became known as the Premiership.
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Neil Warnock then resigned and joined Plymouth Argyle, leading them to the Second Division.
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In 1999, Neil Warnock joined boyhood club Sheffield United, leading them to the semi-finals of the League Cup and FA Cup in 2003 and promotion to the Premier League in 2006.
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Neil Warnock then took over at Crystal Palace, saving the club from relegation to League One.
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Neil Warnock was sacked with the club in a precarious position and joined Leeds United.
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Neil Warnock became manager of Middlesbrough in June 2020, a role he held until his departure in November 2021.
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Neil Warnock announced his retirement from football management in April 2022 after 42 years as a manager.
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Neil Warnock later came out of retirement in February 2023 to return to Huddersfield Town on a short-term contract, successfully guiding the club to Championship safety.
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Neil Warnock started his professional playing career with Chesterfield in 1967, before moving on to Rotherham United, Hartlepool, Scunthorpe United, Aldershot, Barnsley, York City and Crewe Alexandra, making a total of 327 league appearances in an 11-year playing career.
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Whilst at Hartlepool, at the age of 24, Neil Warnock was inspired to enter football management following his playing days, after a dressing down from manager Len Ashurst after an FA Cup defeat to Boston United.
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Neil Warnock finished his Football League career at Crewe Alexandra in 1979, aged only 30.
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Neil Warnock had earlier spent time as a coach at Peterborough United, where he met Posh assistant boss Mick Jones.
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Neil Warnock was dismissed in January 1993 after County's relegation had cost them a place in the new Premier League.
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On 1 February 1993, Neil Warnock arrived at Torquay United as "consultant", where he was brought in to assist the team manager, Paul Compton.
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On 24 March 1993, Neil Warnock officially took over as manager following the resignation of Compton, who reverted to his previous role of youth coach.
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Neil Warnock resumed his partnership with Jones, Evans and Wilson at Huddersfield Town, his appointment coming in July 1993 where he replaced Ian Ross, who had departed Leeds Road one day previously.
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Neil Warnock was deeply unpopular during those early months of his reign and it wasn't until the run to the 1994 Football League Trophy Final that opinions began to change.
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Neil Warnock's side won the Yorkshire Electricity Cup in late 1994 and were genuine contenders for automatic promotion until falling away in the final few games to finish 5th.
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Neil Warnock quit Huddersfield just days after their promotion, but made a swift and surprising return to management at Plymouth Argyle, who had just been relegated to Division Three.
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Neil Warnock responded to this by jumping into the crowd to watch the remainder of the match with the Argyle supporters.
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In February 1997, Neil Warnock was surprisingly sacked as Argyle manager despite his popularity with the supporters.
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Neil Warnock was appointed as manager of his boyhood club Sheffield United on 2 December 1999.
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Neil Warnock resigned from the club following relegation to take some time out of football.
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Neil Warnock spoke to Milan Mandaric about the vacant managerial role at Leicester City in the summer, but was never handed the job.
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Simon Jordan spoke to Neil Warnock about taking over at Crystal Palace following the sacking of Peter Taylor and, after initially not being keen over the job, he returned to football management with Palace on 11 October 2007.
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Crystal Palace's administrator commented that Neil Warnock was "let go" after telling the administrator he did not have the stomach for the fight to save the club.
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On 1 March 2010, Neil Warnock joined Queens Park Rangers as manager on a three-and-a-half-year deal after agreeing compensation with Crystal Palace.
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Neil Warnock was awarded Manager of the Month for August 2010.
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On 28 February 2012, Neil Warnock made his first signing as Leeds manager by bringing in Danny Webber, whom he managed while at Sheffield United.
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Leeds would go on to finish 14th in the Championship, and during the summer of 2012, Neil Warnock revamped the entire Leeds team with several new signings.
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On 27 August 2014, it was announced that Neil Warnock would be appointed for a second spell in charge at Crystal Palace following the departure of Tony Pulis.
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However, after a poor run of form, and Crystal Palace ending up in the bottom three, Neil Warnock was sacked by the club on 27 December 2014.
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Neil Warnock was succeeded by Alan Pardew on 2 January 2015.
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In 2015, Neil Warnock returned to Queens Park Rangers as first team advisor.
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On 5 October 2016, Neil Warnock was appointed first team manager of Cardiff City.
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Neil Warnock described his time at Cardiff as some of the best days in his career.
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On 23 June 2020, Neil Warnock was appointed manager of Championship club Middlesbrough, with the club only outside the Championship relegation zone on goal difference after 38 games.
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Neil Warnock replaced Jonathan Woodgate who was sacked from his first job in management after less than a year in charge.
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On 6 November 2021, Neil Warnock left Middlesbrough by mutual consent with the club having already identified his replacement.
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On 9 April 2022, Neil Warnock announced his retirement from management after 42 years in the dugout.
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Neil Warnock officially took charge of the club three days later, cutting short a holiday in the USA to return to management, when he replaced the previous head coach Mark Fotheringham.
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On 14 June 2023, Neil Warnock signed a new one-year contract extension with the club.
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On 14 May 2024, Neil Warnock was appointed football advisor of National League South club Torquay United, assisting the new board following the takeover by the Bryn Consortium.
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Neil Warnock has been a lifelong supporter of Sheffield United.
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Neil Warnock is married to Sharon and has four children, James, Natalie, Amy and William.
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Neil Warnock was in favour of Britain leaving the European Union.
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Neil Warnock is portrayed by Antony Byrne in the 2022 television film Floodlights, centred on Bury defender Andy Woodward.