09 April 2022

Neil Warnock’s career in pictures

By NewsChain Sport
09 April 2022

Neil Warnock has announced his retirement from management after more than 40 years on the touchline.

The 73-year-old managed 16 different clubs and won a record number of Football League promotions.

Here, the PA news agency looks back on his colourful career in pictures.

Celebrating Plymouth’s 1-0 win over Darlington in the Third Division play-off final at Wembley in 1996 (Fiona Hanson/PA). (PA Archive)
Neil Warnock spent 18 months in charge of Bury at the end of the 1990s (PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock was appointed manager of his boyhood club Sheffield United in 1999 (Gareth Copley/PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock congratulates David Seaman after the Arsenal goalkeeper’s brilliant save in their FA Cup semi-final in 2003 (John Giles/PA). (PA Archive)
Celebrating promotion to the top flight with the Blades after finishing runners-up in 2006 in the Championship (Nigel Roddis/PA). (PA Archive)
But Warnock could not prevent Sheffield United from being relegated at the end of the following season (John Giles/PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock, who rarely saw eye to eye with officials, is sent from the Bramall Lane touchline (Gareth Copley/PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock, pictured with daughter Amy and son William, took over at Crystal Palace in 2007 (Neil Everitt/PA). (PA Archive)
He was still loved by Blades fans, though (PA). (PA Archive)
Enjoying a joke with then-Reading manager Brendan Rodgers (Anthony Devlin/PA). (PA Archive)
Giving another official a piece of his mind (Daniel Hambury/PA). (PA Archive)
Celebrating winning the Championship with QPR in 2011 (Anthony Devlin/PA). (PA Archive)
Watching from the touchline during his time as Leeds boss (Martin Rickett/PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock enjoyed a short-lived return to Palace in 2014 and locked horns with the likes of Jose Mourinho (Andrew Matthews/PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock saved Rotherham from relegation from the Championship in 2016 (Nigel French/PA). (PA Archive)
Neil Warnock led Cardiff to promotion from the Championship in 2018 (Daniel Hambury/PA). (PA Wire)
Getting his marching orders (again) (Adam Davy/PA). (PA Archive)
Enjoying a cuppa with his wife Sharon (Bradley Collyer/PA). (PA Archive)
Middlesbrough was Warnock’s 16th different club (Nick Potts/PA). (PA Archive)
Warnock took charge of Middlesbrough for the final time on November 6, 2021, in a fixture away at West Brom. It was his 1,603rd match as a manager (Nick Potts/PA). (PA Wire)

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