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Why call Warnock?
- Updated: October 5, 2016
As Neil Warnock takes over at Cardiff, we look at why the veteran boss is still in demand.
At the age of 67, Neil Warnock is back in work. Championship strugglers Cardiff have turned to the veteran manager in the hope of arresting a slide under previous incumbent Paul Trollope that has left them just one place off the bottom of the table.
Chris Ramsey worked with Warnock at Queens Park Rangers and sees the sense in the decision to turn to him. “Neil brings a wealth of experience and a presence to any football club and his track record speaks for itself,” Ramsey told Sky Sports News.
Warnock certainly has form for turning situations around, most recently lifting Rotherham out of the Championship drop zone last season. With seven promotions also on the CV, he’s capable of much more than that too. Here’s a quick rundown of his greatest hits…
Scarborough
Non-league outfit Scarborough were competing in the Alliance Premier League when Warnock was appointed in 1986. The competition was renamed as the Conference with the promise of promotion to the Football League for the winners of the 1986/87 season.
Scarborough’s hopes couldn’t have been too high having finished 15th in the previous campaign, but Warnock made a swift impact by winning the title and thus ensuring the club became one of the 92 league clubs for the first time in their history.
Notts County
Warnock enjoyed perhaps his most spectacular success in his next job at Notts County. Having taken over a team languishing in the third tier in late 1988, he went on to achieve promotion through the play-offs in his first full season in charge.
Remarkably, Warnock followed it up with another promotion – again through the play-offs – with the goals of young forward Tommy Johnson propelling the team to the top flight. That proved too much, however, with the team relegated in the following 1991/92 season.
Torquay United
Sacked by Notts County in January 1993, Warnock was left feeling disillusioned by the game but was …
