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Neil Warnock (born December 1 , 1948 ) is the current Football manager of Sheffield United . He was appointed to become manager of this club in December 1999 . He is the sixth longest serving manager in league football. Warnock was born in Sheffield and is a lifelong fan of The Blades . Warnock played for Chesterfield , Rotherham United , Hartlepool United , Scunthorpe United , Aldershot , Barnsley , York City , and Crewe Alexandra until he ended his career on the pitch and started managing. As a player he was a bustling though none too quick wide midfielder who served lower league clubs well but was never in demand by larger teams. He has managed Scarborough , Notts County , Huddersfield Town , Plymouth Argyle , Oldham Athletic and Bury before reaching his current position. During December 2005, Warnock was offered a position at Portsmouth, but he refused in favour of staying on at United. In 2003 , Warnock led Sheffield United to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup as well as the final of the First Division play-off. This was the first time in his management career that he had lost a play-off contest, having previously been successful at Notts County (twice), Huddersfield Town and Plymouth Argyle. Rival fans sometimes call him Colin, as, when the name is combined with a British sexual slang word, it is an anagram of Neil Warnock. MANAGEMENT CAREER Scarborough While still working as a chiropodist, Neil Warnock was manager of the Scarborough side which won the Conference title in 1987 and gained promotion to the Football League Fourth Division . He remained in charge at Scarborough until November 1988, when he announced his resignation with the intention of taking the vacant manager's job at Notts County in the Third Division. Notts County Within days of leaving Scarborough, Neil Warnock was named as the new manager of Notts County. He quickly transformed the fortunes of the Third Division strugglers and in his first full season as manager, 1989-90, they won the playoffs and gained promotion to the Second Division . The following season they won the Second Division playoffs and with it gained promotion to the First Division . Their stay in the First Division lasted just one season and they were relegated, missing out of the chance to become founder members of the new FA Premier League . Warnock resigned the following year after failing to get County anywhere near a Division One playoff place. Huddersfield Town Neil Warnock's next job was as manager of Huddersfield Town. He made their first season at the new Alfred McAlpine Stadium, 1994-95, a success - they reached the Division Two playoff final and beat Bristol Rovers to gain promotion to Division One. This success was his fourth promotion in nine seasons, and his third through the playoffs. But he stunned the club days later by announcing his resignation. Plymouth Argyle Within days of leaving Huddersfield, Neil Warnock returned to management by accepting the manager's job at Plymouth Argyle who had just been relegated to Division Three. The following season he led the club to promotion via the Division Three Play-Offs. Following this success came troubled times. Plymouth Argyle had a good start to the season heading the Division Two table a one point but the club experianced a downturn in form. Warnock blamed the then chairman, Dan McCauley , for not allowing any money for transfers going as far as to say that the club was in crisis and in danger of plying at Vauxhall Conference level if things didn't change. McAuley's counter arguement was that he believe the players that Plymouth Argyle currently had were good enough to push the club forward to the next level and saw no need to invest more money. When McAuley was asked in an interview for Sky Sports whether he believed Plymouth Argyle was in crisis as Neil Warnock had stated he replied, "He did, yes but I don't understand, perhaps he's in crisis but certainly the clubs not in crisis at all". Warnock was sacked towards the end of the 1996/97. Sheffield United On 15 April 2006 , Warnock secured Sheffield United's promotion to the Premiership , with the team having been in the top two positions since early in the season. DISPUTES Warnock, who is qualified as a Chiropodist and a Referee is renowned for making controversial outbursts. He has had high profile disputes with many inside the game. Players
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