{"id":289116,"date":"2023-09-18T13:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289116"},"modified":"2023-09-18T13:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:34:32","slug":"neil-warnock-to-step-down-as-huddersfield-town-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/neil-warnock-to-step-down-as-huddersfield-town-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Warnock to step down as Huddersfield Town manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Neil Warnock will step down as Huddersfield Town manager after Wednesday&#8217;s match against Stoke months&#8230; but the 74-year-old insists he isn&#8217;t going to retire again!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Warnock came out of retirement in February and kept Huddersfield up<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has now been asked to move aside as the club line up a longer-term boss\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neil Warnock will step down as Huddersfield Town manager after their match against Stoke City on Wednesday evening &#8211; but insists he isn&#8217;t retiring again.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers, who sit 17th in the Championship table, announced the 74-year-old will depart his role &#8216;following extensive discussions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock came out of retirement in February to return to Huddersfield 30 years after his first spell at the Yorkshire club started.<\/p>\n<p>Having been seven points adrift of safety in March, Warnock guided the team to survival and then agreed a one-year contract extension in June.<\/p>\n<p>Huddersfield chief executive Jake Edwards said the club is &#8216;now ready to make a longer-term managerial appointment&#8217; with Warnock and his assistant Ronnie Jepson leaving this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/13\/75554367-12531337-image-a-67_1695039489775.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neil Warnock will take charge of his final match as Huddersfield Town manager this Wednesday against Stoke City as he steps down from the role<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/13\/75554601-12531337-image-a-76_1695040129456.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Warnock celebrates in front of the Huddersfield fans following their recent win at West Brom<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Warnock is tempted to take on another job having previously retired from management after 42 years in the dug-out in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference on Monday afternoon, Warnock insisted he isn&#8217;t going to retire officially.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve actually done what we set out to do really.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As Jake said, Kevin [Nagle, chairman] has a three-year plan to reach the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When Dean [Hoyle] brought me back he pleaded for days and days and changed my mind and I said I&#8217;d come back and help while I was wanted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Once they told me they wanted to bring someone in\u2026 yes, I thought it would be about Christmas time, but once they told me that I think they had to move on quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you&#8217;re not wanted you want to go straight away. I don&#8217;t mean that how it maybe sounds &#8211; we always said we&#8217;d be straight with each other and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve done, and Ronnie and I wish them all the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve told the lads there&#8217;s no reason not to push towards the play-offs now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/13\/75554717-12531337-image-a-77_1695040837580.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Huddersfield made it back-to-back victories when they defeated Rotherham on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My health is good, I&#8217;ve never felt better! If anything I&#8217;ve got the buzz again. I&#8217;m sure when February comes round people will be asking me again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve always said to Kevin, it&#8217;s his club and that I&#8217;d go whenever he wants me to go. I think it was the right thing that I came back, I don&#8217;t think it would have helped anyone to come in in pre-season, but we&#8217;ve made a lot of progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve not fallen out with anybody. Jake&#8217;s come to me and said they want to move on and management&#8217;s the next step. I think management is the biggest decision they have to make really.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warnock added: &#8216;I can&#8217;t tell you who the new manager is because they&#8217;ve not told me, so I assume it&#8217;s someone I don&#8217;t like!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards said the new manager will be confirmed by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>He added at the press conference: &#8216;It was always a short-term engagement and we&#8217;ve been very open and honest with our dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve progressed in a number of areas and brought that stability to a level, and that&#8217;s thanks to Neil.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/13\/75555241-12531337-image-a-78_1695041435901.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Warnock receives a standing ovation after Huddersfield beat Sheffield United in May to secure their Championship status\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We wanted to make the decision from a position of strength, which is unusual. Neil is right, it&#8217;s the most important decision we&#8217;ll make, and we didn&#8217;t want to make it from a position of weakness, when you often make the wrong decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When the right candidate is available you have to make the decision and we&#8217;ve had good grown-up discussions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Neil has poured his heart and soul into this and he&#8217;s a winner, but as a club this is the decision we had to make.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Neil has got us really well set up. He&#8217;s handing the successor a great foundation to build upon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Huddersfield started their Championship campaign by losing three of their opening four games, as well as exiting the Carabao Cup to Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p>But back-to-back wins over West Bromwich Albion and Rotherham United have put a different complexion on things at the John Smith&#8217;s Stadium.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12531337\/Neil-Warnock-step-Huddersfield-Town-manager-Wednesdays-match-against-Stoke-months-74-year-old-saved-relegation-League-One.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Neil Warnock will step down as Huddersfield Town manager after Wednesday&#8217;s match against Stoke months&#8230; but the 74-year-old insists he isn&#8217;t going to retire again! <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/neil-warnock-to-step-down-as-huddersfield-town-manager\/\" title=\"Neil Warnock to step down as Huddersfield Town manager\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neil Warnock to step down as Huddersfield Town manager - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/neil-warnock-to-step-down-as-huddersfield-town-manager\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neil Warnock to step down as Huddersfield Town manager - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Neil Warnock will step down as Huddersfield Town manager after Wednesday&#8217;s match against Stoke months&#8230; but the 74-year-old insists he isn&#8217;t going to retire again! 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