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 promotions in the Football League.
Here, the PA news agency reviews his colorful career in pictures.
Celebrating Plymouth’s 1-0 victory over Darlington in the Third Division play-off final at Wembley in 1996 (Fiona Hanson/PA).
Neil Warnock spent 18 months in charge of Bury in the late 1990s (PA).
Warnock was appointed manager of his boyhood club Sheffield United in 1999 (Gareth Copley/PA).
Warnock congratulates David Seaman after Arsenal’s brilliant save in the FA Cup semi-final in 2003 (John Giles/PA).
Celebrating promotion to the top flight with the Blades after finishing runners-up in 2006 in the Championship (Nigel Roddis/PA).
But Warnock was unable to prevent Sheffield United from being relegated at the end of the following season (John Giles/PA).
Warnock, who rarely agreed with the umpires, is sent off from the Bramall Lane touchline (Gareth Copley/PA).
Warnock, pictured with daughter Amy and son William, took over Crystal Palace in 2007 (Neil Everitt/PA)
However, he was still loved by Blades (PA) fans.
Enjoying a joke with then-Reading manager Brendan Rodgers (Anthony Devlin/PA).
Giving another officer a part of his mind (Daniel Hambury/PA).
Celebrating winning the Championship with QPR in 2011 (Anthony Devlin/PA).
Watching from the touchline during his time as Leeds boss (Martin Rickett/PA).
Warnock enjoyed a brief return to Palace in 2014 and came up against the likes of José Mourinho (Andrew Matthews/PA).
Warnock saved Rotherham from relegation from the Championship in 2016 (Nigel French/PA).
Neil Warnock led Cardiff to promotion from the Championship in 2018 (Daniel Hambury/PA)
Receiving their marching orders (again) (Adam Davy/PA).
Enjoying a cup of tea with his wife Sharon (Bradley Collyer/PA).
Middlesbrough was Warnock’s 16th different club (Nick Potts/PA).
Warnock took charge of Middlesbrough for the last time on November 6, 2021, in an away game at West Brom. It was his 1,603rd game as manager (Nick Potts/PA).
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