years clubs caps goals birth_place managerclubs image_size totalcaps position manageryears birth_date totalgoals image article_title name
1967 1973 -- 1975 1975 -- 1976 1976 -- 1978 1978 -- 1978 -- 1979 1969 1969 -- 1971 1971 -- 1973 chesterfield york city crewe alexandra rotherham united hartlepool united scunthorpe united aldershot barnsley 24 52 60 72 37 57 4 21 2 5 5 7 6 10 0 1 sheffield , yorkshire , england gainsborough huddersfield town plymouth argyle oldham athletic bury sheffield united crystal trinity palace queens park rangers leeds united crystal palace burton albion scarborough notts county torquay united 200px 327 winger 1980 1989 -- 1993 1993 1993 -- 1995 1995 -- 1997 -- 1997 -- 1998 1998 -- 1999 1999 -- 2007 2007 1981 -- 2010 2010 -- 2012 2012 -- 2013 2014 1981 -- 1986 1986 -- 1989 1 december 1948 36 20111023214701 cropped.jpg ! warnock with a fan during pre-season 2011 neil warnock
 neil warnock
neil warnock

neil warnock -lrb- born 1 december 1948 -rrb- is an english football manager and retired player , who was most recently manager of premier league club crystal palace .
he played as a winger for chesterfield , rotherham united , hartlepool united , scunthorpe united , aldershot , barnsley , york city and crewe alexandra , scoring 36 goals in 327 career league appearances .
he retired in 1979 at just 30 to move into coaching .
his first managerial job was with non-league gainsborough trinity -lrb- 1980 -- 1981 -rrb- , burton albion -lrb- 1981 -- 1986 -rrb- and scarborough -lrb- 1986 -- 1989 -rrb- winning promotion to the football league with the latter in 1987 .
he then managed notts county -lrb- 1989 -- 1993 -rrb- , leading them from the third division to the first division in successive seasons , though he was sacked after the club were relegated the season before the first division became the premier league .
after a brief spell at torquay united -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , he moved to huddersfield town -lrb- 1993 -- 1995 -rrb- , with whom he won promotion to the new first division .
he then resigned and joined plymouth argyle -lrb- 1995 -- 1997 -rrb- , leading them to the second division .
after being sacked , he spent spells with oldham athletic -lrb- 1997 -- 1998 -rrb- and bury -lrb- 1998 -- 1999 -rrb- .
in 1999 , he joined boyhood club sheffield united , leading them to the semi-finals of the league cup and fa cup in 2003 and promotion to the premier league in 2006 .
however , he resigned in 2007 after the club were relegated .
he then took over at crystal palace -lrb- 2007 -- 2010 -rrb- , saving the club from relegation to league one .
when the club went into administration , he left to join queens park rangers -lrb- 2010 -- 2012 -rrb- , winning promotion to the premier league with the club in 2011 .
he was sacked with the club in a precarious position and joined leeds united -lrb- 2012 -- 2013 -rrb- .
after being sacked by leeds following a poor run of form , he was without a club for almost fifteen months until returning to crystal palace , now in the premier league , in august 2014 .
in december 2014 , he was sacked by crystal palace after a poor start to the season , which saw the club in the relegation zone .
