Neil Warnock’s vibe shift and an unhappy weekend for one bunch of Royals
Shrimp creole washed down with a firefly gimlet of vodka, lime juice, kleos mastiha and mint on the rocks, followed by red-velvet cake will set you back north of $50 in Dizzy’s Club at the Lincoln Center, Manhattan. All good if you’ve a new job starting the next day, especially one that carries a healthy bonus. Only problem being your presence is requested in Huddersfield’s unhappy valley the very next afternoon. Being Neil Warnock, such an assignment presented no problem and neither was it a new job, since English football is running out of provincial outposts he hasn’t previously managed. On Thursday night, courtesy of Danny Ward’s goal, Huddersfield beat Sheffield United 1-0 to make sure at least one bunch of Royals, those associated with Reading FC, have an unhappy coronation weekend: the Terriers are staying up.
