Aberdeen appoint Neil Warnock as interim manager with former Gillingham boss Ronnie Jepson heading to Pittodrie as his assistant

Former Gillingham manager Ronnie Jepson has landed a high-profile job in the Scottish Premiership.

Jepson - who stepped up to manage the Gills between 2005 and 2007 after previously working as assistant to Stan Ternent and then Neale Cooper at Priestfield - is heading north of the border as no.2 to Neil Warnock at Aberdeen.

Warnock has been appointed as manager for the rest of the SPL season while the Scottish club “conclude a wide-ranging receive of the football operation.”

Since his time at Gillingham, Jepson, 60, has become a trusted part of Warnock’s coaching team at various clubs.

Their first game in charge is tomorrow night (Tuesday) against Rangers at Ibrox.

Warnock, 75, has taken charge of over 2,000 games as manager and the pair’s latest club, Aberdeen, sit eighth in the Premiership.

Jepson was first-team coach at Cardiff City under Warnock. During their time in Wales the pair took charge of the side for a game at Priestfield in the FA Cup, a match the Gills won 1-0. They were sacked in November 2019, to be replaced by Neil Harris and David Livermore.

He later followed Warnock to Middlesbrough as assistant boss and again as no.2 at his old team Huddersfield Town. The pair left the club in September 2023 having guided the Terriers to a great escape from the Championship relegation scrap the season before.

The Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said: “We look forward to Neil, Ronnie and the team pushing hard in the remaining four months of the campaign as we still have a huge amount to play for both in the SPFL Premiership and the Scottish Cup.”