Former Plymouth Argyle manager Mick Jones has passed away aged 75

Mick Jones, the former Plymouth Argyle assistant manager to Neil Warnock who later became the Pilgrims' boss, has passed away at the age of 75.

Warnock posted a tweet on his Twitter page this afternoon to report on his that his long-time trusted No 2 had died.

Jones had been the assistant to Warnock at Notts County and Huddersfield Town before following him to Home Park in the summer of 1995.

With Warnock as manager, Argyle went on to win promotion in his first season by winning the Division Three Play-Off Final at Wembley, beating Darlington 1-0.

However, Warnock was sacked by then Pilgrims' chairman and owner Dan McCauley in February 1997 and Jones took over from him.

Argyle went on to finish 19th that season but, amid all sorts of off-the-pitch distractions, they were relegated from Division Two the following campaign after losing 2-1 away to Burnley on the final day.

That cost Jones his job, but he went on to become Brunei national team manager before reuniting with Warnock as his assistant at Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers and Leeds United.

Warnock told Plymouth Live this afternoon: "We managed to have some good laughs in the last few weeks, talking about old memories. We have had some good times together.

"He was a trustworthy assistant. He always spoke his mind, wasn't a yes man, and was just a lovely bloke. He was the sensible one of the two of us. He kept my feet on the floor.

"Over the last week I was up with him and we went through a few of the stories. I knew that he hadn't got long left unfortunately."

Plymouth Live's Argyle reporter Chris Errington also paid tribute to Jones. "When I first started covering the club full-time in 1997 Mick was the manager.

"There was a lot of unrest