Neil Warnock reflects on the greatest achievement of his career with Cardiff City

The 73-year old confirmed the end of his career on Sky Sports News at the weekend, which has caused reflection on over 40 years as a head coach.

But Warnock has claimed his greatest achievement came at the tail end of his career.

It was the promotion campaign with Cardiff City in 2018 that the Englishman cited as his best moment.

Warnock took over the Bluebirds in 2016, but guided them to the Premier League in his first full season with the club.

“I have to say, I thought it was my biggest achievement really,” said Warnock, via Wales Online.

“I don’t think anybody will mind me saying that when I took over I thought it was a heck of a mess. 

“The whole club. On and off the field. I was determined to more or less build it up from nothing and get all the fans back.

“That was the first priority. Get all the fans back on side. Then help Vincent (Tan) achieve what he wanted. 

“Really, I couldn’t have done it without Mehmet Dalman, the chairman. He was as good a chairman as I’ve had. Still is a very good friend. 

“Together, we more or less went about setting everything up. I told him what I felt was wrong and why we had to change things. We agreed with a lot and together it worked.”

Cardiff went straight back down to the Premier League finishing 18th place, only two points behind Brighton & Hove Albion.

Warnock eventually left the Bluebirds in November 2019 with his final game coming against Bristol City.

The experienced manager went on to manage Middlesbrough before calling it a day on a remarkable career. 

But he still retains a fond memory of his time in the Welsh capital and went on to claim that the home fans were always very good during his time with the club.

Warnock’s promotion with Cardiff was impressive, and proved he