Neil Warnock says Cardiff City was greatest achievement of remarkable 41-year managerial career

Neil Warnock says taking Cardiff City to the Premier League was the greatest achievement of his stellar managerial career.

Warnock, who was last in charge of Championship side Middlesbrough, announced his retirement from football on TV over the weekend. You can read more about that here.

It's a decision that brings an end to a remarkable 41-year career in management, with Warnock taking the hot-seat of 16 different clubs. The 73-year-old also holds the record for the highest number of promotions in English football, his eighth of which came in the capital back in 2018.

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But reflecting upon those incredible years of wonderful highs, Warnock had little hesitation in dubbing his efforts for Cardiff as number one. When casting his mind back to when he first took over in 2016, Warnock told BBC Radio Wales he inherited a significant rebuilding job in the capital, with City facing up to the possibility of a disastrous relegation to League One.

"I have to say, I thought it was my biggest achievement really," he said. "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