RECORD MAN NEIL DESERVES ALL THE PLAUDITS

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

LEGEND: Neil Warnock

CONGRATULATIONS to Neil Warnock on setting a new record by managing his 1,602nd league game in midweek.
Speaking to the BBC, the 72-year-old Middlesbrough boss said people of his age often get labelled dinosaurs, and he probably had me in mind.
A few weeks ago I was driving to a game on a Saturday morning when Neil rang me to register his displeasure at a column I’d written inferring that he was an old-school long ball merchant.
He was right, really. Contrary to popular belief, Neil has never been a manager who plays the pe...

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