Neil Warnock has signalled his intention to retire from football management at the end of next season.
Veteran boss ready to call it a day
Neil Warnock has signalled his intention to retire from football management at the end of next season.
The colourful boss is currently in charge of Championship side Crystal Palace, but has been involved in coaching for almost 30 years.
A much-travelled career saw him rise from lowly beginnings at Gainsborough Trinity, to guide Sheffield United into the Premier League back in 2006.
He insisted on his arrival at Palace in 2007 that the Eagles would represent his last job in the game, and he looks set to keep his word.
With his contract at Selhurst Park set to expire in 2010, Warnock admits the time has come for him to spend more time with his family.
Mellowed
"My wife won't let me extend my contract," he told The Times.
Warnock's personality has made him many friends, and foes, over the years, but he insists he is a different person to the hot-headed coach who took the reins at Trinity in 1981.
"You get mellower as you get older," he added.
"There are only two or three managers, two or three journalists and two or three chairmen I've got a problem with, and that's not a bad record considering I've been in the game since I was 18."
One of those to feel Warnock's wrath is Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.
Lawyers
The former Sheffield United boss is unable to forgive those he feels were responsible for the Blades' controversial relegation at the end of the 2006/07 season.
That Carlos Tevez affair continues to drag on, with Warnock adamant that the Hammers should have been deducted points - allowing United to retain their top-flight status.
"Every time I see Scudamore's face on the television I feel sick," Warnock said.
"Lawyers want me to look into suing West Ham because nobody lost out more than me."