Neil Warnock resigns from Leeds United

NEIL Warnock last night resigned at Leeds United in the wake of the club’s 2-1 loss to Derby in the npower Championship yesterday.

Academy coach Neil Redfearn has been placed in charge while the club’s owners search for a replacement. Yesterday’s defeat was United’s sixth in a row, and many of Warnock’s 62nd matches in charge have been accompanied by abusive chants from his own supporters. He signed an 18-month deal last February and said it would be his last job, with the sole aim being to get a record eighth promotion before retirement. That has not happened, though, and he leaves the club in 12th position.

“We would like to thank Neil for his efforts during his time [here] and share his disappointment that we could not achieve promotion this season,” said chief executive Shaun Harvey.

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“We now need to look to the future and the search for his replacement is under way.”

Out-of-work former Reading boss Brian McDermott has already expressed an interest in the post while the club are known to be admirers of Brighton’s Gus Poyet.