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Neil Warnock joins Twitter; explains infamous video of him walking sternly at the camera

Neil Warnock joins Twitter and since explains that infamous viral video of him walking sternly at the camera a few years back.

The ex-Cardiff City boss has celebrated his retirement by finally joining the social media platform and has already delighted his fast rise in followers by recreating one of his most hilarious and iconic moments.

Within hours of joining, he got thousands of followers and has got 100,000 followers within the 12 hours.

Many couldn’t help but laugh at his very first tweet, which saw him reenact one of his most infamous moments which saw him fronted up to a TV camera during his time as Bluebirds boss.

He captioned it: “Walking in to social media…” You can watch the video below.

In a different post, he explained the story behind it: “So, that was against (Crystal) Palace, the last game at Cardiff, unfortunately when we got relegated.

“The cameraman put his camera right in my face, so I thought ‘I’m not having that’ so I went toward him.

“They accused me of being Liam Gallagher or somebody, but I’ve never even seen him before. So it was just Neil Warnock trying to show the cameraman what to do.”

Warnock recently announced his retirement from the game after leaving his last job at Middlesbrough. He has eight promotions to his name, with his most recent coming with the Bluebirds back in 2018.

He now insists he’s retired, although he recently revealed in an interview with WalesOnline that he’d already had a couple of offers.

He does admit, though, that a job upstairs somewhere one day might peak his interest.

“Possibly,” he says when questioned about some sort of consultancy role at a club. “A day or two somewhere. But it would have to be right one. I’ve been offered three or four clubs between when I left Middlesbrough.

“If you look around now, you can’t give me two or three managers on your hand that you’d have tomorrow. There are just none about is there? That’s why I was still working at 73!

“I wouldn’t interfere with what Cardiff wanted to do, because I had just such a great time here. Mehmet knows if he wanted to ask me anything he could always pick the phone up. The same with Steve. They know where I am.”

“I just thought it was the right time, really, coming towards the end of the season, there’s not really a job you’re going to get before then,” he told Sky Sports on retiring in April 2022. “I’ve had a good run really. I’m enjoying things I’ve not done for years, I’m having a lot of time with the family, my dogs and I’ve taken up cycling too.

“I’m not saying the enthusiasm’s gone, I’ve not lost that, but when I see some of my friends who are struggling health wise, there comes a time where you have to let your family enjoy a little bit more of your time, in particular my wife Sharon.

“When you’re a manager you’re very selfish, you take your job home with you whether you’re on a high or a low and it’s very difficult for your wife and kids.

“It’s hard to replicate the final whistle when you’ve won a game, there’s nothing quite like that in normal life, and you have to realise you’re not going to get that buzz again in that situation. But I’m doing a couple of evenings in the theatre, and I imagine I’ll still be nervous before them!”

On his best memory: “There were so many. I was lucky having eight promotions and you can’t really pick one out. I’d always supported Sheffield United, getting them promoted was really special, but I enjoyed so many times – Notts County, Huddersfield, Plymouth, were all really good.

“I thought my biggest achievement was not even a promotion – it was keeping Rotherham in the Championship, when we were six points adrift with 16 games to go and eight out of the top nine clubs to play. We went on a fabulous run.

“What a great group of boys they were, they were limited in certain attributes but we got them believing in themselves and we went to places like Sheffield Wednesday and won, which was always special for me.”

On his biggest regret: “Only really Sheffield United losing to Wigan in our last game and getting relegated, and all the Carlos Tevez things. The bitterness is still there for me with Rafa Benitez playing kids against Fulham for Liverpool, I don’t think half of those played again, and then Sir Alex Ferguson playing what was essentially a B team against West Ham.

“That was the sourest moment for me – we didn’t deserve to go down. If it was the other way around, I think we would’ve been docked points.”

On his most memorable player: “I’d have to say Adel Taraabt because of how he was. When I turned up at QPR he was bombed out, I remember our first practice match the sun was out and he had black gloves on! I was still finding out who everyone was and someone told me, ‘you don’t want to know him, gaffer, he’ll get you the sack’.

“But I liked him, there was something about him, and I built a team around him really. To see us get promotion was very special, he had an amazing season and I don’t think he’s had one like it since.

“He was the most talented, but there were also players like Victor Moses and Wilfried Zaha at Crystal Palace, the ability those three had was unbelievable. I’ve had some good midfielders and centre-halves, and struggled up front down the years!”

I wish I had worked with…: “There’s a lot of players you look back at and think, ‘blinking heck, I could’ve signed him’. At Sheffield United a scout recommended a second division player in France, and said he’d cost us £100,000.

“‘£100,000 for a second division striker in France?’ I said, ‘we can’t do that.’ And his name was Didier Drogba – so you do make mistakes. There’s been a lot of players I’ve tried to sign and couldn’t quite do financially at the time.”

Most memorable game: “The final games where we got promoted were very special. Sheffield United at Cardiff on Good Friday, where we won a great game and Leeds had to win the following day and didn’t.

“Real drama was probably when Nottingham Forest came to Bramall Lane in the play-offs and we were 2-0 down, and we stormed back and won it. It’s one of the most memorable halves of football I’ve ever been involved in. There was the Notts County cup final, taking 35,000 Plymouth fans to Wembley for the first time too – people still talk to me about that.”

One piece of advice to a young Neil Warnock: “If you’re going to be a manager long-term, you’ve got to decide what you want to do and be strong, believe in yourself. My one bit of advice would be to have a good chairman, it doesn’t half help.

“Simon Jordan was mine at Crystal Palace, I had a few bad times and he was brilliant with me. Mehmet Dalman at Cardiff too was brilliant.”

Fans reacted as Neil Warnock joins Twitter and explains the infamous video of him walking sternly at the camera…

@Bladesshirts: LEGEND – thanks for all the good times rebuilding the Blades. Love the ‘serves you right for Muscat’ at Millwall 😂 What were your thoughts after that game?

@Niall_pafc: Yes the Goat of football has arrived! Big up Neil!

@MegstasBar: Welcome to twitter Gaffer.

@liamtoma: I can already tell you’re going to be great on this app🥺

@WorPhill: Hi Neil, next could you briefly explain what we need to do to get 3 points?

@ColBennettH4: Jesus Neil you on twitter? Not long till I’m blocked lol.

@itsTOMMY_M: Neil has Twitter 😂 some man

@__snash: The cut to the second camera here is a thing of pure magic

@TommyTh90429067: I will always remember when we played you last season and at the end you saying ‘reyt gu up nar lads’ absolutely class 👏

@alfLTFC: Never knew I needed Warnock on Twitter so much

@Sam_WV14_: I know he’s got some geezer in an office tweeting on his behalf but the sheer thought of Neil sitting there typing ‘nonce’ to someone giving him stick, and hitting ‘reply’ really makes me chuckle

@VitalHtafc: There’s a lot of you to get through but nothing beats the #htafc video and making town players drink raw eggs and sherry 🤣

@josh_sinky: He’s here and he’s perfect

@maccyboylfc: By all means enjoy twitter but enjoy it by being fucking disciplined

@Joshuacocker94: Hard bastard Neil.

@stevengcuka: He’s account was verified in less than 3 hours 😅😅😂

@KenZenKayZayMan: A bit Rik Mayall-esque 🤣

@DW_wwfc: Hahaha I can’t wait till he starts on someone on here

@RyanSpencer17: This about to be the best account on Twitter or what

@The_BoleynBoys: Gotta lot of love for Neil Warnock I must admit 😂👏🏼

@CCFCRelated: What a man, will always love him 😂

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