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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Brewin

Neil Warnock’s vibe shift and an unhappy weekend for one bunch of Royals

Neil Warnock and Huddersfield celebrate their survival.
Neil Warnock and Huddersfield get their party on. Photograph: John Early/Getty Images

AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER

Shrimp creole washed down with a firefly gimlet of vodka, lime juice, kleos mastiha and mint on the rocks, followed by red-velvet cake will set you back north of $50 in Dizzy’s Club at the Lincoln Center, Manhattan. All good if you’ve a new job starting the next day, especially one that carries a healthy bonus. Only problem being your presence is requested in Huddersfield’s unhappy valley the very next afternoon. Being Neil Warnock, such an assignment presented no problem and neither was it a new job, since English football is running out of provincial outposts he hasn’t previously managed. On Thursday night, courtesy of Danny Ward’s goal, Huddersfield beat Sheffield United 1-0 to make sure at least one bunch of Royals, those associated with Reading FC, have an unhappy coronation weekend: the Terriers are staying up.

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