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Neil Warnock takes the blame for Sheffield Utd’s relegation


Click here to hear his interview on the day the Blades went down

Former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock

If you type “Neil Warnock takes the blame” into Google, about 90% of the results are examples of the former Sheffield United manager passing the buck to either his players, the referee, an authority or the biased Southern media.

This week the Crystal Palace boss was again pointing the finger by claiming that he would still be a Premier League manager right now if it wasn’t for Carlos Tevez, meaning he should be entitled to compensation.

The Spoiler was certain though that at some point Warnock must have accepted that he and his team’s own shortcomings had led to their relegation and eventually we tracked down an acknowledgement of blame in his interview with BBC South Yorkshire on the final day of the 2006-07 season.

While you may require Real Player to listen, Warnock’s key comments were:

  • “Everybody’s played their part this season in giving goals away and

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Posted: March 19th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn