Neil Warnock persuaded to stay at Huddersfield past his 75th birthday

Neil Warnock has signed up to take charge of Huddersfield Town beyond his 75th birthday after agreeing a one-year extension at the Championship club.

The manager, who has taken charge of 1,619 league games in English football, insisted last month he would depart after coming out of retirement in February to keep Huddersfield up with a game to spare. Warnock returned to the club last season with Huddersfield seven points adrift of safety.

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But Warnock, who has won eight career promotions, has been persuaded to stay on by Kevin Nagle, Huddersfield’s new American owner. He will again be assisted by the former Huddersfield forward Ronnie Jepson, his longstanding No 2.

Warnock, who turns 75 on 1 December, said: “Once I knew that [my wife] Sharon was OK with me continuing, I’ve been fully concentrating on knuckling down to do the best we can in trying to get this great club up the league.”

This week Huddersfield announced the appointment of Jake Edwards as chief executive and the departures of head of football operations Leigh Bromby and goalkeeping coach Paul Clements.