Middlesbrough 's hour of need. Neil Warnock is 71 and has managed an astonishing 17 clubs since taking charge of Gainsborough Trinity way back in 1980.When he stepped down at Cardiff last year, retirement beckoned.
But Warnock has answered Gibson's emergency call and will now turn his attention to trying to keep Boro in the Championship following the sacking of Jonathan Woodgate.
The Boro chairman is not renowned for swinging the axe.Indeed, before lockdown, despite an alarming set of results, Gibson handed a vote of confidence to Woodgate.But what he saw on Saturday as Boro crashed to a 3-0 defeat against Swansea at the Riverside, with all the goals coming before half-time alarmed him.And over the weekend, Gibson reluctantly accepted that.
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