How Warnock became play-offs' record-breaking boss

How Warnock became play-offs' record-breaking bossImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Neil Warnock led Huddersfield Town to promotion into what is now the Championship at Wembley in 1995ByBrent PilnickBBC Sport EnglandPublished5 minutes agoComments"If you could guarantee going up through the play-offs you'd take it every day," Neil Warnock says - and he should know.The man whose eight promotions is the most in English football also has the most via the play-offs.Warnock guided Notts County (twice), Huddersfield Town and Plymouth Argyle to promotion in play-off finals at Wembley in the 1990s - a number that has never been matched by any other manager. "It's such a great day out at Wembley," the 77-year-old tells BBC Sport as he looks back on his career in the high-stakes environment of the English Football League's (EFL) post-season. "The memories of driving home after that, you have open-top bus rides and on the town hall steps, you name it, I think I've been everywhere," adds Warnock - who managed the last of his 1,629 games earlier this season after a three-game spell in caretaker charge at Torquay United - with a smile.Image source, ShutterstockBuilding up to the big daySo how do you get players ready for what could be the most important set of games in their life, with the prospect of promotion tantalisingly close after a 46-game season?Warnock had a formula for that - including getting all the players' external worries ticked off as soon as possible."My preparation for the four wins was very similar," he explains."We were two weeks away from the final and we gave the lads a few days off, then we went to the Belfry Golf Club near Birmingham and we had three days there."Then we came back to the training ground, we got rid of all the family ticket allocations, all the people that come on board who want tickets when you get to Wembley, so the players haven't got anything to th...