Cardiff City appoint Neil Warnock as manager as he replaces Paul Trollope 

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Cardiff City have appointed Neil Warnock as their new manager after sacking Paul Trollope on Tuesday.

Terms were agreed with the 67-year-old Warnock, whose first game at the club is scheduled to be the clash against Bristol City on October 14.

Trollope only lasted five months in the post and exits after a run of six defeats in seven games left Cardiff second from bottom in the Championship.

Cardiff City have appointed Neil Warnock as their new manager after sacking Paul Trollope

Trollope, 44, was sacked by the Bluebirds this week after just five months in charge

Kevin Blackwell and Ronnie Jepson will join Warnock as assistant manager and first team coach respectively, while existing staff members James Rowberry, Martyn Margetson and Lee Southernwood will continue as part of Warnock's immediate backroom team.

Trollope's dismissal is Cardiff's second change since the end of last season, when Russell Slade was moved across to head of football – a role he left after only 28 days.

In making this latest switch, Cardiff followed the lead of fellow Welsh clubs Newport County and Swansea City, who sacked Warren Feeney and Francesco Guidolin respectively in the past week.

Warnock (left) celebrates a Queens Park Rangers away win over Cardiff in April 2011

Cardiff's assistant coach Lennie Lawrence and performance director Ryland Morgans have also left the club.

Speaking after Saturday's defeat at Burton, Trollope had said: 'I'm fully aware the run's not good enough and it's my responsibility.

'We'll come back stronger after the international break and determined to turn things around.

'It's a results business and we're at the wrong end of the league and it's certainly not the start any of us wanted.' 

Cardiff's arch rivals Swansea City also dismissed their boss, Francesco Guidolin, this week