Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Legend Profile - Gary Neville



Gary Neville


Gary Neville born in Manchester 18 February 1975 where he spent his whole career at Old Trafford 
Also being the club captain for five years, being the second serving player at Manchester United
playing for 19 seasons, the longest serving player is Ryan Giggs and HE'S STILL PLAYING!



Gary Neville(Right) and Phil Neville(Left) - Champions League '99
Gary Neville retired in 2011 who played since 1992 only making one app in '92 while he was only 16 years old. coming off the bench in a European game in Moscow.
He made 602 appearances altogether (566 Starts + 36 Sub) No other full back as many appearances than him. As Gary Neville was a right back you would expect him not to get many goals, he scored seven goals in his career. When he started his career Gary Neville was a Central defender but wasn't tall enough to become one which then he moved towards being a full-back. He has been part of Manchester United winning TEN premier league titles and not to forget he also played a part in the treble in 1999.

CLASS OF '92

Image of the re-united 'Class of 92' - (In Order)
Sir Alex Ferguson
Ryan Giggs
 Nicky Butt
David Beckham
Gary Neville
Phil Neville
Paul Scholes
The Class of '92 which includes the likes of David Beckham, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville and many more. Which was full of young potential footballers who have now become legends now

Here's a 15 minutes video on the 'Class of 92' by Manchester Red: 















ENGLAND - Caps 
Gary Neville had an amazing career with England despite not winning any major trophies with them but he still got 85 CAPS! He made his début against Japan  in 1995 with England winning 2-1 

GARY NEVILLE IS A RED, IS A RED HE HATES SCOUSERS... 


Yes we all remember when Gary Neville celebrated  in front of Liverpool when Manchester United scored in the last minute against them.

His passion was huge when it came vs rivals such as Liverpool and Manchester City. We all remember when he kissed Paul Scholes when Paul scored a last minute goal at the city ground. 












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