To coincide with his retirement announcement, David Beckham conducted an interview with his former Manchester United teammate Gary Neville. In the interview, Beckham discussed everything from why he felt it was time to end his long and distinguished career at 38 years old to the hurt caused by his celebrity overshadowing his playing career.
Paul Scholes is not one to give out interviews willy-nilly, indeed we're struggling to recall if we've ever actually heard him speak before but good old Comrade Nev managed to bag a chat with the Ginger Ninja shortly after announcing his second retirement.
It was a Saturday morning game for the youth team at the old Cliff training ground. I was lucky. I was in a side that had Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Nicky Butt, who had scored a hat-trick, and at half-time we were 3-0 up against Chester.
We were all 16 or 17 so we must have felt pretty pleased with ourselves.
"It's a Manchester United legacy," said Gary Neville, "that this is a club that can be the biggest football club in the world, yet can bring through young players. There's no excuse for any club not to follow this. The best teams produce their own players more often than not because they have that ingrained loyalty and desire to play for that club, to do everything, no matter what it takes, and that is Manchester United's legacy.
Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United right back Gary Neville has helped pay part of the wages for the footballers of Bury Football Club. The League One club are in a massive financial crisis, and are on the brink of collapse unless someone comes in to save the club.
Following Manchester United's 3-0 win over Aston Villa last night, confirming the club as champions, the players took part in a customary lap of honour around the pitch. However, after making it around once, the players opted to go a second time, fully emersed in the celebrations with the fans.
When they finally did get in to the tunnel Ryan Giggs was being interviewed on Sky Sports by his former team mate Gary Neville.
Occasional England team-mates Andy Carroll and Wayne Rooney clashed during last night's West Ham versus Manchester United match. The pair tangled at the corner that led to Carroll's head-first assault on David De Gea. After a bit of usual set-piece pushing and shoving, Rooney appeared to tread on Carroll's foot, Sunday League style.
Robin Van Persie ended his Manchester United goal drought from the penalty spot during today's victory against Stoke. He obviously thought his neat spot-kick had earned him some plaudits when Geoff Shreeves oversaw the presentation of the man of the match award during his post-game interview. The only problem being that Sky Sports viewers knew [.
Gary Neville has some tough words for Manchester City supporters to swallow tonight, saying that the current Premier League title-holders have a long way to go to catch up with the Manchester United juggernaut — not just in the league this season, but in the long-term.
"I think the feeling among the [City] players last May may have been: ‘Thank goodness!
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Manchester United face a tough challenge against Real Madrid on paper Madrid seem clear favourites, based on league form the pendulum swings United's way.
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Manchester United face a tough challenge against Real Madrid on paper Madrid seem clear favourites, based on league form the pendulum swings United's way.
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Manchester United face a tough challenge against Real Madrid on paper Madrid seem clear favourites, based on league form the pendulum swings United's way.
Ex-United captain, Gary Neville, gives his verdict on what to expect from tonights Champions League 1st leg tie between United & Real Madrid. Watch as Gary Assesses our chances and highlights what and who United need to concentrate to achieve a positive result to bring back to Old Trafford for the 2nd leg in 3 [.
Gary Neville, everybody's favourite pundit these days, discusses tonight's massive Champions League game against Real Madrid.
"It's the game that everybody will want to watch, it's the game everybody will want to play in if you're a player, going to the Bernabeu, going to Old Trafford, and playing against two of the greatest club teams in the world.
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Fascinating look at the Manchester United v Everton game at the weekend on SkySports MNF from Gary Neville.
What makes Neville's analysis even better, is that the person sitting next to him is Everton boss David Moyes, yet that doesn't distract Neville from pointing out the mistakes that Everton made in the match.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville had one of his most enjoyable Monday Night Football performances so far as he got to critique his brother's positioning with Everton manager David Moyes last night. Rejoicing in the opportunity to tell Phil's manager exactly where his younger sibling was going wrong, the elder Neville said: "I've waited 37 [.
Gary Neville's skills as a right back for Manchester United were exemplary, but it's amazing to consider that he may end up being as accomplished as a football pundit as he was for his club side. Neville showed his prowess ......
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Gary Neville's skills as a right back for Manchester United were exemplary, but it's amazing to consider that he may end up being as accomplished as a football pundit as he was for his club side.
Neville showed his prowess in front of the TV cameras again tonight before the Liverpool-West Bromwich Albion match where he analyzed the Manchester United-Everton match alongside Toffees manager David Moyes.
Gary Neville: Wednesday morning, you're driving to training, can you explain how the news was broken to you that Sir Alex Ferguson was retiring?
Paul Scholes: He came in to the dressing room on Wednesday morning. He called a meeting, just the players only, and he just broke the news to us that it was time for him to go.
The PFA Merit Award was given to Manchester United's class of '92 at Sunday night's PFA Awards.
Ryan Giggs, Eric Harrison, Sir Alex Ferguson, Paul Scholes, George Switzer, Kevin Pilkington, Phil Neville, Chris Casper, Nicky Butt, John O'Kane and Gary Neville were all present to receive the award.
Opinionated pundit Gary Neville is back with his weekly column inThe Sunday Mail.Today he writes about how England must not forget is football identity. If you're a football supporter, it's an informative read.
For example, Neville discusses how Bayern Munich's formation that beat Barcelona on Wednesday was straight out of an old school English coaching manual.
Everton skipper Phil Neville has announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of this season.
Neville, who has been at Everton since 2005, will take some time to weigh up his options. It's quite possible that Neville may be interested in a career as a pundit, where his brother Gary Neville has achieved rave reviews.
On Monday night, Gary Neville went in to great detail to explain why David de Gea was at fault for conceding Spurs' late equaliser against United. Neville even showed a slow motion replay of the "five or six second stare" that Nemanja Vidic gave De Gea after the goal went in.
Whilst most people would agree that Neville is an excellent pundit, who fans of all teams (including City and Liverpool!
Long-time Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher announced that in August he will join the likes of Gary Neville, Jamie Redknapp, Graeme Souness and others on the set of Sky Sports. For the 2013/14 season, Sky Sports will feature more than 500 livedomestic, European, and international football matches.
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Jamie Carragher is retiring at the end of this season. Liverpool may yet to have found a replacement for their defender but Carragher's post-retirement worries are over.
Sky Sports have announced that from August 2013, Jamie Carragher will join their ranks as a pundit.
Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher will join Sky Sports from the start of next season. The veteran defender had previously announced that he would retire at the end of the current campaign, although the rumour mill had suggested he was thinking of performing a U-turn and staying on for one more season.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville sat down tonight and explained to viewers why he thinks Newcastle United have fallen apart this season, saying that "The soul and identity has been ripped out of the club."
In previous weeks when Neville has shared his wisdom, it's been by analyzing replays of matches and pointing out things that are often overlooked.
Gary Neville, the gold standard for Premier League analysis, admits that he can't go on combining his expert analysis on Sky Sports at the same time as coaching the England national team. Say it isn't so, Gary! "The Sky job ......
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Playing tiki-taka with the interwebs Uber-pundit Gary Neville knows everything. Here's his guide to assassination [YouTube] Carlos Tevez, Gareth Barry, Edin Dzeko and Samir Nasri could all be sold by Manchester City this summer [Guardian] Young Athletic Bilbao fan not pleased by Fernando Llorente's impending move to Juventus [101GG] Brad Friedel inherits his boundless energy [.
Arsène Wenger has won the double twice with Arsenal but the fans have now turned. Manchester City are the current Premier League champions and yet criticism of Roberto Mancini is growing. But knocking David Moyes? Now you're really on dodgy ground. Unless you're Gary Neville armed with a touchscreen, it's one of those things you just don't do.
The latest episode of FFS (Friday Football Special) is back in time for the weekend's FA Cup and Premier League action. And there are plenty of jokes and well-written comedy about Joey Barton, Gary Neville, Fernando Torres, David Luiz, Rafa Benitez, Anton Ferdinand and many more.
And special thanks to the FFS gang for giving a shout out in the episode to EPL Talk.
The latest episode of FFS (Friday Football Special) is back in time for the weekend's FA Cup and Premier League action. And there are plenty of jokes and well-written comedy about Joey Barton, Gary Neville, Fernando Torres, David Luiz, Rafa...
The blokes over at The Football Special have made us aware of their very funny and smartly written web video series entitled "FFS: Friday Football Special."
This week's episode focuses on several different topics including Neymar's profound statements, Gary Neville with some tips for birthing, deep thoughts with Edgar Davids, and a look ahead to this weekend's fixtures.
Gary Neville: You've just announced your retirement. Why now?
David Beckham: I think over the years when I've seen players retire, when you ask them about it, they always say 'you'll know when you're ready'. And I think I know when I'm ready. I think I'm ready. Obviously it's a difficult decision because I still like I can play at the top level and still have done for the last six months.
Most people will see this as an unfortunate bit of pronunciation from Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio; Liverpool fans will probably see it as an accurate description. The Black Cats boss' post-match interview following last night's 6-1 spanking at Aston Villa was overshadowed by the Italian bending his use of his second language to breaking [.
It's the 200th edition of Gadsby's England...four and a half years of sheer pleasure following Engl...well, there have been some decent shows. On the roundup this week, a huge blow for England as Jack Wilshere is ruled out of World Cup qualifiers through injury, Gary Neville talks grass roots, and tributes pour in to BBC commentator Tony Gubba, who sadly passed away at the weekend.
Ryan Giggs is a modern footballing phenomenon. He's in his 40th year but still we see him playing almost every week at the top level. On Tuesday he reached the incredible achievement of 1,000 competitive games by playing against Real Madrid, and he did so in a match of the highest quality. His durability and [.
