Keeping it English....is Jack Wilshere on point?

I don't understand what is the hype about foreigners who "could" turn out for England in the future.

This week Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj has caused a stir on and off the pitch, off the pitch he's probably made Jack Wilshere shit his pants (not really but that's what it seems).

Ok I do agree with the fact you have to be born here and be fully "English" to play for our national team but wasn't a certain Mr Youtuber....I mean Owen Hargreaves born in Canada!

Played in Germany for a while then moved to England so he possibly could of played for Canada or Germany but am sure he played for England while he was in Germany!

 Anyways that's not the point but he was probably one of our and Manchester United's best midfielder until he got injured and ruined his career by going to the blue side of Manchester(booooooooo)! 

but no concern was raised when Owen Hargreaves played

So why the hype now? 

Not like England have been successful in the modern era and I don't think they will ever be Unless of course things change but it could be a little too late with the St Georges Park facilities and other input the new FA chief Greg Dyke will bring in. 

Yes Brazil and other international teams do possibly have a few who were not born in the actual country they play for but if you look at Spain how they bring about their own players and how they "sell" their football right through their youth teams England are embarrassingly miles behind.

There's no problem with "foreign-ish" players playing for England but why can't we create our own blooded youths who will have a passion to play for England rather than a foreign player looking lost while "God Save The Queen", "3 Lions on the shirt" or any other patriotic England song blazez out.

I wonder if there would of been so much debate if say Thierry Henry turned out to play for England rather than a teenage prodigy who hasn't said mentioned anything about playing for an international team yet!

So much hype right now with the debate wonder what would happen if a foreigner did end up playing for England?!!! Can imagine the media meltdown, The Queen would probably move to India and we'd all have to learn a new language...foreignish(no?...bad joke)

If one foreigner English based player does one day end up playing for England then no point of having any of the junior teams because what will happen is we will end up having more than ONE you know how the FA are ;)

Anyways, feel free to post your views below and share! 

Au Revior!.....I mean Hello* 

*not French just a bit of banter born and blooded in England!

Sir Alex Ferguson - A Tribute to a Legend

The Guv’nor from Govan!

Well I do not know where to start! 

You know that feeling when someone in your close family goes away and you know they are not coming back, there's no word to describe that feeling well that is how I felt when Sir Alex Ferguson sent shock waves throughout the world.

Yes it was inevitable that Sir Alex was coming to the end of a glittering career but I did not expect it so soon it came as a shock.

I can say Sir Alex Ferguson could be classed as a "Father" figure to every single Manchester United fan , being at the club for 26 years Fergie;s legacy will not leave any Manchester United fans hearts. He is the greatest manager ever and no one will repeat this managerial legacy.

I was not expecting Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement so soon certainly nobody was prepared for the retirement news apart from the club who I can say have handled it brilliantly and have listened to the legend he is Sir Alex Ferguson on appointing a great appointment in David Moyes as successor.

Sir Alex is all I have ever known at the club it will be difficult to come to terms with his retirement as he is a huge part of Manchester United, will be hard to imagine him not being on the touchline,chewing his gum on the bench, celebrating a last minute goal or dancing away on the sidelines. no more asking your friends who will get the "hair dryer" at half time whenever certain players disappoint during a game. 

Whatever Sir Alex Ferguson has done for the club,fans and players hopefully no one will ever forget.

Building many teams that have been successful and dominant throughout the years, players turning into world class under Sir Alex Ferguson us United fans have been spoilt by great success,

Its been an emotional roller coaster ride the "Fergie" years one I will never forget.

What a manager - what a football figure - what a legend!

Sir Alex we salute you !

Goal Line Technology - Too late?

As the footballing world have been crying out for Goal Line technology I believe it may ruin the beautiful game.

Fifa have finally agreed to bring goal-line technology into the game and it will be used during next years World Cup final, it is a huge step and by having this opportunity it may ruin the excitement,passion and nerve wracking moments in our game.

Yes as a supporter you would want justice for your team but as a neutral seeing nervy nail biting moments is what one of the reasons the love of football is all about, if football turns into a cricket or tennis type of system for goal-line technology I actually would think the game will become more boring.

People like to see a game flowing rather than a stop-start and when goal line technology comes in it will just be that.

There have been many controversial decisions over the years but does it really happen week in week out....hardly happens !?

It will help officials during a game but all the work will be done by camera work,do we really want our football to turn into a robotic format and not be a free flowing game?

The media have driven us to get goal-line technology for many years now and Fifa have finally decided now is the time,instead of putting huge amount of money on goal-line technology why don't Fifa have a look at some of the controversial footballing bodies like UEFA who seem to fix draws every season?

So it seems the endless debates on Monday mornings,blogs,forum talks and fan banter will be gone....

Technology will kill the game!!!

Recession in Football - A painful devastation for fans

This is a brief overview on Recession in Football, I am trying to get feedback from people on what they feel about the recession. feel free to read and comment your views.

In the past football was just a simple ball game, you'd get a free stand at a game or a cheap ticket(considering the times we are in) but as you now can see most clubs are debt ridden or the mighty have fallen ala Rangers FC.

A recent study showed Arsenal FC selling the most expensive tickets for a match day at £126 and season tickets  at £1,955 which must hurt some fans as they have not won a trophy in nearly 8 years! While a team in the third tier of Scottish football has the most cheapest for a match day at £9 and season tickets at £90.

Nowadays travel prices have gone racking up as well as food prices so for the average person they may have to cough up a weekly or monthly wage just to go watch their favourite team.Yes entertainment in football  has become immensely great but peoples pockets are becoming more empty.

The following table shows the cost of watching a Premier League football game in 2012

(source - Daily Mail)

Club	Cheapest season ticket	Most expensive season ticket	Cheapest matchday ticket	Most expensive matchday ticket	Cheapest day out (ticket, programme, pie, tea)	Programme	Pie	Tea
Arsenal	£985*	£1,955*	£ 26.00	£126	£34.30	£3	£3.30	£2
Aston Villa	£325	£595	£ 20.00	£45	£28.30	£3	£3.20	£2.10
Chelsea	£595	£1,250	£ 41.00	£87	£49.60	£3	£3.60	£2
Everton	£399	£672.30	£ 31.00	£43	£38.90	£3	£2.80	£2.10
Fulham	£399	£959	£ 20.00	£75	£29.30	£3.50	£3.90	£1.90
Liverpool	£725	£802	£ 39.00	£48	£47.30	£3	£3.10	£2.20
Man City	£275	£695	£ 26.00	£58	£35	£3	£3.50	£2.50
Man United	£532	£950	£ 30.00	£52	£38.60	£3	£3.10	£2.50
Newcastle	£322	£909	£ 15.00	£70	£23	£3	£2.80	£2.20
Norwich	£471	£790	£ 30.00	£50	£38	£3.50	£2.50	£2
QPR	£499	£949	£ 25.00	£55	£33	£3	£3.00	£2
Reading	£350	£595	£ 37.00	£50	£45	£3	£3.20	£1.80
Southampton	£495	£780	£ 28.00	£48	£36.20	£3	£3.20	£2
Stoke	£344	£609	£ 25.00	£50	£33.10	£3.50	£2.60	£2
Sunderland	£400	£845	£ 25.00	£40	£33	£3	£2.90	£2.10
Swansea	£429	£499	£ 35.00	£45	£42.80	£3	£3.00	£1.80
Tottenham	£730	£1,845	£ 32.00	£81	£41.20	£3.50	£3.70	£2
West Brom	£349	£449	£ 25.00	£39	£33.10	£3	£2.90	£2.20
West Ham	£480	£850	£ 36.00	£67	£44.50	£3.50	£3	£2
Wigan	£255	£310	£ 20.00	£22	£27.10	£3	£2.30**	£1.80*

To conclude this blog I would like to hear YOUR views.

Do you believe you have been affected if you have spent more or less money on tickets, Or do you think it has affected you through other forms such as merchandising or TV Subscriptions.

please feel free to comment below and share this blog around.

The "Romance" of the Champions League!

Champions League 2012/2013 - The "Romance" of the Champions League!

      

                                                                The Story so far

Football is a beautiful sport. The English Premier League is the root to its Passion,Pride & Soul. The Champions League is the romance of European and possibly World Football.

Well it Started on the 03rd July 2012

76 Teams from 52 Associations

Some of the teams had taken their league's by storm in the previous season & many teams were great in their leagues to finish in the champions league places Aswell as Chelsea winning the Champions League!

Group stages done and dusted, a brief overview of how it all went about !

32 Teams 8 groups. A battle for places in the knock-out stages !

A brief overview of how some of the teams did in their groups

Group A: 1.FC Porto - 2.PSG - 3.Dynamo Kiev - 4.Dinamo Zagreb

FC Porto came in to the Champions League on the back of losing their prized asset in HULK (no not the big green one) and were on the verge of losing Moutinho to Spurs but were comfortably through to the knock-out stages beating PSG along the way

As expected PSG were Favourites in this group, Owned by rich Arabs splashing the "dough" signed the likes of Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Lavezzi and Lucas Moura(deal in January) and also had other big players in Pastore, Gamiero,Menez,Alex and Nene - again Comfortably through to the knock outs despite losing to Porto in Week 2

Group B: 1.Schalke 04 - 2.Arsenal - 3.Olympiakos - 4.Montpellier

Schalke went into the group as one of the favourites to progress, and so they did in emphatic style being one of only four teams to be unbeaten in the group stages.Semi Finalists in 10/11 season will they be up to the tasks of repeating that feat this time round?

Selling your key players to your rivals can be a big blow, losing your right hand man in Pat Rice can be even a bigger blow. some thought it would be the same old Arsenal we have been seeing for the past 6/7 years but credit where its due, Arsene Wenger may have lost key players and his right hand man but he managed to splash some cash on notable players who have been excelling recently. Santi Carzola in the centre of midfield has been fantastic Mr Wenger probably wishes he had got him a long time ago! Podolski started slowly but now has the hang of scoring and seems to going to the point of replacing RVP. Every manager needs a right hand man Fergie had Carlos Q and now has Mike Phelan, Sir Bobby had Mourinho at Barcelona, Arsene Wenger had Pat Rice but unfortunately retired but as Wenger kept pulling out surprises he managed to hire Steve Bould as his right hand man, during the start of the campaign it had been going great for Arsenal but a faltering league form hindered Arsenal's Champions League run but it did not stop them form qualifying from the group stages in second place.

Group C: 1.Malaga - 2.AC Milan - 3.Zenit St Petersburg - 4.Anderlecht

In 2010 Malaga had been taken over by a Qatari business man, this had a fruitful recognition to a place in the knock-out stages of this seasons competition, from 2010 till now Malaga had been on the rise buying high profile players aswell as finishing fourth in La Liga last season.

Despite being winners of an edgy and heavy task in the play-offs against Panathanikos, Malaga threw everyone by surprise after they had topped the group unbeaten behind italian giants AC Milan in their first season in the Champions League.

AC Milan came in to the competition after losing several high profile players in the summer notebly Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Many expected a difficult outcome in a competitive group, but as big teams do replace big players AC Milan didnt need to do that as they had a several key players and the rise of Stephen El Shaarawy who was on top form ensured AC Milan despite only picking up two points on home turf qualified with a game to spare.

Zenit St Petersburg another club spending freely came into the competition with having high hopes after winning the Russian Premier League and buying star players such as Hulk and Axel Witsel, but as team spirit and player revolts Zenit failed to qualify for the knock-out stages as they finished 3rd.

Group D: 1.Borussia Dortmund - 2.Real Madrid - 3.Ajax - 4.Manchester City

eliminated from the group stages last season after finishing the group bottom, Borussia Dortmund were drawn in the so called "group of death" and were expected to struggle.With their no fear approach they seemed a different team from last season as they topped the group. outclassing Manchester City with their trademark counter attacking football in their 2nd Group game + taking four points from two games against Real Madrid and clinching a win against City and Ajax in the last two games proved, Dortmund had the courage and determination to step up in European football. 

After semi finalist last season Mourinho's men were on the hunt to win the Champions League once again.Real Madrid came into the competition being 9 times winners, Group D provided a big test for Madrid after a group containing 3 domestic Champions, but after having a big ambition to make sure they are 10 times winners of this competition Real Madrid ensured they qualified finishing in 2nd place.

Teams can spend on top players all they like, they can have the millions in the bank backed by rich owners but in European football they must have the know how! As Manchester City found out European football is no walk over as they crashed out the second season in a row in the Champions League Group stages. Manchester City came into the competition on having won the Barclays Premier League with the last kick of the 2011/12 season.As they entered their second Champions League campaign in thier history Manchester City had high hopes on doing better than last season but after not winning any of their first 3 games the damage was done and they were knocked out of Europe altogether.

Group E: 1.Juventus 2.Shaktar Donetsk 3.Chelsea 4.FC Nordsjaelland

Juventus one of the big giants of Italian football, came into the competition after a 3 year absence, they qualified impressively for the knock-out stages with a fantastic midfield trio notable player Andre Pirlo hailed as one of the best midfielder in the world ensured Juventus having won 3 games on the trot topped the group despite taking it to the last game.

Shaktar Donetsk despite having a relatively low profile kick started their campaign comfortably with a win and ensuring it was the catalyst to their impressive football throughout the group stages and qualifying with a game to spare, their attitude of playing as a team helped eliminate the holders Chelsea.

Chelsea came into the competition as holders after winning it the previous year and were aiming to become the first team to win it back to back but instead managed to become the first team as holders to get knocked out at the group stage after poor campaign in which Roberto Di Matteo was sacked and the club hired Rafeal Benitez in which some of the fans are still against his appointment.

Group F: 1.Bayern Munich 2.Valencia 3.Bate Borisov 4. Lille

Finalist of last seasons competition and two seasons without a trophy, Bayern Munich decided to splash the cash wisely in the summer and have excelled in both the Bundesliga and Champions League. Favourites for the Bundesliga after a fine start and 9 points clear Bayern Munich were given a relatively easy group as they ensured progression to the next stages of the champions league by winning the group over Valencia despite losing to Bat Borisov 3-1.

After exiting the group stages last season Valencia didn not want a repeat, strong favourites with Bayern Munich to succeed to the knock-out stages ensured things were right this time round as they lost only one game in the group but league form had cost Mauricio Pellegrino his job just before the last game in the group.

Group G: 1.Barcelona 2.Celtic 3.Benfica 4.Spartak Moscow

Same old Barcelona Just a new manager ! After reeling the pain of a triple blow last season losing the league title to Real Madrid, Pep Gaurdiola leaving and eliminated by Chelsea in the Semi Finals, Barcelona breezed through in emphatic fashion with record targeting man Lionel Messi in fine form. Although they lost to Celtic at Parkhead Barcelona topped the group ensuring qualification was guaranteed with a game to spare with Celtic and Benfica fighting for second place.

Celtic came into the competition on the back of winning two qualifying rounds and despite having handed a difficult draw they exceed all expectations and progressed in second place for the knock-out stages with a memorable performance at Parkhead against Barcelona.

Group H: 1.Manchester United 2.Galatasary 3.Cluj 4.Braga

Manchester United failed to get out the group stages last season and did not want a repeat of that this season, on failing to win the league and the embarrassment of Europe Manager Sir Alex Ferguson decided to splash £24 Million on Robin Van Persie. Manchester United came into the competition on having conceded first in almost every game they have played and it was to no surprise in which United's campaign was full of drama and excitement falling behind in 5 games, coming back from 2-0 down and blackout against Braga! despite all that Manchester United's four straight victories ensured they qualified with two games to spare and had the chance to rest key players for the last two games of the group.

After 6 years without being in the group stages of the Champions League Galatasary won the Turkish League and had directly qualified for the group stages. Despite losing their first two games of the campaign and picking up four points at home including a memorable win against an inexperience Manchester United advanced to the knock-out stages in second place.

Thats the Group Stage done and dusted have a look at the knockout stage draw!

Galatasary V Schalke 

Celtic V Juventus

Arsenal V Bayern Munich

Shaktar Donetsk V Borussia Dortmund

AC Milan V Barcelona

Real Madrid V Manchester United

Valencia V Paris Saint Germain

FC Porto V Malaga

Some tasty fixtures including the return of Cristiano Ronaldo!

Feel free to comment your views and who do you think will win the Champions league?

Thanks

The quality of writing and what I have said may not be liked by some people I apologise as am trying my best and hoping to find help in wrting blogs.

Your views are welcome! 

Champions League 2010/2011 - The Story So Far...

The Championsssssssssssssssssss

Well it Started on the 29th of June

76 Teams from 52 Associations

Some of the teams had taken their league's by storm in the previous season while others sneaked in the back door & many teams were great in their leagues to finsh in the champions league places the previous season, Lets forget about the Qualification rounds and head straight to the group stages !

 

32 Teams 8 groups, battle for places in the knockout stages !

A brief overview of the how some of the teams did in their groups

Group A:

Tottenham Hotspur

Inter Milan

FC Twente

Werder Bremen

Tottenham joined the "big boys" league when they successfuly piped Manchester City to fourth place the previous season, Harry Redknapp & his Spurs team must of been "glad" with the teams drawn in thier group, With Spurs cruising 2-0 Werder hit back as the game ended 2-2 & Spurs must of been finking what could be on the horizon in their Champions League campaign, But it didnt seem that way as Spurs thrashed FC Twente formally managed by ex England boss Steve Mclaren 4-1, Spurs were feeling confident of progressing their tails were up as they headed to the San Siro to play Inter Milan in what turned out to be an extraordinary game, at Half time spurs looked down and out! commeth the hour comeeth the boy! Gareth Bale, A Gareth Bale hattrck in the 2nd half ensured Spurs were still no pushover in the Champions league as they lost 4-3, giving Maicon nightmares! 

In the second round of group matches Gareth Bale & Co were on fire and were destined to qualify for the knockout stages, The Return of Inter Milan at White Hart Lane, No one expected it but thats football Spurs were flying as Inter were well and truly beaten 3-1 and this would be an earmark of an exciting campaign for Spurs in their Champions League debut. So it proved to be as Bremen were brushed aside 3-0 more excitment was to come in their final group game against FC Twente, In an exciting entertaining game Spurs drew 3-3 despite taking the lead 3 times! the draw ensured Spurs a point and top of thier group in their debut season as they qualifed for the knockout stages alongside Inter Milan, Spurs officaly became the "Entertainers" of European football...welcome to the "big boys" league arry!

Group B:

FC Schalke

Lyon

Benfica

Hapoel Tel Aviv

In this group Lyon were favorites to progress along side Benfica, but Schalke with their new formed strike partnership in Real Madrid legend Raul  & dutch hit man Klass Jan Huntelaar had something to say about that! Hapoel Tel Aviv came and went in the group. FC Schalke topped the group with Lyon in 2nd place while Benfica were sent to the Europa League after finishing 3rd

Group C:

Manchester United

Valencia
Rangers

Bursaspor

Manchester United came into this group as favorites to qualify for the knockout stages, but in their first game United drew with Rangers 0-0 in which Antonio Valenica sufferd a serious ankle injury which had kept him out for 5months but his namesake team Valencia smashed 4 goals past turkish outfit Bursaspor, next a vist to the Mestella where another draw was on the horizon but the ever growing "Chico" Hernandez came off the substitue bench to claim all 3 points for United against Valencia. Bursaspor came to Old Trafford looking to get hammerd but that did not happen as United only won 1-0 as they lead the group by 2 points before the next round of matches.

United ran out 3-0 winners away to Bursaspo which all but ended the turkish teams chance of qualifying for the knockout stages, United then travelled to glasgow in what would always be a tough game as United won 1-0 through a Wayne Rooney penalty. Manchester United came into the last game of the group to set a new record for not conceding a goal in the group stages but Valenica struck to end any chance of that but they got their reward to top the group when Anderson made it 1-1, United & Valencia were through to the knockout stages.

Group D:

Barcelona

FC Copenhagen
FC Rubin Kazan
Panathanikos

Barcelona as expected were favourites to progress but it wasnt easy for them after their first game when they had whooped Panathanikos 5-1 but Rubin Kazan ensured it did not happend to them as they drew 1-1  Barcelona then topped the group after beating FC Copenhagen 2-0 but in the return game a resolute Copenhagen ensured barcelona left with just only a point after a 1-1 draw, but after 2 wins from 2 the spanish champions were through.

Group E:

Bayern Munich 

Roma

Basel

Cluj

Bayern Munich entered the group stages as last season's beaten finalists and were expected to qualify from the group and they did from 5 wins out of 6, which included a 3-2 defeat against Roma who followed them through to the knockout stages in second place.

Group F:

Chelsea
Marsille

Spartak Moscow
MSK Zilina

Chelsea made it to the knockout stages despite losing to Marseille in the final group game who finsished in second place which ensured Spartak Moscow finshed 3rd to join the Euro flops in the Europa League and MSK Zilina sent packing !

Group G:Real Madrid
AC Milan
Ajax
Auxerre

This group was everyone's "Group of Death" as nine times European winners Madrid were pitted against Italian masters AC Milan, Dutch giants Ajax and french outfit Auxerre. As it was expected Mourinho's Madrid went through alongside AC Milan, Real Madrid were unbeaten in this group and also a thrilling 2-2 draw against AC Milan at the San Siro was on of the highlights in the group

Group H:

Shaktar Donetsk
Aresnal
Braga
Partizan

In the final group Shaktar Ensured they topped the group ahead of Aresnal despite Aresnal begining their campigan off to a flyer with a 6-0 win against Braga and also thrashing Shaktar at the Emirates 5 - 1 but the wheels came off for Aresnal after back to back defeats to Shaktar and Braga, Aresnal old boy Eduardo scored the winner against Aresenal  which put Shaktar top of the table follwed by Arsenal, & Braga ended up to in the Europa league while Partizan misreable European Campaign was put to an end as they finshed bottom.

Last 16 Knockout Stage

From 32 we were left with 16 to battle for a place in the Quarter Finals

The last 16 proved to have some exciting games* & 1 or 2 shocks

AC Milan V Spurs
Valencia V Schalke

Roma V Shaktar Donetsk

Aresnal V Barcelona

FC Copenhagen V Chelsea

Lyon V Real Madrid
Marseille V Manchester United
Inter Milan V Bayern Munich 

* Teams in bold went through 

Spurs caused a shock as they went to the San Siro and won 1-0 not many teams do that, there was even a scuffle between "Italian Hardman" and Spurs assistant coach Joe Jordon, But at the Lane in the 2nd leg Spurs held on with a resolute defensive display and were through to the Quarter Finals with a memorable result.

Schalke upset the odds when they had beaten Valencia

Shaktar Donetsk caused a shock when they had knocked out Roma, beating them in Rome and hammering them in Ukraine

Arsenal were pitted against Barcelona in what would eventually be were Arsenal's season had hit the distruction button but not before a superb Aresnal perfomance in the first leg at the Emirates ensured Aresnal were still in the tie but the second leg Barcelona went about their business like they always do. Arsenal even had a record to hold despite being knocked out - they were the first team in Champions League history to not have any shots in a match, Aresnal were trully outclassed and outplayed by Barcelona

FC Copenhagen came into this match against Chelsea unbeaten at home but Chelsea changed that after beating them 2-0 but the 2nd leg proved diffrerent a subdued Chelsea performance ensured it stayed 2-0 on aggrerate as Copenhagen were knocked out

Lyon V Madrid is always a good game but no for Madrid. In recent seasons Madrid were knocked out by Lyon and hadnt reached the Quarter Finals for the first time since 2004, but that was all about to change as Lyon old boy Karim Benzema scored in both legs including the 3-0 win at Bernabau which ensured Madrid a Quarter Final place.

Manchester United travelled to France looking for an away goal but it wasnt meant to be as United's defence stood strong and ensured the 2nd leg at Old Trafford was alive for both teams, United edged it an good nervy performance.

A repeat for last seasons champions league final, Inter Milan V Bayern Munich was an exciting clash in the first leg Bayern scored the away goal but the 2nd leg Inter Milan shocked Bayern by scoring 3 times to send the german's packing!

So its now down to the last eight and the Champions League Quarter Final draw brought out some mouthwatering games... Mourinho V Harry, A battle of Clash of the titans.. Its gonna be BIG!

Quarter Final: 1st leg (5/6 April) 2nd leg (12/13 April)
Real Madrid V Spurs
Chelsea V Manchester United
Barcelona V Shaktar Donetsk
Inter Milan V Schalke

Semi Final: 1st leg (26/27 April) 2nd leg (3/4 May)
Inter/Schalke v Chelsea /Manchester United
Madrid/Tottenham v Barcelona/Shakhtar




and then there were 8.....

Gary Neville - RedNev - Legend!

As you may have heard Gary Neville Manchester United's right back retired from football, Loved by many hated by some(many of them scousers). Surely be missed by United fans!

Gary Neville was a great player throughout the years for Manchester United here are some of RedNev's career highlights.

1991 - Signs an apprentice for Manchester United
1992 - Part of the famous class of '92 which won the FA Youth Cup (Giggs, Beckham,Scholes,Butt & Brother Phil)
1992 - Makes debut in a Uefa Cup game against Torpedo Moscow
1995 - Makes England debut
1996 - Member of the United team that won the Double
1997 - scores his first club goal in a 3-3 draw against Middlesbrough
2000 - Wins a fourth Premier League title, making 250 appreances
2002 - Wins 50th England Cap in a friendly against Holland, Misses World Cup due to injury
2003 - Wins a sixth Premier League medal
2005 - Named club captain

602 Appearances for Manchester United - FIFTH highest in United History
85 England Caps

8 Premier League titles
3 Fa Cups
2 League Cups
3 Charity Shields
1 Champions League
1 InterContinental Cup
1 Fifa Club World Cup
5 times in Premier League team of decade


What next for RedNev? A seat alongside Paddy Crerand on MUTV? SkySports call? or even coaching United reserves...Whatever next for Gary Neville he will always have a special place in the hearts of every united fan

Gary Neville - YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND!