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English footballer (born 1975)
Gary Alexander Neville is an English football pundit and former professional player. A right-back, he spent his entire career with Manchester United, serving as captain for five years. He is one of the most decorated English and European footballers of all time, winning 20 trophies, including eight Premier League titles and two UEFA Champions League titles. In 2025, he was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.
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Manchester City Football Club, commonly referred to as Man City or simply City, is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's, they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, the first season with the current name.
More on Wikipedia ↗He and his brother Philip were once magnificently characterised by their team-mate Jaap Stam as “a pair of busy…” Well, let’s draw a fig-leaf over the final word of the description: suffice to say it remains the Donald Bradman of swearwords, the nonpareil. And this has been a busy week, even by his own relentless…
Gary Neville reckons Man City's owners could be forced out if their FFP appeal fails... 👀