The Retirement Of Gary Neville

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

This morning I woke up to read that Gary Neville has finally decided to retire with immediate effect. While we Man U fans knew his time was up with his lousy performances this season, we all cannot take away from the fact that he is up there amongst the United greats, albeit in his own quiet, non-flashy fashion.

Part of Fergie's Fledglings with his brother Phil, David Backside, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs since the early 90s, Gary has had over 600 appearances for the club. At least we all knew his heart was a pure red. And he did more effective shouting than playing football. Haha.

I sure am going to miss him.

My fondest memory of him was in the early 2000s during a match against Arsenal when the teams emerged from the dugout. Patrick Viera gave Neville a talking down to, and suddenly out came Roy Keane who popped out from behind and shot back at Viera and squared off with him. That was totally what I call brothers in arms and looking out for one another. I think that kinda changed Neville as well because ever since, he became very vocal and protective of his teammates. You can still see the clips on Youtube.

Respect.