Phil Neville
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"Philip John "Phil" Neville" is an English association football/football coach and former player, as well as being the co-owner of Salford City F.C./Salford City. After 10 years as a professional with Manchester United, during which time he won six Premier League titles, three FA Cups and the UEFA Champions League/Champions League, he joined Everton F.C./Everton in 2005, where he spent the final eight years of his playing career. Neville also played for England national football team/England 59 times between 1996 and 2007, representing the nation at three UEFA European Championship/European Championships. He could play in defender (association football)/defence or midfielder/midfield; due to this versatility, he operated in a number of different positions throughout his career, but was most often used as a full-back.

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That's the way we have to play, ... Our fans won't accept anything else. Once we get out on the pitch, the manager and the club demand that way of playing anyway. We need to score goals. If we score four, we need to score five.

When James is fit and he's on fire, with the amount of running that he does, he can carry a whole back four on his own.

There are no excuses and there will be no excuses on Wednesday night in a game for the fans. It is a massive game for the players as well, a derby match and our biggest game of the season.

There is only one Alex Ferguson, but there are similarities.

I was frustrated last season, he knew that, and we came to an agreement that it would be best if he gave me permission to talk to other clubs.

Those comments didn't surprise me one little bit - some clubs have different agendas.

I hope they both stay up. Jobs and careers are on the line if you go down into the Championship. The wages aren't as big but it's not as bad for the players, the staff who are affected more.

I think it's been an excellent tour, ... People expected us to come to America and probably not be as popular as in other parts of the world, but it has astonished us, the level of support we've received. The crowd lifted us in every game. We did a lot of traveling and a lot of hard training.