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I Would Have Been About Seven Years Old When The Formative Years Of My Competitive Football Education Began. I Was Playing In The Local Leagues Around Manchester, Playing Against Lads From Tough Areas Who Had Been Taught They Had To Fight For Everything.

-Gary Neville

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Gary Neville

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I Would Have Been About Seven Years Old When The Formative Years Of My Competitive Football Education Began. I Was Playing In The Local Leagues Around Manchester, Playing Against Lads From Tough Areas Who Had Been Taught They Had To Fight For Everything.

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