The legends of 92 were all see as they reunited were they all paid their last respects at the funeral of Neville, father of ex-Manchester United
stars Gary and Phil Neville.
David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt
joined family and friends at the service for Mr Neville who died from a heart
attack earlier this month.
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Crowds gathered outside Bury Parish Church broke into
applause as the hearse arrived, and the two Neville brothers were among the
pallbearers who carried the coffin in.
They were followed by their sister Tracey, the England
netball head coach, who held the hand of her mother, Jill.
Other famous names from the world of football who attended
including ex-Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, former Bolton Wanderers
and West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce, Hull City boss Steve Bruce and
Everton defender Phil Jagielka.
Manchester football greats Denis Law, Mike Summerbee and
Bryan Robson were also present.
Players, management and staff from Bury FC arrived in a
coach to pay tribute to Mr Neville who was a former commercial manager,
director and ambassador at the League One club.
Mr Neville, 65, was a leading light in the Save Our Shakers
appeal which helped stave off bankruptcy in 2002, while wife Jill is the club
secretary at Gigg Lane.
Joining current Bury boss David Flitcroft at the service
were ex-Bury managers Sam Ellis, Stan Ternent and coach Wilf McGuinness, the
former Manchester United manager.
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