Home Sports Gary Neville reveals he used to wear the same lucky white underpants before EVERY Man United game and opens up on his other strange superstitions, including sitting on the TOILET, on Geoff Shreeves’ podcast

Gary Neville reveals he used to wear the same lucky white underpants before EVERY Man United game and opens up on his other strange superstitions, including sitting on the TOILET, on Geoff Shreeves’ podcast

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Gary Neville has opened up about his range of bizarre pre-match rituals at Manchester United.
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Gary Neville has revealed that he used to wear matching underwear before every Manchester United match as part of his bizarre pre-match rituals.

United legend Neville, who retired from the game in 2011, won a host of trophies at Old Trafford, including eight Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues.

He has since admitted that he was inspired by a number of quirky habits before stepping onto the field, a trend also shared by many players past and present.

However, one of Neville’s superstitions was particularly peculiar: the Sky Sports pundit would wear white trousers before matches and avoid other colours.

speaking in Geoff Shreeves’ new podcastNeville shed light on his routines.

Gary Neville has opened up about his range of bizarre pre-match rituals at Manchester United.

Gary Neville has opened up about his range of bizarre pre-match rituals at Manchester United.

United great Neville was inspired to win a host of trophies by his quirky superstitions.

United great Neville was inspired to win a host of trophies by his quirky superstitions.

United great Neville was inspired to win a host of trophies by his quirky superstitions.

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“I used to wear the same color underpants to every game in my career,” he said on the first edition of the Football, Music and Me show.

When Shreeves asked him about the color, Neville replied: “White. It’s something I did. Same tubigrip, same tape. The physios knew it.

“I used to put on the same pants, go to the same bathroom to read the program, although sometimes I didn’t need to go to the bathroom, in the players’ room before each game.

‘Same seat on the coach, next to Becks (David Beckham). I never changed.

Neville also recalled a light-hearted conversation with former United first-team and academy coach Jim Ryan in which his superstitions were the butt of the joke.

“There were things I did that were part of my routine,” Neville added.

Neville won eight Premier League titles at United, each time wearing white trunks.

Neville won eight Premier League titles at United, each time wearing white trunks.

Neville won eight Premier League titles at United, each time wearing white trunks.

The player-turned-expert even used to run off the training ground in the same way before matches.

The player-turned-expert even used to run off the training ground in the same way before matches.

The player-turned-expert even used to run off the training ground in the same way before matches.

Neville was Geoff Shreeves' first guest on his new podcast, Football, Music And Me.

Neville was Geoff Shreeves' first guest on his new podcast, Football, Music And Me.

Neville was Geoff Shreeves’ first guest on his new podcast, Football, Music And Me.

‘Jim Ryan once told me: “It’s really interesting that all the success of manchester united “It depends on the color of your underwear.”

‘He would take the p*** out of me. He Actually he is right!

And then he said, “On an individual level, all those hours that you’ve worked your whole life, thousands, hundreds of thousands, all that practice that you’ve put in and you’re giving it a little bit of importance.” the color of your underwear.”‘

Previously, Neville revealed that his pre-match routine would also include him leaving the training pitch in a certain way and receiving specific back massages.

“Even the day before a game, leaving the training ground the day before the game, I used to run in a zigzag pattern off the field,” he said. UTD without hyphen. ‘Each Friday.

‘At 17, I knew I had to get a lower back massage. She didn’t even have back problems. The physiotherapist, Jim McGregor, hated it.

Listen and subscribe to Geoff’s new podcast Football, Music and Me here.

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