Gary Neville faced Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox in the 2003/04 Champions League, and he has now praised the atmosphere.
In a Twitter Q&A, Gary Neville picked out Ibrox as one of the loudest foreign grounds that he played at during his career, having come up against Rangers at the ground in the 2003/04 Champions League.
On that night, the Gers were beaten 1-0 by Manchester United with his brother Phil Neville scoring the decisive goal. It was, admittedly, not to be the best year in the competition for the Light Blues.
After beating Stuttgart 2-1 in their opening group game – Christian Nerlinger and Peter Lovenkrands helped Rangers come from behind on that occasion – they only managed to pick up one more point in their remaining five games.
They finished bottom of the group in a year that saw the competition ultimately won by the current Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, who was in charge of Porto at the time.
It may not be a season that lives long in the memory of many Rangers fans, but it is clearly a campaign that saw the Scottish Premiership side make an impression on Neville.
When asked to name the loudest foreign ground that he has played at, the retired defender and current Sky Sports pundit picked out Rangers’ home as well as one of Galatasaray’s grounds – presumably, the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, frequently known as Hell – as the stadiums he would pick…
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