Gary Neville trolled by Salford City rivals after watching opening day defeat

Daily Mirror

4 days ago

Salford City endured a bad start to their League Two campaign as they were beaten 3-1 at home to Crewe Alexandra, who couldn't resist poking fun at the club's owner Gary Neville as he watched on with despair
Gary Neville has been taunted by Salford City 's rivals Crewe Alexandra on social media after his side's opening day defeat this weekend.
The Manchester United legend cut a glum figure on Saturday afternoon as his Salford side were dealt a 3-1 loss by Crewe at home in their first League Two clash of the season.
Kadeem Harris' own goal had given the away side the lead in the eighth minute before he made up for his gaffe by getting Neville's men level moments later.
But Crewe quickly took control of the game just before the half time interval as Conor Thomas netted a brace in the space of a few minutes.
Salford could not stage a fight back after the break and Neville was seen looking downbeat in the stands as he was pictured inside the directors' box holding up a hand against the window.
And Crewe couldn't resist teasing the former England defender as they posted the picture of Neville holding up his hand, showing five fingers, and writing: "Nah it was three Gary."
The cheeky post went down a hit with football fans on Twitter as one joined in with the fun, adding: "Clearly saying it should have been five by half time."
Another wrote: "Counting how many places off the bottom of the league they are," as a third said: "It should have been how many Gary?"
Neville has been one of the owners of Salford since 2014, agreeing to purchase the club alongside fellow Class of 92 members David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and brother Phil - as well as businessman Peter Lim.
However, Neville acquired Lim's stake in the club in 2024 and this year it was announced that only Neville and Beckham remained shareholders out of the Class of 92 legends following a takeover by a new ownership group.
Neville has often shared pictures and videos of himself following Salford City and he left heartbroken last season after the team finished eighth - just one spot off the play-off places.
Salford is one of many business interests Neville is invested in after starting the Hotel Football group in Manchester.
He has also started an investment firm called Relentless, which has invested in restaurants and properties, and media group Buzz 16, which runs his Overlap podcast content.