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Sky Sports Apologises After Gary Neville Reports Street Abuse

Neville describes fearing a dog attack during the encounter.

Overview

  • A video posted this week shows a man hurling insults at Neville as he walked with his wife over the weekend.
  • Neville told The Overlap that the man had a menacing dog and that he regrets not filming the abuser because the clip does not reveal who he is.
  • Following the street incident, a Sky Sports News presenter apologised on-air after fresh abuse was directed at Neville at Turf Moor before Burnley’s match against Manchester City.
  • Neville said abuse of football figures has become too easy with few consequences, while his sister Tracey Neville and pundits Jill Scott and John Hartson publicly condemned the behaviour.
  • The same Overlap episode reunited Neville with an Everton fan tied to his 2005 Goodison Park red card, when he kicked a ball back toward the crowd, missed his target, struck a child and was sent off, highlighting long-running tensions between players and supporters.