Neville has Premier League and Champions League winners' medals ... but leading Everton to Cup glory

28 May 2009 18:50
Phil Neville insists winning the FA Cup with Everton will be his greatest achievement.   The former Manchester United player won 10 major honours at OldTrafford, including the FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League.   But ahead of Saturday's clash with Chelsea, the Everton skipper said: "My theory throughout my career has been that the next one is always the greatest, and this does feel as though it will be the greatest.   "If I win a medal on Saturday it will be the best medal I have won.   "In terms of individual success, for me to lift the FA Cup will be my greatest ever honour, particularly for this club.   "People talk about me being a good Everton captain but for me to be mentioned among the likes of Kevin Ratcliffe and Brian Labone is an honour.   "They are players who have not just won the FA Cup, they have won league championships and European honours, so that is what I have got to do to be mentioned in the same breath.   "But it would be a great start to win the FA Cup and it is time this team had something to show for its efforts.   "I drive to training in the mornings and the music's blasting away and you do visualise yourself holding up the FA Cup. You have got to believe you're going to win."   Neville will lead out Everton to face Chelsea for their first final in 14 years.   And he added: "In those 14 years we have probably not lived up to the past and now, under David Moyes, I think this club is going in the right direction.   "We can restore Everton to where it belongs and that is at the top of English football.   "Regardless of the result on Saturday this has got to be the start of a sustained period of success. It has got to be.   "It is not going to be the end of the journey on Saturday win or lose. This is just the start."  

Source: Daily_Mail