Neville: ‘We’re starting to build up momentum’

EVEN Gary Neville had to admit it — anyone fancying a flutter on Manchester United and Liverpool reaching the Worthington Cup final this season would have received very good odds.

English football’s true giants square up at the Millennium Stadium on March 2 in a mouth-watering confrontation both the Football League and their sponsors will raise a glass to.

After treating the competition as little more than an opportunity to give squad men and youth team players a run out in seasons gone by, Sir Alex Ferguson’s side were installed as 20-1 shots before the competition began.