O’Shea revels in United captaincy

JOHN O’SHEA has admitted he will never forgot being made captain of Manchester United.

With Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic and Edwin van der Sar all injured and Ryan Giggs on the bench, Alex Ferguson handed the job to O’Shea against Birmingham on Sunday, even though most pundits felt Wayne Rooney was an obvious choice.

It capped an excellent 12 months for the Republic of Ireland star, who excelled in both full-back positions last term, occupying the left-sided slot for most of United’s record-breaking run of 14 clean sheets and then moving to the right ahead of the Champions League final against Barcelona.