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Your support makes all the difference.Gary Neville was surprisingly named Valencia manager on Wednesday afternoon.
The 40-year-old former Manchester United right-back is just the latest in a long, long line of players who have finished their careers and moved into the dugouts.
Sir Alex Ferguson's long tenure in charge at Old Trafford changed football, seeing the club overtake Liverpool as the English side with the most top flight titles, Ferguson won his 13th, and United's 20th, title in his final season in 2012-13.
Arguably the greatest British manager ever, Ferguson has also changed every level of football with the players he has produced.
With Neville now in charge of the Spanish club he, incredibly, becomes the 29th player who played under Ferguson at United to move into management - to varying levels of success.
Scroll through our gallery to see the other 28:
Ferguson himself is still, by far, the most successful...
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