Total (all comps) penalty awards this season:
Arsenal 14
Chelsea 9
Liverpool 8
City 7
United 5

Chelsea
Yellows : 33
Reds : 1

Arsenal
Yellows : 35
Reds : 5

United
Yellows : 35
Reds : 1

Liverpool
Yellows : 38
Reds : 2

Gary Neville will retire from football after 20 years playing at Manchester United.

Gary signed for United in July 1991 and was part of the famous Class of ’92 that won the FA Youth Cup in 1992. He then became a first-team regular alongside his teammates from that side, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, his brother Philip and David Beckham.

In his time at Old Trafford, Gary has played 602 games, scoring seven goals. He has won the Champions League, eight Premier League trophies, three FA Cups, two League Cups, the Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. He became United club captain in 2005.

Gary won 85 caps for England between 1995 and 2007, playing in two World Cups (1998 and 2006) and three European Championships (1996, 2000 and 2004).

Neville, who turns 36 this month, made the decision after much consideration. He said:

"I have been a Manchester United fan all my life and fulfilled every dream I've ever had. Obviously I am disappointed that my playing days are at an end, however it comes to us all, and it's knowing when that time is and for me that time is now. I have played in the most incredible football teams, playing with some of the best players in the world as well as against them and I have been lucky to have been part of the team's achievements and the club's great success.

"There are so many people I want to thank and, of course, top of that list is Sir Alex. He has given me so many opportunities and countless support over the last 20 years - he is truly one of the greatest managers - and I have to thank him for that.

"There have also been so many great players that I have had the privilege to train and play alongside. The experiences we've shared will be with me for the rest of my life. Also, I'd like to thank all the coaches I have played under from youth level right through to now, who have guided me through my playing days. And finally, the fans, who have always shown me unbelievable support. They know how special they are to me and this club.

"I am looking forward to new experiences and the club will always be a part of my life going forward. However, the most important thing now is for the club to continue with the success that is synonymous with Manchester United and I will be supporting them all the way, as a fan."

Meanwhile, Sir Alex Ferguson said:

“Gary was the best English right back of his generation. He is an example to any young professional; hard-working, loyal and intelligent. As a United fan born and bred, his fantastic career at Old Trafford has cemented his place in the affection of the club’s supporters everywhere.

“His impact on the club in general has been huge; his presence in the dressing room and leadership qualities have been an asset to me as a manager. All the young players who have sought his advice on many matters, particularly on contract issues owe him a great debt.

“As a young boy he had the will and determination to succeed as a footballer and that character remained with him throughout his career. That's the legacy he leaves every young player at Manchester United.”

Reds chief executive David Gill said:

“Gary has been a great servant to the club and we thank him for his loyalty and his contribution to the tremendous success we have enjoyed in his playing time here. I know from my many dealings with him over the years that he's always had the club’s best interests at heart. So, while this illustrious chapter in his career has finished, his experience, commitment and energy will ensure he will continue to play a part in the life of the club, whether on the coaching or the commercial side."

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that the sales of Phil Neville and Nicky Butt represented two of the toughest decisions of his 24-year Manchester United tenure.

Neville and Butt were part of a group of United academy graduates known as 'Fergie's Fledglings', youth-team players who were given an early first-team break by Ferguson and went on to become the backbone of the club's successful sides of the 1990s and early 2000s.

But as part of the evolution of Ferguson's side in the mid-noughties, the United boss allowed Butt to leave the club for Newcastle in 2004 and Phil Neville to join Everton in 2005 as he rebuilt a new team.

And Ferguson admits that letting the pair - who played 98 England internationals between them - leave the club was a real wrench.

"It's a horrible part of the job, Ferguson told ESPN in an exclusive interview. "You become a family really, you protect them that way your father would with his son. It hurt me terribly at the time because they were fantastic professionals with Manchester United roots.

"Phil Neville and Nicky Butt were part of the start here there's no question about that, people may identify Manchester United in many ways, by the great players they've had, by the players that were signed but the real secret is the players who have brought that spirit to Manchester United; Phil Neville and Nicky Butt were part of that.

"When the time came for me to advise them to move on because when they weren't playing regularly, it wasn't easy for me it wasn't easy for them. So the advice I gave them was 'look you really need to get regular football in'... we did the best we could for them and I think we got them good moves.

Ferguson believes that he has had to adapt his approach to dealing with players over the years, and says the modern-day footballer needs more careful handling than those in years gone by.

"You must change, you have to adopt,adapt to the changes to the individuals and the characters of the people we deal with now," Ferguson said. "It's a different human being we're dealing with now, it's a much more fragile human being.

"The people I'm dealing with nowadays seem to be more cocooned by their pay or their agents or their egos so you have a different person all together. So dealing with that you have to be different."