It's not every day that you bump into a trio of footballing legends eating fish and chips on a park bench.
But visitors to Whitehead Park, in Bury, were left stunned last week when they came across Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher tucking into their lunches. Former United defender Neville took his fellow pundits on a tour of his hometown as part of a new TV series.
The trio called in at Stephen Street Chippery - reportedly a favourite of the Neville family - where Gary was invited behind the fryer to cook fish and chips for Keane and Carragher.
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John Kilgariff, who owns the chippy with his wife, Rebecca, said: "We knew about the visit about a month ago but they asked us to keep it hush-hush because they didn't want mobbing outside. Apparently Gary used to come in here with his mum and grandmother and it was their favourite chippy.
"They were quite chatty and there was a bit of banter going. They were like every other customer that comes in. There was no airs and graces with them, they were pretty down to earth.
"They cajoled Gary into cooking fish and chips for all three of them. They were here for about 45 minutes in total."
Mr Kilgariff said Neville and Carragher ordered fish and chips, while Keane went for chips with Irish curry. The group posed for pictures with staff at the chippy before heading to the park across the road to eat their food.
Images shared on social media showed them tucking into their food on a bench. During the visit, they also stopped at Gary's childhood home in Ainsworth Road.
In an Instagram post, Neville revealed that the visit was part of filming for The Overlap on Tour, a TV series which is due to air on Sky Max this summer.
He said: "So today I went back to my roots for the Overlap on Tour! This is the house I grew up in for the first 11 years of my life. To go inside it again was a great thing to do and meet Lorraine who lives there now.
"The fireplace in the front room still the same. Oh if you could go back in time for a day to experience it again. My Nan and Bill living over the road.
"Playing football and cricket with Philip , my cousin and friends opposite in the park. It would be so good. Memories."
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