Gary Neville misses his late father so much that he is still the top speed dial on his phone and sometimes rings him by accident.
But the ex-England footballer turned TV pundit insists he will keep Neville Neville at the head of the list.
Their bond was such Gary, 47, was not at ease before a game until waving to his dad – who attended all of his 602 games for Manchester United – in the stand.
And they would speak by phone numerous times a day.
Neville Neville died, at the age of 65, in 2015 while in Australia supporting his daughter Tracey, 45, as she coached England at the Netball World Cup.
Gary, speaking on business podcast The Diary of a CEO, said: “I don’t ring people.
“I don’t ring my brother Phil every day, I don’t text my sister every day, I don’t ring my mum every day – but I rang my dad every day, three or four times a day.
“He was the only constant in my life. I put his office next to our house because basically he looked after my stuff.
“I’ve still got him at the top of my favourites in my speed dials – I’ll never move him.
“I go to ring my mum and you press ‘Dad’ and it freaks me out and makes me well-up a little bit.”
The eight-time Premier League winner, added: “He was at every single one of my games. I waved at my dad 602 times. I couldn’t settle until I had found him.”
