Phil Neville and Paul Scholes. Phil was made captain for the
second half.
However the Telegraph has this to report:
‘When the Football Association decided to define
unacceptable behaviour and spread the word to England fans
via television, poster and Tannoy, they forgot to mention
booing Phil Neville. Last night at the Walkers Stadium a
newly chastened crowd respected Serbia and Montenegro's
anthem but jeered one of their own country's most honest and
hard-working pros. One who was even voted man of the match.
Phil-istines, you might call them.
‘Ten England players were applauded before play began and
one was singled out and mocked. This, in total ignorance of
the fact that Neville has been reborn at Manchester United
as a tenacious holding midfielder, which is where Sven-Goran
Eriksson employed him against the former Yugoslavia, as
captain, by the end. Neville's blanket job on Patrick
Vieira, of Arsenal, went down as one of the defensive
performances of the season.
‘Neville P has developed the engine, the appetite and the
tactical awareness to understudy Roy Keane as hustler-in-
chief. But why give someone credit for the 38 England caps
accumulated under Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan
and now Eriksson when you can hound him into eternity for
the rash tackle he made on a Romanian at Euro 2000? Gary's
brother has been in the stocks ever since. Public acclaim
will probably never be his.’