Summer Wedding for Gary Neville


[Submitted by yivon on May 29, 2007, 11:38 am]
The Manchester United and England full back is to tie the knot with 25-year-old fiancee Emma Hadfield on Saturday, June 16. Some of the biggest names in football, including former team-mate David Beckham and his wife Victoria, will be among the guests. And in a break from the norm at celebrity ceremonies, the wedding party is expected to walk out of the cathedral in full view of the public - they will not be screened off by minders working for a showbiz magazine. United captain Gary, 31, was best man when Becks married former Posh Spice Victoria at their controversial 1999 wedding at a Dublin castle, when the couple posed on thrones in front of the assembled guests. Pictures of the reception, which was the subject of a massive security operation, were sold to OK! magazine for a reported sum of £1 million. The Neville wedding is expected to be a far more traditional affair in the 800-year-old cathedral, close to some of the busiest shopping streets in Manchester city centre. Gary can also be confident of getting to the church on time, as he owns a flat in the No 1 Deansgate apartment block, which overlooks the cathedral. It is understood the couple are planning a private reception at their rural home near Bury after the service. The event will pose a `selection' dilemma for some of Gary's England team-mates - for midfielder Steven Gerrard has booked his wedding for the same day. Liverpool star Gerrard will marry Alex Curran, 23, at a secret venue - thought to be in Cheshire - on June 16, and many players may find themselves invited to both events. United star Wayne Rooney, a close friend of fellow-Liverpudlian Gerrard, is one of the players who may have to choose which wedding he attends.