[1] Managed by Lawrie McMenemy, Southampton finished that season as runners up in England's second tier, earning promotion to English football's top flight.
In Neville's first season there, they included League Cup wins against Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers before being knocked out in the fourth round by Graham Taylor's resurgent Watford.
[6] The next season Exeter reached the same stage knocking out Birmingham City en route before losing 2–0 to Liverpool at Anfield.
[5] The season after, The Blades bounced back to win the 1981–82 Fourth Division title under Ian Porterfield's management.
[12] In his fourth season there, Bristol City finished fifth,[13] meriting a place in the playoffs, where Walsall ultimately won the final.
[1] In 1991 Neville left to play for South China AA, the historically most successful club in the Hong Kong league.
In what has been described as a great period for Hong Kong domestic football,[16] In 1993 he joined Western Australian state league side Sorrento as a coach.