EVERTON CAPTAIN PHIL Neville – a man not known for being either tech-savvy or charismatic – rose to the top of Twitter’s trends list last night.
The former Manchester United man overtook US President Barack Obama, for a time, as Toffees fans riffed on their skipper’s myriad attributes.
At one point Gary’s little brother was the third most talked about subject in the world on the website, behind ‘African Americans’ – as there are now no African Americans in the US senate after Tuesday’s mid-term elections – and ‘RIP Andy’, in commemoration of a dead American professional surfer.
In the wake of Gareth Bale’s headline-grabbing performance at White Hart Lane against Champions League holders Inter Milan, Neville – who kept the Welsh winger quiet in a Premier League clash recently – rose to viral noteriety as fans joked about his ‘superpowers’.
Supporters tweeted:
Death once had a near Phil Neville experience
Phil Neville doesn’t use the force … he is the force!
The Queen sings ‘God Save Phil Neville’.
When Phil Neville exercises, the treadmill gets stronger.
Phil Neville doesn’t use the force, he is the force.
Phil Neville has counted to infinity twice
On his birthday Phil Neville chooses one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
When Phil Neville crosses the cars look both ways.
It takes around 5,000 tweets about a subject to make it a top trend.
Later, his former Everton team-mate Landon Donovan – who spent part of last season on loan at Goodison Park summed up the madness:
Phil Neville is trending?!? What has this world come to?!?!?!?
