▁During ▁the ▁Round ▁ 4 ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁Western ▁Derby ▁Mc Man us ▁displayed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁courage ous ▁acts ▁seen ▁in ▁a ▁der by ▁when ▁he ▁ran ▁back ▁with ▁the ▁flight ▁of ▁the ▁ball ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁mark , ▁only ▁to ▁col lide ▁heavily ▁with ▁David ▁Wir rp anda . ▁ ▁His ▁res ili ence ▁was ▁displayed ▁when ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁play ▁after ▁the ▁collision ▁and ▁k icked ▁the ▁goal ▁from ▁the ▁resulting ▁free ▁kick . ▁ ▁He ▁played ▁his ▁ 1 0 0 th ▁game ▁for ▁F rem ant le ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁last ▁game ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁becoming ▁only ▁the ▁fifth ▁player ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁however , ▁his ▁form ▁fell ▁away ▁and ▁he ▁strugg led ▁for ▁selection . ▁ ▁Am id ▁calls ▁for ▁his ▁ret irement ▁or ▁del isting , ▁he ▁played ▁on ▁and ▁had ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁best ▁e verse asons ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁playing ▁all ▁ 2 2 ▁home ▁and ▁away ▁games ▁and ▁all ▁three ▁final s . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁five ▁F rem ant le ▁players ▁to ▁play ▁in ▁all ▁ 2 2 ▁matches . ▁ ▁Despite ▁this , ▁the ▁calls ▁for ▁ret irement ▁continued , ▁especially ▁as ▁it ▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁F rem ant le ' s ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁season ▁would ▁not ▁result ▁in ▁reaching ▁the ▁final s ▁series . ▁ ▁He ▁even ▁denied