THE RISE AND RISE OF BRECKHAM SYNOPSE

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1 INTRODUCTION CAREER THE SUCCESSFUL MAN MARRIAGE CAREER LOWS AND HIGHS IN A LAND OF GRIDIRON AND BASEBALL, SOCCER IS THE LATEST CRAZE ALL EYES ARE ON THE BECKHAM S AS THEY INTRODUCE SOCCER S CHAMPIONS TO THE USA. POTENTIALLY IN THE STATES, SOCCER COULD BE AS BIG AS IT IS EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE WORLD, AROUND THE WORLD, AROUND THE WORLD. AS A YOUNGSTER, HE LIVED AND BREATHED FOOTBALL AND HE ENJOYED LONG HOURS KICKING THE BALL AROUND WITH HIS DAD. AND IN 1991, HE WAS SIGNED UP BY THE WORLD FAMOUS MANCHESTER UNITED AS A TRAINEE. HE MADE HIS DEBUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, WITH AN FA YOUTH CUP UNDER HIS BELT, BECKHAM WAS A NOW A CONVINCING PROFESSIONAL WITH THE MIGHTY MAN U FOR WHOM HE HAD DREAMED OF PLAYING FOR AS A BOY. AN INTOXICATING MIX OF STUNNING GOOD-LOOKS, MARRIAGE TO A POP STAR AND THE BIRTH OF PHOTOGENIC CHILDREN, COMBINED WITH THE DRAMA OF PHYSICAL INJURY AND A WHOPPING SALARY MEANS MILLIONS OF MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS CAN T GET ENOUGH OF THE LEGEND THAT IS DAVID BECKHAM. BETTER KNOWN AS POSH SHE WAS VICTORIA ADAMS AND SOON TO BE, THE OTHER MAJOR INTEREST IN DAVID BECKHAM S LIFE. WHEN BECKS SAW POSH IN A SPICE GIRLS VIDEO CLIP. HE SAID HE HAD TO MEET THE ONE WITH THE BOB AND THE SHORT SKIRT AND THE REST IS HISTORY. FOOTBALL, LIKE PUBLIC LIFE HASN T ALL BEEN SMOOTH SAILING FOR DAVID Page 1 of 5

2 THE BECKS LOOK DO I LOOK GOOD IN THIS? CAREER MOVES ON REAL MADRID BECKHAM. AT THE WORLD CUP OF 1998 IN FRANCE, HE WAS GIVEN THE RED CARD FOR KICKING ARGENTINEAN PLAYER, DIEGO SIMEONE. WHILE THE FAMOUS BECKHAM STYLE WAS RETURNING TO THE SOCCER PITCH, THE BECKS LOOK WAS BECOMING A HEAD- TURNER WHENEVER HE STEPPED OUT ON THE TOWN. DAVID IS REVERED AS THE ULTIMATE 'METRO SEXUAL. HE OFTEN WEARS PAINTED FINGERNAILS, HANGS OUT IN SARONGS AND KEEPS ONE-STEP AHEAD WITH AN ENDLESS ARRAY OF HEADBANDS, PLAITS, GELS AND COLORS IN HIS HAIR. THE BECKHAM BRAND OF APPROVAL IS SOUGHT OUT BY CLOTHING DESIGNERS, HEALTH AND FITNESS SPECIALISTS, FASHION MAGAZINES, PERFUME AND COSMETICS MANUFACTURERS, HAIR STYLISTS, EXERCISE PROMOTERS, AND SPA AND RECREATION COMPANIES. IF MONETARY VALUE IS ANY JUDGE, BECKHAM S AMBITION TO BE THE BEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD WAS REALISED IN 2003, WHEN HE WAS SOLD BY MANCHESTER UNITED, FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY 42 MILLION US DOLLARS. THE CLUB WHO THOUGHT HIM WORTH THAT MUCH WAS THE LEGENDARY SPANISH CLUB, REAL MADRID. BECKHAM WAS A WILLING PARTICIPANT IN THE DEAL, BUT CONFIRMED, HE WAS STILL PREPARED TO CAPTAIN THE ENGLISH NATIONAL SIDE DESPITE LIVING IN SPAIN. TO THE OPERATIC STRAINS OF ALA MADRID, THE 25 MILLION POUND MAN TOOK CENTRE STAGE ON HIS FIRST DAY AS A REAL MADRID PLAYER. HIS NEW SHIRT WAS EMBLAZONED WITH THE NUMBER TWENTY-THREE, NOT HIS Page 2 of 5

3 ASIAN TOUR KEEPING COOL PRESS CONFERENCES CELEBRITY QUIRKS PETER PAN FAVOURITE NUMBER SEVEN, BUT THE NEW NUMBERS WERE THOSE MADE FAMOUS BY BASKETBALL LEGEND MICHAEL JORDAN. IT SEEMED THIS COULDN T BE PURE COINCIDENCE. IT HAD TO BE AN OMEN. AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT HE WAS LEAVING MANCHESTER UNITED TO PLAY FOR THE SPANISH TEAM, REAL, BECKS AND POSH WENT ON A TEN-DAY TOUR OF ASIA. IT DOESN T MATTER IF IT S A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN, OR ARRIVING IN ASIA TO A TELEVISED WALK OUT FROM CUSTOMS, THE COUPLE HAS HAD TO LEARN TO TAKE IT ALL IN THEIR STRIDE. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A VENEER OF NONCHALANCE, LETTING NOTHING DISTURB THEIR UBER COOL, BUT THEY ALSO GENERATE PERSONAL WARMTH WITH A SMILE ALWAYS AT THE READY. IN A MADRID HOSPITAL, BATHED IN BEAUTIFUL SPANISH SUNSHINE VICTORIA GAVE BIRTH TO A THIRD SON. THEY NAMED HIM CRUZ DAVID. BEAMING WITH PRIDE, DAVID BECKHAM ANNOUNCED HIS ARRIVAL TO THE CAMERAS. CELEBRITY HAS ITS UPSIDE, DOWNSIDE AND SOMETIMES INCREDIBLY WEIRD SIDE, WITH FANS WANTING TO IDOLIZE, IDEALIZE AND EVEN IMMORTALIZE THE OBJECT OF THEIR AFFECTION. THIS THREE- METRE HIGH CHOCOLATE DAVID BECKHAM IN TOKYO, MAY NOT LAST LONG ENOUGH TO BE IMMORTAL, BUT IT S A DELICIOUS TRIBUTE. WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN, THE GLOBETROTTING SUPERSTAR SHOWS THAT HIS HEART IS NEVER FAR FROM LONDON. IN 2005, HE REALIZED A LONG HELD AMBITION WHEN HE OPENED THE Page 3 of 5

4 AWARDS THE RISE AND RISE OF BRECKHAM 'DAVID BECKHAM ACADEMY'. THE AIM OF THIS ACADEMY WAS TO FIND NEW, UP AND COMING FOOTBALL PLAYERS, AS WELL AS TO GIVE YOUNGSTERS THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP A RANGE OF LIFE SKILLS TO BECOME BETTER CITIZENS. IT IS WITH NO WONDER THAT BECKHAM HAS BEEN REWARDED FOR THESE COMMENDABLE QUALITIES. IN 1997, HE WAS RECEIVED THE PFA YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD. IN 99 HE WAS WINNER OF THE UEFA CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR SAW HIM AWARDED BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR. IN 2003, HE WAS NAMED AN OFFICER IN THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE BY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. SPONSORSHIPS AND EARNINGS BEING GOOD LOOKING, SUCCESSFUL, WEALTHY, A FOOTBALL LEGEND AND MARRIED TO A POP-STAR WERE PROBABLY INGREDIENTS ENOUGH FOR BECKHAM TO EARN A GOOD INCOME THROUGH PRODUCT ENDORSEMENTS. CHARITIES HE TIRELESSLY SUPPORTS MANY CHARITIES INCLUDING MALARIA NO MORE, PEACE ONE DAY, THE PRINCE S TRUST, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN AND HE IS A UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR. LA GALAXY WHEN THE RETIRED ENGLAND CAPTAIN ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE JOINING THE MAJOR SOCCER LEAGUE TEAM LOS ANGELES GALAXY IN THE US, BECKHAM'S FORMER COACH AT MANCHESTER UNITED, ALEC FERGUSON SAID HE WASN T SURPRISED BY BECKHAM'S MOVE TO THE STATES. HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY ON THE CELEBRITY CIRCUIT, THE TABLOIDS AND TELEVISION TALK SHOWS CAN T GET ENOUGH OF THE BECKHAMS. VICTORIA WOWED THE PAPARAZZI AND GOSSIP Page 4 of 5

5 LIVING HIS DREAMS COLUMNISTS AT THE GRAMMIES AND OSCARS PARTIES AND SHE EVEN MADE THE BEST DRESSED LISTS THE MORNING AFTER. SO THE BOY BECOMES A MAN, THE MAN PLAYS FOOTBALL, CAPTAINS HIS COUNTRY, MARRIES HIS PRINCESS OF POP, PAYS A LOT FOR CLOTHES AND HAIRCUTS, CURLS PLENTY OF SUPER STRIKES INTO THE NET, OVERCOMES INJURY, COPES WITH CONSTANT MEDIA INTRUSION, WORKS FOR CHARITY, AND HAS THE RESPECT OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. IT ALL SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST. THIS IS THE LIFE OF DAVID ROBERT JOSEPH BECKHAM BECKS. Page 5 of 5