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David Beckham's Soccer USA

2. Many of the guests referred to Scottish player Paul Dalglish, who played for the Houston Dynamo, which led Lovejoy to suggest the title of the programme be changed to 'Paul Dalglish's Soccer USA'.


1998 in England

26 June - England qualify for the next stage of the World Cup by beating Colombia 2-0 in Lens, with David Beckham scoring the first with a trademark 30 yard free kick, with Darren Anderton the 2nd.

Ana Obregón

A staple of the Spanish prensa rosa or gossip press, Obregón is also famous in Spain and Britain for a long relationship with Croatia striker Davor Šuker as well as a supposed liaison with the Real Madrid and England international football player David Beckham.

Andy D'Urso

Upon awarding the kick, six Manchester United players (Roy Keane, Nicky Butt, David Beckham, Jaap Stam, Ryan Giggs and Denis Irwin) chased D'Urso to object to the decision; the resulting image was freely circulated by the media.

Atlanta Silverbacks Park

In 2007, Reggie Bush and David Beckham filmed a commercial for Adidas at the park in which they try to teach each other to play soccer and American football, respectively.

Becks

David Beckham (born 1975), nicknamed Becks, English professional football midfielder

Blue Peter badge

Gold badge holders include Leo Stuchbury (1993) who was awarded this badge for being the youngest ever person to complete the National Swimathon at the age of 6, Christopher Newby (2000), David Beckham, JK Rowling, Stephen Payne, Queen Elizabeth II (2001), Tom Daley (2009), David Tennant (2009), Anthony Horowitz (2011) and Sir Jonathan Ive (2013).

Brimsdown Rovers F.C.

The youth section has regularly enjoyed success at both League and County level since its formation and its most famous product is David Beckham, the Manchester United and England star who also played for Real Madrid.

David Beckham presented memorabilia to the club including a shirt bearing his name and original squad number of 28, which was later stolen from the clubhouse.

Clonsilla

Luttrellstown Castle - dating from the early 15th century and once owned by members of the Guinness family, it is now a hotel, with associated golf course, and was thrown into the spotlight when David Beckham and Victoria Adams married there.

DB7

David Beckham, an English footballer who played for Manchester United and England wearing the number seven shirt

European Union withholding tax

The law gained its nickname after the footballer David Beckham became one of the first foreigners to take advantage of it.

Fairplay For All Foundation

Players of Payatas FC have been invited to participate in training clinics by the Azkals, the Philippine National Men's Football Team, Global FC of the United Football League, as well as LA Galaxy with international football superstar David Beckham.

Futures Without Violence

In 2007, Futures Without Violence and UNICEF partnered to develop and distribute an International Coaches Manual that includes quotes and endorsement from stars such as David Beckham, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Thierry Henry.

George Houghton

While in America he also travelled to Florida to talk to an unnamed man who he said almost runs football over there and he has also been talking to former Middlesbrough and England now FC Twente manager Steve McClaren as well to set up links with David Beckham to try to get him to become an ambassador for the club.

Georgie Bingham

During her time at ESPN, she participated in broadcasts from Wimbledon, The Open, the US open golf and tennis, The ESPYs, and interviewed Pele, David Beckham, Tracy McGrady, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant among others.

Huggy Ragnarsson

She has photographed many famous faces, including David Beckham, Linda Evangelista, and Naomi Campbell.

Isabel Preysler

In 2004, Preysler became Spain's welcoming host for David and Victoria Beckham when she hosted a welcoming party at her house for the celebrity couple.

Isles of Scilly Football League

In April 2008, Adidas ran an advertisement called "Dream Big", highlighting the league, featuring several well-known football personnel including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Patrick Vieira.

Luttrellstown Castle

The castle has hosted visits by Queen Victoria in 1844 and 1900, and its media profile was raised when Victoria Adams married David Beckham there on 4 July 1999.

Marcelo Gallardo

Gallardo has the third-largest salary in MLS for 2008, behind English midfielder David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy ($6.5 million guaranteed) and Mexican forward Cuauhtémoc Blanco of the Chicago Fire ($2.67 million).

Mickey Mouse degrees

In 2000, Staffordshire University was mocked as providing 'David Beckham Studies' because it provided a module on the sociological importance of football to students taking sociology, sports science or media studies.

Neville Thurlbeck

In 2004 Thurlbeck broke a story which alleged footballer David Beckham was having an affair.

Paul Colton

He is now perhaps best known for being the priest who officiated at the wedding of footballer David Beckham and Spice girl Victoria Adams on July 4, 1999 at the medieval Luttrellstown Castle on the outskirts of Dublin.

Raffi Boghosian

He has interviewed such notable people as sports stars Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham and media stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emma Stone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Al Pacino, Larry King, Tony Kushner and John Gatins.

Real, The Movie

The movie stars Raúl, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, David Beckham, Guti, and many other present and former figures from the Spanish Club.

Sid Lee

Sid Lee launched a global brand campaign for adidas Originals under the Celebrate Originality banner featuring cultural icons such as David Beckham, Kevin Garnett, and Katy Perry.

Socks in sandals

The football player David Beckham and the singer Justin Bieber have been mocked for wearing socks with sandals by the British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail.

Soham murders

The inspectorate also criticised a "lack of grip" on the investigation, which included nationally televised appeals by footballer David Beckham, and Detective Superintendent David Beck who announced that he had left a message for abductors on Jessica's mobile phone before the case was taken from him.

Steve Gaisford

Steve Gaisford has covered many breaking news stories including The Asian Tsunami, The Death of Pope John Paul II and The Madrid train bombings and from the world of sport including the live media circus that was David Beckham signing for Real Madrid.

Su Maozhen

Early on in his career, he had two brief trial periods with Manchester United in the 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons, during which he made a number of appearances for the Junior A team alongside future stars such as Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Paul Scholes.

Terry Antonis

He first received media attention in Australia when he was 10 years old when he won a football talent competition on Channel 7 television show, Today Tonight, winning a trip to Madrid to make a training skills DVD with David Beckham.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Steve Davis as himself: gets hired by Todd (who, following bad advice from Dave, believes him to be "bigger than Beckham") to be the "face of Thunder Muscle".

Tim Lees

The series was set around the globe with a $100,000 prize for the winning team performing different football challenges involving David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Alessandro Nesta.

UNICEF UK

Current UNICEF UK Ambassadors and high profile supporters include David Beckham, Martin Bell OBE, Orlando Bloom, Charley Boorman, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ralph Fiennes, Ryan Giggs, Ewan McGregor, Jemima Khan, Sir Roger Moore, James Nesbitt, Vanessa Redgrave and Robbie Williams.

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America was a 2007 one-hour American TV special that featured British former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham moving to the United States where her husband, David Beckham, began his career playing soccer for LA Galaxy of the MLS.

VMAN

VMAN promotes everyone from unknown up-and-comers to globally recognized celebrities and covers have featured Kanye West, Josh Brolin, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, James Franco and Stephen Dorff.

World Cuppa

The best example was after David Beckham announced the end of his England captaincy and O'Connell placed him under "Shame".

Your Missus Is a Nutter

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the nature of the band's music and the participation of England star David Beckham, the band dedicated "Your Missus is a Nutter" to the footballer's wife, who was present at the match.

Yuko Aoki

On December 16, 2002, Aoki revealed a chocolate covered statue of David Beckham in Tokyo to generate publicity.


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