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[light, contemplative music playing]
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[faint buzzing sound]
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[David] All right.
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Here it comes. I see it dripping.
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[Fisher] What's the name
of your honey again?
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There's a bit of an argument
in the house at the moment.
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I think it should be "Golden Bees."
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Victoria likes "DB Sticky Stuff."
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[both chuckle faintly]
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[Fisher] That could get you
in trouble with HR.
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-[David] Oh God. Really?
-[Fisher] Oh my God.
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Come on, man.
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[Fisher] What other hobbies
do you have like this?
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[David] Lego.
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Isn't that amazing?
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Taste it.
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-[Fisher] It's really good.
-[David] Good, right?
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[Fisher] Yeah. "DB Sticky Stuff."
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"DB Sticky..."
See, it's growing on you, right?
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-[Fisher] It actually is.
-It's growing on you.
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[Fisher] Fuck, it's very sticky, though.
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[music fades out]
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[crowd chanting]
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[melancholic music playing]
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[commentator] Welcome to the start
of the new season in England.
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[David] It was a beautiful day in London.
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First game of the season.
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[announcer] Number ten, David Beckham.
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[commentator]
In the glare of the sunshine,
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in the glare of great publicity,
we're about to get underway.
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[blows whistle]
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[David] Jordi Cruyff tried
to chip the goalkeeper.
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[commentator] Cruyff.
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[David] And I remember
looking over at the manager.
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Because if ever you tried anything
like that and it didn't come off,
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the manager would be
on his feet and he'd be killing you.
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So...
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[music becomes suspenseful]
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We won the ball just inside our half.
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And I looked up, and I thought, "Why not?"
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[suspenseful music plays quietly]
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{\an8}We were behind the goal that day.
It just went deathly quiet.
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{\an8}Like, as the ball
left his foot, the ground...
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You wouldn't have known
you was in a football stadium.
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[David] And I remember
seeing it go right out left,
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and then, all of a sudden,
it started coming back in.
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[suspenseful music plays more loudly]
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And I was thinking,
"This has got a chance."
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[commentator]
And Beckham saw Sullivan off his line!
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-Oh! That is absolutely phenomenal!
-[dramatic victorious music playing]
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From the halfway line!
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What an astonishing goal!
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Everybody in the ground
just lost in admiration.
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And 21-year-old David Beckham
scores what may go down
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as one of the great goals of our time,
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and it'll be talked about
for a long, long time.
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[David] I walked off the pitch,
the manager said,
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"David, you get on the bus
and you don't say a word. No interviews."
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[music stops]
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[man] Can I ask you a couple questions?
First, David Beckham's goal.
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Fantastic. Out of this world.
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Best goal I've ever seen.
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It's unprecedented. In his own half.
Nobody's ever done it before.
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{\an8}[dramatic news show music]
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Good evening.
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There was a goal from the halfway line
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scored by Manchester United's
David Beckham.
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{\an8}We didn't have access
to Internet and stuff like this,
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so you hear about it through the radio.
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And it was like,
"Right, Match of the Day tonight."
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"We'll watch that."
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[slow, dramatic music playing]
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You'd heard about him before,
and you'd seen him play games,
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but that's the first moment
where I went, "Okay."
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"There's a difference with this guy."
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{\an8}And everybody kept saying, "Oh,
what a goal!" "Was it? I didn't see it."
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{\an8}"What?" "Didn't see it."
Some bloody bloke stood up in front of me.
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But that was the start of it really,
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because nobody had done it before.
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Pele had tried it.
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[commentator] Pele.
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He saw the goalkeeper off the line!
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[man] David! Here, David! Over here!
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[Fisher] Did you know that his life
was going to change after that goal?
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[Ted] Oh yeah. It had to. It had to.
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They never left him alone after that.
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[man] Has he changed at all?
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No, he's not changed at all.
He's still a nice lad.
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[music stops]
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-[chuckling]
-[David] He makes me laugh.
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-Do you mind, please?
-[man] Do you pinch yourself?
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-Think, "I can't believe it's happening"?
-[Ted] Yeah.
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I just drift away and, you know,
and think how it first happened.
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Oh, it's brilliant.
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[quiet classical music playing]
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-Morning.
-[Fisher] What's up?
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Did you kill these deer?
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No, not me.
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Nothing to do with me, actually.
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My granddad was meticulous.
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Everything that was written about me,
every picture that was in the papers.
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Oh my God. Some of these pictures
I haven't seen for years.
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There's Dad. Did my dad behave himself?
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-[Fisher] He certainly had a lot to say.
-Yeah.
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[Ted] I was a gas engineer.
I used to work seven days a week.
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I used to have a red Toyota van.
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I would have no other color.
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[David] My dad was absolutely obsessed
with Manchester United.
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Every Christmas,
I would get a Manchester United kit.
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His obsession was bigger than mine.
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[Sandra] I was a hairdresser,
and then had the children,
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so I worked at home to make money.
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We didn't have much then.
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My mum would have four or five old ladies
sat under the big hairdryers,
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and then I would be making
cups of teas and pieces of toast,
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and giving them cakes
and things like that.
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I never really did well at school.
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I wasn't intelligent, believe it or not.
Surprise, surprise.
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I never had many friends.
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I kept myself to myself.
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From the moment I got in from school
to the moment I slept,
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I spent my time out in the garden.
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[Sandra] He'd never do anything else.
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If it was bad weather or something,
he'd be drawing,
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and it would all be
something to do with football.
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[David] This one is playing
for the county.
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[Fisher] Look. Already you had...
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[David] I know, that style.
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I could hit a ball in a certain way,
different to anyone else.
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To 30 yards away, on a sixpence.
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[people shouting]
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I used to say to him, "Every time
you hit the crossbar, I'll give you 50p."
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And it used to cost me a fortune.
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[Sandra] That's all he ever wanted.
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He never went out with friends,
never went out at night.
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-[Fisher] Partying? Girls?
-He didn't want to know.
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[David] I saw my mum and dad
working hard every day,
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till 11 o'clock at night,
12 o'clock at night.
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I knew the only way
to be a professional footballer
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was to work hard.
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[music stops]
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[loud cheering]
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[Sandra] Did he tell you
I was there the first time
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Manchester United found him?
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And this man was stood
by the side of me, and he said,
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"I'm a Man United scout." I said, "Oh."
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The phone rings, and it rung at a time
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where we all look at each other like,
"Who's calling this time of night?"
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My mum picked it up,
and... she, she literally went,
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[whispering] "It's Sir Alex Ferguson.
This is Alex Ferguson."
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[man] Okay, camera's rolling.
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[Fisher] Here he comes.
Ready? And... Hold on.
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That's not him. Oh, it is him, moving.
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At first, I thought it was a wind-up.
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I was... I couldn't sleep that night.
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[Fisher] So, thank you so much.
We ordered you a coffee.
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{\an8}-So I get two cameras?
-[Fisher] Two cameras, yeah.
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{\an8}-I was hoping for three.
-[Fisher] Aye, yeah.
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{\an8}[chuckling]
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[clears throat]
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[man 1] And I think you could go.
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[man 2] Okay. When did David Beckham
first come to your attention?
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It was not long after I came to the club.
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[contemplative music playing]
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[reporter] 1986 has been United's
worst start to the season since the war.
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The club are fourth from bottom.
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The club say they will now
be approaching Alex Ferguson.
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[woman]
Is that your first autograph for United?
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We haven't won the league for 20 years.
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It's a great challenge
for Manchester United players.
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{\an8}The one thing about Sir Alex,
you had to have...
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{\an8}What we call in England, you have
to have a big pair of... to play.
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Um...
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-[Fisher] You can say "balls."
-Yeah. You need a pair of balls.
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[commentator] As Manchester United
face a crucial afternoon
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in their quest for the Premier League.
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Manchester United hadn't won the league
for 25 years. It was ridiculous.
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[commentator]
The manager saving every vital second.
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So that was the Holy Grail.
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[commentator] Out to Pallister.
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Bruce! Yes!
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-[crowd cheering]
-[music becomes dramatic]
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Unbelievable!
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Brian Kidd and Alex Ferguson
are celebrating the championship!
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[Steve] The thing
that hit you straight away
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was the ferocious appetite
he had to succeed.
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[commentator] That's the moment
Old Trafford has been waiting for
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since 1967.
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I won't be taking my foot off the pedal.
It's not my nature.
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As long as they're hungry.
Because without hunger, you can't achieve.
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What I wanted was a structure
of young people getting a chance.
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That was my mantra, to get young players,
develop a football club, not a team.
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There's me and the boss.
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That's one of the first times I met him.
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[man] There's a picture of you there,
signing with Alex Ferguson.
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-[David] Mm.
-[man] What was it like signing?
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Just brilliant.
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Signing the paper and that...
I just couldn't believe it was happening.
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[Alex] He came to us as a small,
skinny little boy, you know?
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But when you see potential,
it sticks out at you.
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It's your job then to bring that
to fruition, to make them a man.
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Okay, son?
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Alex Ferguson was someone that I looked
up to as, as a father figure.
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One of the most important people
in my life
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from the age of 12, 13,
when I first met him.
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[man] Camera's rolling.
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-[Fisher] This was your first ever...
-Mm.
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[commentator]
Young David Beckham coming on.
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[David] Yeah, my first ever game.
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[commentator] A young midfield player.
As Kanchelskis goes off.
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[Fisher] Look how young, dude.
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I know. 17.
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[inspirational music playing]
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We know that they're gonna run long.
They're gonna run forever.
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[commentator] Cantona charging.
Bülent's getting himself into trouble.
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Beckham.
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It's a goal!
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Two-nil!
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The young boys
are doing Alex Ferguson proud.
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My first goal was great, but I was
more excited about celebrating with Eric.
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[commentator]
Joy on the youngster's face there.
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[chuckling]
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[music stops]
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{\an8}[Fisher]
That's one of his favorite memories.
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{\an8}-Yeah?
-[Fisher] Mm-hm.
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{\an8}[man] What was that moment like,
when the ball hit the net?
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It was a dream. It was just a dream.
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And I'd never had
a feeling like it in my life. Never.
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[man] Let's move around.
Steve, can you get the boots?
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These here. See that? "Becks." [chuckles]
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["Supersonic" by Oasis playing]
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[commentator]
A really noisy atmosphere at Old Trafford.
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Wow.
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We talk about anticipation.
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To anticipate. Anticipation.
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That's why sometimes
people speak about intelligence,
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that footballers are not intelligent.
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But you need to have
this kind of intelligence.
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We play wonderful football.
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[commentator 1]
David Beckham. That's not a bad ball in!
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["Supersonic" continues]
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Wonderful. [chuckles]
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[commentator] Eric Cantona.
244
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Two, might be three.
245
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This is Beckham!
246
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That season, when you see David play,
everybody said that he has a gift.
247
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[commentator 2] It's gonna be Beckham.
248
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{\an8}Oh! It's another classic
from young David Beckham.
249
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He's like an artist
in front of his canvas.
250
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He can put the ball anywhere.
251
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[commentator 3] ...drop to Beckham!
252
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Well, every goal he scores
is an absolute beauty.
253
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How about that?
254
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Seriously, that feeling,
255
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if you could bottle that feeling
and sell it, you'd be a billionaire.
256
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[crowd cheers]
257
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There were times that season
we'd think, "Wow. Becks,
258
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the way he's hitting this ball,
I've never seen anything like it."
259
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There isn't a guy
who can do it the way he does it.
260
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[Fisher] This was your entrance every day?
261
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Yeah. Into the Theatre,
as it's known. The Theatre of Dreams.
262
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["Supersonic" continues]
263
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[Paul] Flash lad, gel in his hair.
264
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{\an8}Looking real prim, proper. Pretty...
265
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{\an8}We called him "pretty boy,"
'cause he was. He was pretty.
266
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[commentator 4] What a finish.
267
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It was very much the music stars
in Manchester who were the stars.
268
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{\an8}We were, you know, cock of the walk.
We were kings of the roost.
269
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{\an8}The Manchester music scene,
in that time, with The Haçienda,
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it was all about musicians.
271
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{\an8}["Supersonic" continues]
272
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The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis.
273
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When Beckham's star rose,
it turned around completely.
274
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And you'd watch the footballers
become the rock stars.
275
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I loved Manchester.
You know, there was so much happening.
276
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You know, Haçienda, which...
I never went to Haçienda, but...
277
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Well, I actually might have gone
a couple of times, but, uh...
278
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[siren blaring]
279
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-[Fisher] Did you ever go to The Haçienda?
-[music fades out]
280
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[Gary] No.
281
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I don't like nightclubs... um, really.
282
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Not for me. Never have been.
283
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{\an8}The music, the noise... I think a night out,
for me, is about a social experience
284
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{\an8}where, the people you're with, you talk,
you have a good night, you have a drink.
285
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The idea of nightclubs,
where you've got music in your ear,
286
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this banging noise,
that isn't for me, that.
287
00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:28,863
-Is that a scarf?
-Not a scarf. It's a hoodie.
288
00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:30,698
-Is it?
-Give me a break.
289
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[chuckles]
290
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[commentator 1] Gary Neville.
291
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Beckham.
292
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[Gary] We were absolutely destroying teams
down that right-hand side.
293
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He was with his crossing.
294
00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,837
And I was supporting him
in a way which, to be fair, was...
295
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I'd say I was a side dish, really.
296
00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:48,925
[light, contemplative music playing]
297
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[commentator 2] It's another
for the collection for David Beckham.
298
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[Gary] Not the beef.
299
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I was the mustard on the side.
300
00:16:56,807 --> 00:16:59,519
-[David] Gary was Mr. Sensible.
-[Fisher] Did he talk a lot then?
301
00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:02,605
[scoffs] Oh, Gaz? Gaz always talked.
302
00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:06,317
He could always talk,
and we very rarely listened to him.
303
00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,364
But there was just
that special connection between us.
304
00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:13,741
[man] Do you think he's a good player?
305
00:17:13,824 --> 00:17:16,327
Yeah. I think he's gonna be
the best midfielder in England.
306
00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:17,286
I'm sure of that.
307
00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:21,624
He's unique in that he can do things
that other footballers can't do.
308
00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,293
-[commentator 3] Gary Neville.
-[Gary] I was subservient...
309
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Beckham.
310
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...because I need David
to go and do something magical.
311
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[commentator 3] Glorious ball.
312
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He was practicing free kicks.
I was practicing throw-ins.
313
00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,515
[commentator 4] Beckham.
314
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It's a difficult ball,
but how about that for execution?
315
00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,061
We were like that on the pitch.
316
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It was telepathic.
317
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Off the pitch as well,
I knew where he was in his mind.
318
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-It wasn't enough for him.
-[music stops]
319
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He wanted to be
more than a football player.
320
00:17:58,953 --> 00:18:00,621
[camera shutter clicks]
321
00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:01,914
[David] That season...
322
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[man] In a short while,
I'll be issuing a statement.
323
00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:08,170
...that was the start, for me,
of working with the brands.
324
00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:11,966
We've invested significant resources
in developing a modern range of products
325
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which is specially formulated for men.
326
00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:17,221
[David] That was the first time
I stepped outside of football.
327
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-[people] David! Over here!
-[overlapping shouting]
328
00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:26,897
[David] Not many footballers
were doing that, at that point.
329
00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:28,357
[man] Sit up straight.
330
00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:29,775
[laughter]
331
00:18:29,859 --> 00:18:31,193
[Fisher] But you got paid.
332
00:18:31,736 --> 00:18:32,903
Yeah, I got paid.
333
00:18:33,988 --> 00:18:34,822
Yeah.
334
00:18:34,905 --> 00:18:36,824
[man] I'm trying to get wide
on it. Hang on.
335
00:18:36,907 --> 00:18:38,159
[contemplative music playing]
336
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:40,536
It's blooming nice, yeah. Yeah, it's...
337
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:43,164
This is the first time
that I've ever been in a Porsche.
338
00:18:44,248 --> 00:18:46,208
-[Fisher] You spent your money.
-I spent my money.
339
00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,711
-You liked your stuff.
-I like nice stuff.
340
00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:54,175
-[man] Oh, what's he like! Yeah.
-[chuckling]
341
00:18:54,258 --> 00:18:57,386
As soon as we got money, it was like,
"I want to buy a nice watch."
342
00:18:58,054 --> 00:19:00,056
I love shopping,
I love cars, I love watches.
343
00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:03,059
-[man] Your watch. What is it?
-[David] This is a Rolex.
344
00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:05,436
-This is interesting.
-[David] Yeah, that's Gucci.
345
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,314
[man] You have to look good
for the paparazzi, haven't you?
346
00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:11,859
-[man] David! Over here!
-[overlapping shouting]
347
00:19:13,444 --> 00:19:15,780
[David] I'd signed a contract with Adidas...
348
00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:21,035
for £50,000.
349
00:19:23,245 --> 00:19:28,334
And I went and bought an M3 for £50,000.
350
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,421
[Fisher] What is the obsession
with the cars, man?
351
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{\an8}Bentleys, Porsche, yeah.
He was the first to kind of...
352
00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:39,762
Upped everyone's game
in the car park, I'll give him that.
353
00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,847
[contemplative music continues]
354
00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:45,226
[ping pong ball bounces]
355
00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:48,896
David used to get his salary on a Friday
and spend it on a Saturday, all,
356
00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:51,315
{\an8}spend the next five days
waiting for his next salary
357
00:19:51,399 --> 00:19:52,900
{\an8}to get the jeans to match.
358
00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:54,110
That was him.
359
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:57,446
Have money, spend it.
360
00:19:59,573 --> 00:20:02,868
Me and Gary were like, "Let's save it
for a rainy day. Have a pension."
361
00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:05,871
We put money in a pension
and David's like, "What are you doing?"
362
00:20:05,955 --> 00:20:07,081
[camera shutter clicking]
363
00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:09,041
[Roy] He was like, "I bought a fancy pen,"
364
00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:12,128
and we're like, "Who the fuck buys a pen?"
You know what I mean?
365
00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,588
Who buys an expensive pen?
366
00:20:14,672 --> 00:20:18,467
Shirts and clothes, I get all that,
and cars. But who buys a pen?
367
00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:19,969
[man] How many letters do you get?
368
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:23,764
I don't know. I pick up a big
Royal Mail sack sometimes once a week.
369
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:28,352
{\an8}[Fisher] So, do you remember
when David got his first fan mail?
370
00:20:28,436 --> 00:20:30,646
{\an8}Uh, I can't honestly remem...
371
00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:33,566
{\an8}He, uh... It just got built up and built up,
372
00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:36,485
all these young ladies
writing to him, you know?
373
00:20:37,695 --> 00:20:39,155
[Fisher] What did they send?
374
00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:40,865
[snickers]
375
00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:44,285
[man] Do people send you knickers
through the post, all that kind of thing?
376
00:20:44,368 --> 00:20:45,369
Yeah.
377
00:20:46,537 --> 00:20:49,874
Mm. It's not nice, is it,
sending underwear to a boy?
378
00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:53,627
I'd put them to one side and... [chuckles]
379
00:20:53,711 --> 00:20:55,463
...didn't reply. [chuckles]
380
00:20:55,546 --> 00:20:57,506
-[Fisher] Did it get to his head?
-No.
381
00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:00,426
[Eric] When you start young,
382
00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:03,596
a lot of people
want to invite you to this party,
383
00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:07,016
and you become
the most beautiful guy for a lot of girls.
384
00:21:08,058 --> 00:21:12,480
You've got people around you ready to
give you advice, to spend money on that.
385
00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:19,320
And then you have to... you know,
stay calm, keep the feet on the ground,
386
00:21:19,403 --> 00:21:21,906
and know that this is a circus.
387
00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:24,492
[contemplative music continues]
388
00:21:24,575 --> 00:21:26,619
"And I don't need this kind of circus."
389
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,414
"I need to concentrate on football."
390
00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:33,959
[man] Can you believe it's happening
to you? Are your feet still on the ground?
391
00:21:34,043 --> 00:21:35,252
Oh, yeah, definitely.
392
00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:39,340
Actually, it was nice, one of my friends
turned round to me the other day and said,
393
00:21:40,007 --> 00:21:42,510
"You've got all this,
but it's not changed you."
394
00:21:43,677 --> 00:21:45,137
It definitely didn't change me.
395
00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:48,265
Well, he changed,
there's no doubt about that.
396
00:21:48,349 --> 00:21:51,393
And I think
that media attention he was getting,
397
00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:56,023
and becoming a celebrity,
it was different from what I wanted.
398
00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:58,275
[camera shutters clicking]
399
00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:03,739
Getting David to keep his feet
on the ground became more difficult.
400
00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:07,868
[man] Okay, David.
Straight down the center. Big smile.
401
00:22:08,786 --> 00:22:11,956
[Alex] He was a good-looking boy
and he was always well-cut,
402
00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,125
so it was a great attraction
for the media.
403
00:22:16,085 --> 00:22:19,129
[man] Does pop image
for young footballers concern you?
404
00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:24,885
Well, I mean, I think...
Yeah, I think it probably does.
405
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:26,220
[slow, dramatic music playing]
406
00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:29,598
I think that's a phase at the moment,
that he's getting a lot of profile.
407
00:22:31,058 --> 00:22:32,059
[man] Over this way.
408
00:22:32,142 --> 00:22:34,770
[Alex] And you hope that dies out quickly.
409
00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:37,565
[man] Just from the head upwards.
Keep your shoulders that way.
410
00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:39,650
[camera motor whirring]
411
00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:41,861
He's taken an agent on now, so...
412
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:46,282
I don't know how... they handle that part.
413
00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:50,870
But he knows where I am,
and that's important.
414
00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:55,165
I know my team,
and hopefully, we can do the business.
415
00:22:55,249 --> 00:22:56,625
All right. Bye-bye.
416
00:22:57,626 --> 00:23:02,840
[David] He wanted me to go
with a certain agent that he knew,
417
00:23:02,923 --> 00:23:05,467
and I wanted to go to another agent.
418
00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:06,927
And he went...
419
00:23:07,011 --> 00:23:10,055
He went absolutely mental at me.
Like, mental.
420
00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:13,309
To the point where
he wanted nothing to do with me.
421
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,810
He wouldn't even talk to me.
422
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,229
[slow, dramatic music continues]
423
00:23:21,108 --> 00:23:24,111
I didn't want anything
to come in the way of the football.
424
00:23:25,446 --> 00:23:28,741
But I knew my career
was going to end at some point,
425
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,787
and I wanted
to have a career after football.
426
00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:39,126
And that ate away at the manager.
427
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:44,089
He just wanted me to be
the best footballer that I could be...
428
00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:45,507
[music stops]
429
00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:52,097
...and be, you know, married
to a local girl that wasn't a superstar.
430
00:23:52,181 --> 00:23:54,183
[slow, suspenseful music playing]
431
00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:58,854
[Gary] We were watching TV.
432
00:24:00,147 --> 00:24:01,106
It came on.
433
00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:05,027
[David]
And I turned round to Gary, I went,
434
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:07,321
"See that one there?
I'm gonna marry that one."
435
00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:11,075
And we're laughing and joking.
I'm like, "No, I'm gonna marry that one."
436
00:24:13,035 --> 00:24:15,245
"The Posh one.
The one in the black dress."
437
00:24:17,414 --> 00:24:19,917
I suppose that most blokes
have done that in their life.
438
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,379
Looked at a television, said,
"I like her." You don't end up with them.
439
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,715
[slow, dramatic music playing]
440
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:29,093
[crowd shouting]
441
00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:33,681
[Mel C] We went to a game, and we were
invited onto the pitch at halftime.
442
00:24:34,264 --> 00:24:35,474
Thank you very much.
443
00:24:37,101 --> 00:24:40,396
But all of my family
are Liverpool supporters.
444
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,481
{\an8}David, playing for Manchester United,
445
00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:44,858
{\an8}I just knew that
he was one of those players
446
00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:47,111
for that team
I didn't really like very much.
447
00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:50,364
[music stops]
448
00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:53,784
[David] In the changing room, before
the game, one of the players came in
449
00:24:53,867 --> 00:24:57,037
and they said, "Two Spice Girls are here,"
and I was like, "What ones?"
450
00:24:57,121 --> 00:24:59,873
And they was like,
"The Sporty one and the Posh one,"
451
00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:01,417
and I was like, "Great."
452
00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:05,129
Victoria, can you announce this one?
453
00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:08,465
Okay. This is three-zero-six-nine.
454
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,635
[announcer] Three thousand and 69.
If that's your ticket...
455
00:25:11,719 --> 00:25:13,721
[light, upbeat music playing]
456
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,600
[crowd chanting]
457
00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:28,485
So, I then played the game.
458
00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:29,778
[commentator] Neville.
459
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:31,780
It's a useful cross.
460
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,243
Beckham! Absolute beauty!
461
00:25:36,326 --> 00:25:38,495
He could not have struck it better.
462
00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:40,914
Gary Neville can take plenty of credit.
463
00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:42,666
[music stops]
464
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:46,336
[Victoria] I am not into football at all.
465
00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:49,715
I wasn't into football then,
I am not into football now.
466
00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:54,803
Olive, want to come and be in it?
It will make me look like a nice person.
467
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:56,388
I'll pat you every now and then...
468
00:25:56,472 --> 00:25:59,767
[David] You'll need more than one dog.
I should bring the other two in as well.
469
00:26:00,851 --> 00:26:04,271
But I'd seen pictures of him in magazines,
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00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:08,734
{\an8}and he's obviously
a really good-looking boy.
471
00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:11,528
{\an8}Was a boy. How old was he? Boy? Young man?
472
00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:15,324
The fact I went to the games
really was just to kind of...
473
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:18,577
Some would say "stalk" him.
I would say "see" him.
474
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,997
When I saw him in the footballers' lounge,
475
00:26:22,081 --> 00:26:24,583
other footballers were at the bar,
but he was standing,
476
00:26:24,666 --> 00:26:26,043
talking to his parents.
477
00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:31,173
And I'm very close to my family,
and I loved that side to him.
478
00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:35,135
That first time that I speak to her,
479
00:26:35,886 --> 00:26:37,471
I just fancied her.
480
00:26:38,347 --> 00:26:40,724
I just fancied him,
and it was as simple as that.
481
00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:45,395
Yeah, I mean, I think, also, we both
come from families that work really hard.
482
00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,815
Both of our parents work really hard.
483
00:26:47,898 --> 00:26:50,317
We're very working, working class.
484
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,401
[David] Be honest.
485
00:26:51,485 --> 00:26:54,071
-I... I am being honest.
-Be honest.
486
00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:55,072
I am being honest.
487
00:26:55,155 --> 00:26:57,407
What car did your dad
drive you to school in?
488
00:26:57,991 --> 00:26:59,827
-So, my dad did...
-No. One answer.
489
00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:01,370
-My dad...
-What car was it?
490
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:02,788
It's not a simple answer.
491
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:05,958
What car did you get your dad
to drive you to school in?
492
00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:07,960
-It depends.
-No. No, no, no, no.
493
00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:10,337
Okay. In the '80s,
my dad had a Rolls-Royce.
494
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:11,255
Thank you.
495
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,632
[door closes]
496
00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:16,969
[heartfelt music playing]
497
00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:18,720
[Victoria] I must have flown to the game,
498
00:27:18,804 --> 00:27:22,015
because I wrote my number
on the airplane ticket.
499
00:27:22,099 --> 00:27:24,893
And I remember saying,
"You better call me."
500
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:28,689
There was something there
that just... straight away
501
00:27:28,772 --> 00:27:30,816
I was just, like, "Okay, this is it."
502
00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,610
"And it's gonna move fast."
503
00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:38,323
[Victoria] But I wasn't one of these girls
that would be interested in footballers
504
00:27:38,407 --> 00:27:40,033
because they're famous.
505
00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:42,953
I don't mean this in an arrogant way,
but I had that myself.
506
00:27:44,955 --> 00:27:46,206
-Hi.
-[chuckling]
507
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:49,001
[reporter] The list of boy bands
around these days is endless.
508
00:27:50,377 --> 00:27:51,211
Hello.
509
00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:54,006
Spice Girls are set to give the lads
a run for their money.
510
00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:56,300
["Spice Up Your Life"
by Spice Girls playing]
511
00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:05,517
And we were on a mission
to prove that girls are better than boys.
512
00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:07,102
Go on, say "Girl Power."
513
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:09,897
Come on, you can do that.
Say "Girl Power." Just do one.
514
00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:14,526
[Victoria] And I suppose what we created
was a bit of a monster in the five of us.
515
00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:18,572
We would jump on the tables.
Well, I didn't jump on the tables.
516
00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,240
I was always a bit more sensible.
517
00:28:20,324 --> 00:28:22,326
We just present ourselves as we are.
518
00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:27,915
[Victoria] I never found it as easy
as the other girls to be that outgoing.
519
00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:31,418
I was always quite shy.
520
00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:33,837
I was never the popular kid
at school, you know?
521
00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:37,174
I was actually bullied, um, quite a lot.
522
00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:39,384
[singing musical scales]
523
00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:47,976
And I probably would still be that way
if I hadn't have met the girls.
524
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:50,062
[Mel B] She is the foxy lady of the group.
525
00:28:50,145 --> 00:28:52,272
-I'm not.
-[Mel C] She's a foxy lady.
526
00:28:52,356 --> 00:28:54,066
[singing]
527
00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:58,695
And what the Spice Girls did
is they brought me out of me.
528
00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:00,530
There's only one.
529
00:29:01,156 --> 00:29:02,282
[growling]
530
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:03,575
I'm Scary, really.
531
00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:04,993
[growls lightly]
532
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:08,997
And that just kind of became our thing,
that we celebrated our individuality.
533
00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:10,999
We called ourselves Spice Girls because...
534
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:13,585
If you look at us,
we dress quite differently, don't we?
535
00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:15,087
And we're all really different.
536
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,089
We're like all different-flavor spices.
537
00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:20,384
[Geri] We're just being ourselves.
We don't need a uniform to be in a gang.
538
00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:22,678
If a man wants
to wear a dress, that's fine.
539
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:25,931
Just be who you want to be.
Doesn't matter who you are, what you are.
540
00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:27,474
[melodic dramatic music playing]
541
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:30,185
[man] You put a lot of emphasis
on protecting young players
542
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:31,478
from the outside world.
543
00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:33,981
[commentator] David Beckham struck
the only goal of the match.
544
00:29:34,064 --> 00:29:36,358
-[man] But what do you do with David?
-[music stops]
545
00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:40,862
Well... uh, D... David is...
546
00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:45,450
The... The availability of the protection's
always there for him.
547
00:29:45,534 --> 00:29:46,868
He knows where I am.
548
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:49,413
[indistinct chatter]
549
00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:51,498
[Paul Ince] Sir Alex would buy players...
550
00:29:51,581 --> 00:29:52,624
[chuckling]
551
00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:56,461
{\an8}...not just because they were talented,
he had a look at their background.
552
00:29:56,545 --> 00:29:58,213
"Have you got a girlfriend?"
553
00:29:58,297 --> 00:29:59,256
"Yes, gaffer."
554
00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:00,882
"How long you been with her?"
555
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:03,677
[blows air]
"Two years, gaffer." "Are you engaged?"
556
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,304
"Getting married in 1990, gaffer."
557
00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:08,765
He liked the fact that
you were going home to someone,
558
00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:11,768
because he wanted you to be stable.
559
00:30:11,852 --> 00:30:14,146
Not having parties every night.
560
00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:18,942
[Gary] Sir Alex Ferguson
had socialist principles.
561
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,781
"You might be an individual,
but in here, we're all equal."
562
00:30:25,574 --> 00:30:27,826
"You're putting the team first."
563
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:32,497
What Sir Alex built
was a team of Mini-Mes.
564
00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:34,583
[dramatic music playing]
565
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:41,506
The boss would not let us wear anything
other than a black boot.
566
00:30:42,382 --> 00:30:46,470
And I remember
bringing a pair of white Adidas into...
567
00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:48,638
And he was like, "Absolutely not."
568
00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:53,143
[Steve] We all knew the rules.
569
00:30:53,226 --> 00:30:56,271
It's his way. You had to conform.
570
00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:58,357
Go against him, you were finished.
571
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,233
[dramatic music stops]
572
00:31:00,317 --> 00:31:03,528
[Victoria] My manager kept saying,
"Try and keep it under wraps."
573
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:07,532
"Don't get photographed together."
So we would...
574
00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:10,702
We would meet in car parks,
and that's not as seedy as it sounds.
575
00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:14,581
The first kiss that I ever had with
Victoria was in the BMW, in a car park.
576
00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:17,125
Classy. [chuckles]
577
00:31:18,335 --> 00:31:23,048
[Gary] The truth is, he was on the phone
to Victoria every second,
578
00:31:23,131 --> 00:31:26,051
and he would stay on the phone
until one o'clock in the morning.
579
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:28,553
He was in the bathroom
with the light on all night,
580
00:31:28,637 --> 00:31:29,763
speaking to her.
581
00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:33,100
I'm like, "What the fuck
are you speaking to her about?"
582
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:35,894
[Fisher] What would you say?
583
00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:38,230
We just... I don't know. I think...
584
00:31:38,313 --> 00:31:42,442
Have you never done that,
though, early on in a relationship?
585
00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:43,527
[Fisher] No.
586
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:48,281
"Come on, mate. Seriously?
We play Liverpool on Sunday."
587
00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:49,783
[suspenseful music playing]
588
00:31:49,866 --> 00:31:53,870
[commentator] Good morning from Anfield
for the most important league game
589
00:31:53,954 --> 00:31:57,290
of the Premier League season,
the two juggernauts of English football.
590
00:31:57,374 --> 00:32:00,419
For United, the win
would put them well on their way
591
00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:03,088
to their fourth title in five seasons.
592
00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:06,258
[Sandra] Victoria would be away
and we'd be staying at his house.
593
00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:09,845
And three o'clock in the morning,
the phone would ring.
594
00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:15,350
He had a game, so I'd answer the phone
and say, "He's in bed, asleep."
595
00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:17,436
And they'd want to talk.
596
00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,814
But me, being a protective mum,
would have thought,
597
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,234
"You shouldn't ring
this time in the morning."
598
00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:26,361
But how can you tell? They're adults.
599
00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,197
[commentator] Morning kickoff.
600
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:31,867
Some criticism of that,
that such an important game
601
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,994
has to have an 11:15 kickoff.
602
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:37,998
It's meant, of course, that the players
have had to get up at the crack of dawn.
603
00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:40,792
And just looking at the players' faces,
604
00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:44,212
you can see the nerves
and tension of the occasion.
605
00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:48,216
[Sandra] We were worried that
he'd lose all what he'd worked for.
606
00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:51,720
'Cause football come first
and, all of a sudden, it wasn't.
607
00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:55,474
[commentator] This is Gary Neville.
He's played so solidly again this season.
608
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:59,603
[Gary] I knew the lengths he was going
to see Victoria, it was a lot.
609
00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:01,354
It was like an addict.
610
00:33:02,189 --> 00:33:06,651
It was like he had to... He would drive
four hours to spend 20 minutes with her.
611
00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:11,198
[commentator] Kvarme gets it away.
Not very far. Here's Beckham!
612
00:33:11,281 --> 00:33:15,368
Liverpool were grateful
that he wasn't so deadly on that occasion.
613
00:33:16,244 --> 00:33:17,662
[Gary] He couldn't kid us.
614
00:33:17,746 --> 00:33:19,706
I'd say, "Where were you
last night, mate?"
615
00:33:19,789 --> 00:33:23,877
"Oh, I just went for a drive."
What do you mean, "Went for a drive"?
616
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,838
[suspenseful music continues]
617
00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:28,924
[commentator] Beckham again. And this time
618
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,217
the ball is...
619
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:33,178
[Paul Scholes] You knew David was
pissing the manager off.
620
00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:36,640
I think he was probably
going down to London at times
621
00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:38,433
when he possibly shouldn't have been.
622
00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:41,478
-And the manager wouldn't have that.
-[music stops]
623
00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:45,941
[commentator]
Long ball in. And Barnes has scored!
624
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:47,526
[slow, dramatic music playing]
625
00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:51,071
If you lose discipline,
you don't play at 100%.
626
00:33:51,154 --> 00:33:55,450
You play at 80% or 90%,
and then you go down very quickly.
627
00:33:56,284 --> 00:33:57,577
You know? Very fast.
628
00:33:57,661 --> 00:34:00,914
In a few months... [scoffs]
you've disappeared completely.
629
00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:04,084
And then you wake up in the morning
and you say, "Oh, shit."
630
00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:06,962
[commentator]
Exactly what the Liverpool fans ordered.
631
00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:12,384
I didn't care when I saw her,
how much I saw her.
632
00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:18,557
If it was me driving down to London
to see her for seven minutes, I did it.
633
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,642
[commentator] And he won't be very happy
634
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:24,062
with the way
this story is unfolding so far.
635
00:34:26,147 --> 00:34:27,023
[Gary] But...
636
00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:28,483
[commentator] This is Gary Neville.
637
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:29,901
...I don't know how he did it.
638
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:32,153
[commentator]
Cantona. Beckham. Nicely done.
639
00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:35,532
Cantona again.
Lovely move by Manchester United.
640
00:34:35,615 --> 00:34:37,033
That was on the far post...
641
00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:38,827
[Gary] David had the ability
642
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,788
to have madness in his life, potentially...
643
00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:44,082
[dramatic music intensifies]
644
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:47,919
[commentator] Swung in again
by Beckham. And a tremendous save!
645
00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:52,257
...and literally an hour before kickoff,
he'd switch into football mode.
646
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,430
[commentator] Beckham.
Here comes the Manchester United corner.
647
00:34:58,513 --> 00:34:59,639
And a goal!
648
00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:01,725
[dramatic music plays louder]
649
00:35:04,894 --> 00:35:08,857
And how priceless
will that goal be in the title race?
650
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,735
He'd be on it, and he'd perform.
651
00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:13,903
I don't know how he did it.
652
00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:16,740
[commentator] Here's Beckham again.
Pallister again on the near post!
653
00:35:16,823 --> 00:35:18,658
And he's done it again!
654
00:35:18,742 --> 00:35:23,538
And Liverpool's defending
from corners is an absolute nightmare.
655
00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:25,206
[Gary] I don't know how he did it.
656
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:27,459
I couldn't do it.
Honestly, it would break me.
657
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:31,630
[commentary]
And Manchester United get the three points
658
00:35:31,713 --> 00:35:34,716
in the biggest league game of the season.
659
00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:39,262
[music stops]
660
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:48,021
[Eamonn] This was the first time we were
really seeing Victoria and David Beckham
661
00:35:48,730 --> 00:35:50,023
together as a couple.
662
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,150
{\an8}It's unbelievable.
663
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:53,818
{\an8}It's manna from heaven for newspapers.
664
00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:57,238
{\an8}There's so many angles.
It hits pop culture, sport.
665
00:35:57,322 --> 00:36:00,033
And I always remember, in Manchester,
666
00:36:00,116 --> 00:36:02,786
there were the two brothers
that followed him around.
667
00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:04,621
They were fucking everywhere.
668
00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:06,665
[Fisher] He sees you.
669
00:36:07,916 --> 00:36:09,834
[James] VDB. Victoria and David Beckham.
670
00:36:11,044 --> 00:36:14,214
[David] For about three months,
we kept it quiet.
671
00:36:14,923 --> 00:36:16,883
[Fisher] You guys
followed them everywhere.
672
00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:20,637
And then I bought her
a Cartier watch, and she wore it.
673
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:23,598
And then, all of a sudden,
people were piecing it all together.
674
00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:26,059
["Gangster Trippin'"
by Fatboy Slim playing]
675
00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,104
[camera shutter clicks]
676
00:36:30,063 --> 00:36:32,941
So... You know, "Posh and Becks."
677
00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:36,403
-[man] Over here, David!
-[people shouting]
678
00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:40,907
[camera shutter clicks]
679
00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:44,411
{\an8}[Fisher]
Were you aware of the Spice Girls?
680
00:36:44,494 --> 00:36:46,871
{\an8}I certainly was. [chuckling]
I put them on the cover.
681
00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:51,209
I only put them on the cover 'cause
my daughter was so obsessed with them
682
00:36:51,292 --> 00:36:53,503
that I felt that the world must be.
683
00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:56,005
-Were you a football fan as well?
-Absolutely not.
684
00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:58,299
[camera shutter clicks]
685
00:36:58,383 --> 00:37:00,427
["Gangster Trippin'" continues]
686
00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:06,391
But when you have two equally
charismatic people, it doubles the volume.
687
00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:08,393
It puts the heat factor way up.
688
00:37:10,311 --> 00:37:11,896
[James] It became fashion-led.
689
00:37:12,647 --> 00:37:16,151
We had to learn fashion brands.
Learn which handbag Victoria was carrying,
690
00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,694
which trainers David was wearing,
691
00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:19,904
which glasses he wore,
which car he was driving.
692
00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:20,989
We had to learn.
693
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:23,825
-[Fisher] It didn't rub off.
-No, it didn't rub off, no.
694
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:26,161
[camera shutter clicking]
695
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,997
David didn't have a lot of friends
at school. Neither did I.
696
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:33,168
And you go from being that kid at school,
who's desperate just for a friend,
697
00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:34,252
to, all of a sudden,
698
00:37:35,837 --> 00:37:37,338
being chased down the street.
699
00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,258
You know, it was a novelty.
700
00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:42,844
[commentator] And here goes David Beckham.
701
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:45,722
Game, set and match for Manchester United.
702
00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:48,933
Victoria Adams joins in the glee.
703
00:37:50,894 --> 00:37:53,605
[Gary] I can't put
into words how big they were.
704
00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:57,025
They were the new Charles
and Diana, in some ways.
705
00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:59,736
I don't know whether
I feel comfortable saying that.
706
00:37:59,819 --> 00:38:01,613
-But they were like royalty.
-[music stops]
707
00:38:02,238 --> 00:38:04,741
[Eamonn] This is the day
of Princess Diana's death.
708
00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:07,577
[David] I was not comfortable
with the photographers
709
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:10,413
being as aggressive as they were.
710
00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:12,999
[people shouting]
711
00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:19,255
But I loved being in her world.
712
00:38:19,881 --> 00:38:21,049
It was exciting.
713
00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:23,927
[slow, contemplative music playing]
714
00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:26,429
[man] Do you get a kick
when people go, "There's David..."
715
00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:28,223
You do get a kick. Don't you?
716
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:31,726
Yeah, of course. You know, you...
You walk down the streets,
717
00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:34,145
and then this kid's like, "Ah..."
718
00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:38,149
A little kid, and you're like...
Yeah, it's nice. It is really nice.
719
00:38:39,859 --> 00:38:42,111
[announcer] The 1997
Young Player of the Year,
720
00:38:42,195 --> 00:38:44,239
and thoroughly deserved, David Beckham.
721
00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:49,577
You're attracting attention not only
from the back pages of newspapers,
722
00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:51,830
but the front pages and the middle pages.
723
00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:53,957
[David] I very rarely get nervous.
724
00:38:54,624 --> 00:38:57,126
But I remember getting the phone call
725
00:38:58,545 --> 00:39:00,088
from the England manager.
726
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,347
[man] David, is it extra special
to play for England?
727
00:39:09,430 --> 00:39:12,225
Uh, yeah, I think so.
It'll be a great experience.
728
00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:14,269
[David] I loved United,
729
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:20,191
but the number-one thing that I'd always
wanted to do, above anything else,
730
00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:22,026
was play for England.
731
00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:24,696
That was a dream.
732
00:39:26,406 --> 00:39:28,658
[indistinct chatter]
733
00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:30,076
Can you see him now?
734
00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:32,370
[light, dramatic music playing]
735
00:39:32,453 --> 00:39:35,582
[Fisher] To get picked to play
for your country, how important is that?
736
00:39:35,665 --> 00:39:38,918
{\an8}Know when someone's telling you something
and you're trying to be calm?
737
00:39:39,002 --> 00:39:42,755
"Yeah, gaffer, that's unbelievable."
But your stomach's going 100 mile an hour.
738
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:46,426
You just can't wait to get into your room
and ring your wife and tell everybody.
739
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:52,098
Playing at the national team's stadium,
playing at Wembley
740
00:39:53,766 --> 00:39:56,686
is a very emotional moment for me
741
00:39:57,312 --> 00:40:01,149
because my dad always used to take me
to Wembley to watch England play.
742
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,319
That was really
what my childhood was all about.
743
00:40:04,861 --> 00:40:07,238
[dramatic music intensifies]
744
00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:12,702
[Ted] To see my son come out
for the first time at Wembley,
745
00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:15,580
I must admit, I had a little tear.
746
00:40:29,802 --> 00:40:33,139
[David] To get a phone call
from the England manager
747
00:40:33,723 --> 00:40:35,558
would have always been great.
748
00:40:36,893 --> 00:40:38,811
But to get it from Glenn Hoddle?
749
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:41,105
That was a special moment.
750
00:40:43,232 --> 00:40:45,818
As a young kid, I loved Hoddle.
751
00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:52,241
He was kind of flash,
he was good-looking, he had the hair.
752
00:40:52,325 --> 00:40:55,662
You know, he always wore
his shorts really short.
753
00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,164
He had good legs, actually.
754
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:02,001
But he could play a ball
no one else could play.
755
00:41:04,212 --> 00:41:05,922
Everything that he did,
756
00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:09,467
I wanted to be.
757
00:41:13,012 --> 00:41:14,847
[dramatic music continues]
758
00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:17,308
[crowd cheering]
759
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,522
[Sandra] I remember Glenn Hoddle
was opening a shop.
760
00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:26,401
And we stood for two, three hours
in his little England kit
761
00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:29,904
with "Hoddle" on the back,
and he never turned up.
762
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:32,699
Glenn Hoddle never turned up. [chuckling]
763
00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:35,159
David was distraught.
764
00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:39,163
The fact that I've brought him in on
my first squad and given him his debut,
765
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:42,542
um, and he's stayed in the team,
I think says it all.
766
00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:46,004
But obviously, he still needs
to find his feet at international level.
767
00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:48,798
And he was building the team around Becks.
768
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:55,930
{\an8}But... I think Glenn Hoddle had demands
on Becks because he knew how good he was,
769
00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:58,182
and I think he saw
a bit of himself in David.
770
00:41:58,266 --> 00:41:59,892
[crowd cheering]
771
00:41:59,976 --> 00:42:03,146
[commentator 1] Rome has seen its
fair share of gladiatorial confrontation
772
00:42:03,229 --> 00:42:04,272
down the years.
773
00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:07,316
Will it ever have witnessed
anything like this, though?
774
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,653
England's biggest game of football
for some four years,
775
00:42:10,737 --> 00:42:12,947
for a place in the World Cup Finals.
776
00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:24,417
To say I was nervous...
is an understatement.
777
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:27,670
[commentator 2] Well, all football
fanatics know the scenario tonight,
778
00:42:27,754 --> 00:42:29,672
but forgive me for just spelling it out.
779
00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:33,176
Italy have to win,
a draw enough for England.
780
00:42:33,259 --> 00:42:35,470
On this extraordinary night.
781
00:42:36,721 --> 00:42:39,140
A sellout crowd of 75,000...
782
00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:41,809
-[Gary] He loved playing for his country.
-[commentator 2] Beckham.
783
00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:43,144
[Gary] He was so patriotic.
784
00:42:49,192 --> 00:42:52,862
[commentator 2] A problem for Ince,
who seems to maybe have a facial cut.
785
00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:54,530
I'd never played in the World Cup.
786
00:42:54,614 --> 00:42:57,700
It's a player's dream to play
in the World Cup. The pressure of it...
787
00:42:57,784 --> 00:42:59,952
[slow, dramatic music playing]
788
00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:05,458
[commentator 1]
Beckham. This is great play.
789
00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,376
Sheringham. David Beckham!
790
00:43:08,461 --> 00:43:11,672
[commentator 3] That could have been,
and maybe should have been, all over.
791
00:43:12,799 --> 00:43:16,803
[commentator 2] And we're into time
added on. David Beckham's corner.
792
00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:25,061
And here comes Chiesa
and Italy, with Del Piero.
793
00:43:26,479 --> 00:43:28,648
-[commentators] Oh!
-[crowd cheering]
794
00:43:28,731 --> 00:43:29,607
[blows whistle]
795
00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:34,445
[commentator 2] England have qualified
for the 1998 World Cup Finals.
796
00:43:35,571 --> 00:43:39,742
And it's the dance of joy
for the man who masterminded it all.
797
00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:43,121
[Sandra] Glenn Hoddle got us
to the World Cup...
798
00:43:43,204 --> 00:43:44,956
[commentator 2] They achieved the target.
799
00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:47,166
[Sandra] ...which, for David,
is another dream.
800
00:43:47,250 --> 00:43:49,502
[commentator 2]
And raise your glasses back home.
801
00:43:50,253 --> 00:43:52,046
Another dream come true.
802
00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:53,881
[slow, dramatic music fades out]
803
00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:54,966
But...
804
00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:57,426
[cheering]
805
00:44:04,267 --> 00:44:06,686
[Victoria] I was on tour.
806
00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:10,773
Not knowing when I was going to see him,
that was the difficult thing.
807
00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:16,112
But he used to do anything
to just try and spend time with me.
808
00:44:16,904 --> 00:44:22,285
He would sometimes charter a tiny,
tiny plane, like a two-seater plane.
809
00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:25,997
He would come over literally
just for a few hours, and then go back.
810
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,875
[camera shutters clicking]
811
00:44:28,958 --> 00:44:30,334
[man] This way. Around this way.
812
00:44:30,418 --> 00:44:31,836
[reporter] Soccer and Spice...
813
00:44:31,919 --> 00:44:34,630
[woman] Victoria,
can you describe the ring for us?
814
00:44:34,714 --> 00:44:37,258
[reporter] ...posing for pictures
after announcing their engagement.
815
00:44:39,093 --> 00:44:41,470
[David]
Everything about Victoria, I loved.
816
00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:46,475
I didn't know she was
the strong woman that she was.
817
00:44:47,727 --> 00:44:49,228
And I liked that.
818
00:44:49,312 --> 00:44:53,232
I don't know whether it was
because I wanted her to look after me.
819
00:44:53,858 --> 00:44:55,568
[Fisher] You must've felt safe with her?
820
00:44:55,651 --> 00:44:57,111
Yeah. I did.
821
00:44:57,737 --> 00:45:00,698
[reporter] They might have found love,
but finding the time to be together
822
00:45:00,781 --> 00:45:01,949
could be the problem.
823
00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:04,118
While Beckham has his sights
on the World Cup,
824
00:45:04,202 --> 00:45:07,246
the Spice Girls
are about to start their world tour.
825
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:08,915
[David] She's a strong, strong woman.
826
00:45:09,957 --> 00:45:12,835
Can be a pain in the ass, though.
She was a pain this morning.
827
00:45:12,919 --> 00:45:15,504
[dark, mischievous music playing]
828
00:45:15,588 --> 00:45:17,465
[reporter]
The England squad arrived today,
829
00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:20,384
setting foot on French soil
in beige suits.
830
00:45:20,468 --> 00:45:22,637
They were "dull and lacking in style."
831
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,097
The suits, that is, say fashion editors.
832
00:45:25,181 --> 00:45:27,683
We had some shit suits, man.
Some really bad suits.
833
00:45:27,767 --> 00:45:30,937
You could have three of me in one suit,
it was that big and baggy.
834
00:45:31,020 --> 00:45:32,730
But Becks still looked good.
835
00:45:35,650 --> 00:45:37,902
I used to say,
"Who's helping him with this shit?"
836
00:45:37,985 --> 00:45:40,029
"Are they fitting his kit differently?"
837
00:45:40,112 --> 00:45:42,240
"Is he going to a tailor
to get his kit fitted?"
838
00:45:42,323 --> 00:45:45,785
"Because the way it looks on him ain't
the way it's looking on me right now."
839
00:45:45,868 --> 00:45:48,871
[dark, mischievous music continues]
840
00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:56,128
{\an8}The World Cup
is the spectacle of all spectacles.
841
00:45:56,212 --> 00:45:58,381
{\an8}I mean, there is just no comparison.
842
00:46:00,675 --> 00:46:03,511
The viewing figures
for England at the World Cup
843
00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:06,055
exceed anything in this country.
844
00:46:06,138 --> 00:46:08,557
[reporter] It's estimated
up to a million extra TVs
845
00:46:08,641 --> 00:46:10,476
will be sold to watch the first kickoff.
846
00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:13,688
What else is attracting
25 million people watching it?
847
00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:16,274
I mean... [scoffs] The royal wedding?
848
00:46:16,357 --> 00:46:19,568
[reporter] Asda will be stacking up
an extra 300,000 gallons
849
00:46:19,652 --> 00:46:21,070
of beer and lager.
850
00:46:21,153 --> 00:46:23,656
Relate, the relationship-counseling
organization,
851
00:46:23,739 --> 00:46:26,617
says if your love life
is already on shaky ground,
852
00:46:26,701 --> 00:46:29,287
{\an8}France '98 could put the final boot in.
853
00:46:31,831 --> 00:46:35,334
Nothing generates the emotional
collective narrative energies
854
00:46:35,418 --> 00:46:36,419
of the World Cup.
855
00:46:36,502 --> 00:46:38,546
It's the most important thing in life.
856
00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:41,132
But I think there are
lots of other things in life...
857
00:46:41,215 --> 00:46:44,552
Julia, there is nothing more interesting
than World Cup football.
858
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:47,555
Even you-know-what is not
more interesting than the World Cup.
859
00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:49,932
-I think there are some things.
-Excuse me!
860
00:46:50,016 --> 00:46:52,143
England!
861
00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:55,604
[David Goldblatt] This is the moment
that this idea of Englishness
862
00:46:55,688 --> 00:46:58,149
around the football team emerges.
863
00:46:58,232 --> 00:47:01,777
And people start talking about a "golden
generation" of English footballers,
864
00:47:01,861 --> 00:47:05,948
which is like, there's an albatross
to hang around one's neck, eh?
865
00:47:06,032 --> 00:47:07,533
[sighs]
866
00:47:07,616 --> 00:47:12,496
♪ England! England! England! ♪
867
00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:16,876
If England have
any kind of success at a tournament,
868
00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:19,920
I don't think any country
unites like our country.
869
00:47:21,130 --> 00:47:22,048
[Fisher] Mm.
870
00:47:22,131 --> 00:47:25,134
[dark, mischievous music continues]
871
00:47:29,555 --> 00:47:30,765
{\an8}[music stops]
872
00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,938
[David] In the training camp,
873
00:47:39,190 --> 00:47:42,568
all the other players had had
their wives or their girlfriends there.
874
00:47:43,110 --> 00:47:45,196
[indistinct chatter]
875
00:47:46,113 --> 00:47:50,076
But Victoria was touring the world
at that point with the girls, so...
876
00:47:51,202 --> 00:47:53,454
I didn't get any time with them, with her.
877
00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:57,875
I went to Glenn Hoddle and said,
878
00:47:57,958 --> 00:48:00,795
"Before the tournament starts,
is it okay if I go and see her?"
879
00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:04,590
"I haven't seen her for,
I think it was seven or eight weeks."
880
00:48:04,673 --> 00:48:09,303
Uh, I think he said yes.
I think either... No.
881
00:48:09,387 --> 00:48:11,680
[dramatic violin music playing]
882
00:48:15,518 --> 00:48:18,187
[Ted] He phoned me up.
He went, "Oh, Dad, I'm in the paper."
883
00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:19,855
"What for now?"
884
00:48:19,939 --> 00:48:24,693
He went, "Well, I wore a sarong."
I went, "What the bloody hell's a sarong?"
885
00:48:27,822 --> 00:48:29,907
So I rushed out and got the paper.
886
00:48:31,575 --> 00:48:34,078
And I looked at it
and I thought, "Bloody hell."
887
00:48:35,162 --> 00:48:37,790
And then I phoned him back.
I went, "Do you know what?"
888
00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:40,418
I said, "I like that."
I said, "You look smart in it."
889
00:48:41,836 --> 00:48:46,966
And I'm like, "That ain't gonna work.
That ain't gonna work, that."
890
00:48:47,049 --> 00:48:48,926
[indistinct shouting]
891
00:48:51,429 --> 00:48:54,932
[woman] David Beckham. "Got his Posh
frock on," it says here. It's a skirt.
892
00:48:55,516 --> 00:48:59,687
This was, like, front page
of the absolute shit-fests of newspapers
893
00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:01,439
that existed at the time.
894
00:49:02,064 --> 00:49:03,983
He was feeding them like a frenzy.
895
00:49:05,151 --> 00:49:07,903
[man] Have you been
keeping in touch with your fiancée?
896
00:49:08,487 --> 00:49:11,031
[Fisher] Did Victoria give you confidence
outside of football?
897
00:49:12,158 --> 00:49:14,160
Yeah. Yeah.
898
00:49:14,243 --> 00:49:16,245
And I needed that at that time.
899
00:49:17,746 --> 00:49:21,917
[man] So, uh,
what is the final word on the sarong?
900
00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:24,503
-Or are you fed up with that?
-[chuckling]
901
00:49:25,671 --> 00:49:27,506
You haven't seen nothing yet.
902
00:49:27,590 --> 00:49:29,133
[man] There's more to come?
903
00:49:29,216 --> 00:49:30,050
Maybe.
904
00:49:30,551 --> 00:49:31,552
[music stops]
905
00:49:31,635 --> 00:49:32,803
Just clear my throat.
906
00:49:33,554 --> 00:49:36,223
[man] I'll put the football
a bit higher there as well.
907
00:49:39,393 --> 00:49:41,604
[man 2]
Beckham has to deal with an awful lot.
908
00:49:41,687 --> 00:49:44,732
-How do you think he's coping?
-That's the main half of his problem.
909
00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:47,485
I don't think he's been focused
coming into this tournament.
910
00:49:47,568 --> 00:49:48,986
He's not focused on football.
911
00:49:49,737 --> 00:49:54,325
He came out and said that
my head wasn't in the tournament
912
00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:55,784
and he was worried about it.
913
00:49:55,868 --> 00:49:59,246
He's got to understand that football's
got to come first and remain first.
914
00:49:59,330 --> 00:50:02,917
What's the mood like in the papers today?
We don't get them. Is it good? Bad?
915
00:50:03,876 --> 00:50:07,505
[Gary] The comment he made about David
was a public... annihilation.
916
00:50:07,588 --> 00:50:09,632
[man 2]
Some of the tabloids have had a go.
917
00:50:09,715 --> 00:50:13,010
Glenn just created
an absolute shit storm, publicly,
918
00:50:13,093 --> 00:50:14,845
for David and for the whole country.
919
00:50:14,929 --> 00:50:18,265
[man 2] Now, you're a teammate
and you're a friend of David Beckham.
920
00:50:18,766 --> 00:50:20,935
He's just in the spotlight all the time.
921
00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:23,521
Do you feel for what
he's going through at the moment?
922
00:50:24,146 --> 00:50:25,147
Um...
923
00:50:25,981 --> 00:50:28,943
Yeah, I suppose so. I don't think
it affects David, to be honest.
924
00:50:30,361 --> 00:50:32,404
It killed me. It killed me.
925
00:50:32,488 --> 00:50:34,782
Especially someone that is questioning...
926
00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:38,619
He was questioning... me as a player.
927
00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:41,247
[melancholic music playing]
928
00:50:42,957 --> 00:50:47,670
He was questioning my personality,
my professionalism.
929
00:50:48,796 --> 00:50:50,548
That's when questions were being asked.
930
00:50:50,631 --> 00:50:53,133
"Is he right for the tournament?
Should he be in the squad?"
931
00:50:55,678 --> 00:51:00,140
And then... I get dropped to the bench.
932
00:51:02,226 --> 00:51:04,395
[reporter] Beckham,
the only player to have taken part
933
00:51:04,478 --> 00:51:06,146
in all of England's qualifying games,
934
00:51:06,230 --> 00:51:07,982
said it had been a bitter blow.
935
00:51:11,318 --> 00:51:14,113
[Paul Ince] We were all surprised.
It was all a shock.
936
00:51:14,196 --> 00:51:16,240
There was talking about,
"Why's he not playing?"
937
00:51:16,323 --> 00:51:19,868
"Why is Becks not playing? He's got to be.
It's madness. He should be playing."
938
00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:24,873
[man] Do you feel there was any
particular reason why you were left out?
939
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,460
Um, I don't think
there's any particular reason.
940
00:51:28,544 --> 00:51:31,297
You know, the manager
just told us the squad for the game,
941
00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:34,174
and then, uh... that was it, really.
942
00:51:34,258 --> 00:51:36,635
So, you know, I can't really say much.
943
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:38,846
[man] So now
you have come to terms with it?
944
00:51:38,929 --> 00:51:42,141
Um, not really, no.
You know, I still wanted to play.
945
00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:43,726
I was desperate to play in it.
946
00:51:44,643 --> 00:51:46,729
In the end, it's up to the manager.
947
00:51:46,812 --> 00:51:49,023
[melancholic music continues]
948
00:51:50,983 --> 00:51:53,861
[Gary] David was down. He was down.
949
00:51:53,944 --> 00:51:55,446
He was low.
950
00:51:59,283 --> 00:52:01,160
-David wanted to go home.
-[music stops]
951
00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:02,995
He wanted to go home.
952
00:52:04,538 --> 00:52:06,290
I don't think he wanted to be there.
953
00:52:06,915 --> 00:52:09,001
[Fisher] And did you think he was focused?
954
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:12,921
He was.
955
00:52:14,131 --> 00:52:18,052
David struggled, always, when he was
away from Victoria for long periods.
956
00:52:18,135 --> 00:52:20,846
He did. He did struggle.
He has to admit that.
957
00:52:22,181 --> 00:52:27,811
Even though I'd been treated, I think,
the way... Hoddle had treated me,
958
00:52:29,396 --> 00:52:32,274
I still wanted to... be there.
959
00:52:32,358 --> 00:52:35,027
["Here I Come" by The Roots playing]
960
00:52:36,278 --> 00:52:39,573
This is the biggest setback
of David Beckham's career so far.
961
00:52:39,657 --> 00:52:42,826
How he responds to this current setback
could be crucial for him.
962
00:52:45,037 --> 00:52:48,666
[David] I took a boom box
and a bag of balls out.
963
00:52:48,749 --> 00:52:52,795
I put it on, and I took free kick
after free kick after free kick
964
00:52:52,878 --> 00:52:54,838
♪ Changing my outfit
He said, "Blink" ♪
965
00:52:54,922 --> 00:52:57,091
♪ "We gon' send the hounds in"
I said "Wait" ♪
966
00:52:57,174 --> 00:52:59,134
♪ 'Cause here I come
Here I come ♪
967
00:52:59,218 --> 00:53:01,804
♪ Here I come
You boys get ready, 'cause here I come ♪
968
00:53:01,887 --> 00:53:04,890
[reporter] Gary Neville believes
Beckham has the strength.
969
00:53:04,973 --> 00:53:08,060
This is a test of character,
and David's character is magnificent.
970
00:53:09,144 --> 00:53:10,270
[commentator 1] Hello.
971
00:53:10,354 --> 00:53:12,898
There's a tremendous sense
of expectation for this one.
972
00:53:13,649 --> 00:53:14,733
No Beckham, still?
973
00:53:14,817 --> 00:53:15,734
No. No.
974
00:53:15,818 --> 00:53:17,861
♪ Here I come
You boys get ready ♪
975
00:53:17,945 --> 00:53:20,823
[commentator 2]
England really do have to lift this tempo.
976
00:53:22,157 --> 00:53:24,368
Oh, Adams is struggling. And Moldovan!
977
00:53:24,451 --> 00:53:25,786
[crowd cheers]
978
00:53:25,869 --> 00:53:27,788
And England are behind!
979
00:53:28,622 --> 00:53:30,749
David Beckham is about to come on.
980
00:53:32,876 --> 00:53:35,003
He should be really focused now,
shouldn't he?
981
00:53:35,087 --> 00:53:37,089
They said he wasn't focused.
982
00:53:38,173 --> 00:53:41,135
[commentator 2] Beckham's chasing
after this one, and got there first.
983
00:53:41,218 --> 00:53:42,469
Good play by David Beckham.
984
00:53:43,554 --> 00:53:44,930
In a World Cup.
985
00:53:45,723 --> 00:53:49,143
[commentator 2] Everything David Beckham
has so far done has been very positive.
986
00:53:49,768 --> 00:53:52,271
Nah. But that's, that's Hoddle for you.
987
00:53:52,354 --> 00:53:54,231
♪ You know we got 'em involved
We too diligent ♪
988
00:53:54,314 --> 00:53:56,483
♪ They say the music is strong
And too militant ♪
989
00:53:56,567 --> 00:53:59,945
[commentator 2] Beckham's taken that
beautifully. He wants a good delivery.
990
00:54:00,028 --> 00:54:03,157
Glenn Hoddle said his head
wasn't in the right place, didn't he?
991
00:54:04,241 --> 00:54:07,578
[commentator 2] And Beckham chasing on!
That could be a problem.
992
00:54:09,413 --> 00:54:11,498
I just put him on my hit list.
993
00:54:12,374 --> 00:54:13,834
People that upset me.
994
00:54:16,044 --> 00:54:18,714
[commentator 2]
It's with Beckham. A little chip by him.
995
00:54:20,632 --> 00:54:22,885
Shearer's gonna turn it back
and drive it across.
996
00:54:22,968 --> 00:54:25,846
And England have equalized!
997
00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:28,140
[cheering]
998
00:54:30,684 --> 00:54:34,313
And just look at the delight
of the England fans.
999
00:54:35,481 --> 00:54:37,483
[commentator 3]
40,000 people can't be wrong.
1000
00:54:37,566 --> 00:54:39,151
They're shouting for him to come on.
1001
00:54:40,569 --> 00:54:44,156
[reporter] Meanwhile, the non-selection
of David Beckham continues to fester.
1002
00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:48,368
It just saddens me
that I stand here, and three questions
1003
00:54:48,452 --> 00:54:50,829
about nothing about tomorrow's game.
1004
00:54:50,913 --> 00:54:52,039
It's a bit disappointing.
1005
00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:53,457
["Here I Come" continues]
1006
00:54:53,540 --> 00:54:56,502
[reporter] The Prime Minister wisely
steered clear of the controversy.
1007
00:54:56,585 --> 00:55:00,130
There are some decisions I have to take,
there are decisions for Glenn Hoddle.
1008
00:55:00,214 --> 00:55:01,840
He's the right man to take them.
1009
00:55:01,924 --> 00:55:04,510
♪ Darkness, heartless
...you regardless move with hardness ♪
1010
00:55:04,593 --> 00:55:06,595
♪ Y'all just pressin' charges
It's often injury ♪
1011
00:55:06,678 --> 00:55:09,223
♪ Floss and force my entry
This penitentiary, knockin' up... ♪
1012
00:55:09,306 --> 00:55:12,851
[commentator 4] And here are the men
on whom England's responsibility rests
1013
00:55:12,935 --> 00:55:15,145
to qualify for the next round
of the World Cup.
1014
00:55:15,229 --> 00:55:16,897
[announcer] Gary Neville!
1015
00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:19,399
[commentator 4]
It's going to be a tense couple of hours.
1016
00:55:19,483 --> 00:55:21,860
[announcer] Number seven, David Beckham!
1017
00:55:21,944 --> 00:55:23,320
[crowd cheers]
1018
00:55:23,403 --> 00:55:25,906
[Rio] And you could see
he wanted the responsibility.
1019
00:55:28,242 --> 00:55:30,577
He wanted to be the guy
who the team relied upon.
1020
00:55:31,453 --> 00:55:33,872
[commentator 5]
Step forward, David Beckham.
1021
00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:36,667
Beckham strikes.
1022
00:55:36,750 --> 00:55:37,793
I say!
1023
00:55:37,876 --> 00:55:39,378
[crowd cheers]
1024
00:55:39,461 --> 00:55:41,964
Oh! There's one for the picture book.
1025
00:55:44,383 --> 00:55:48,220
David Beckham. Brilliant!
Brilliant! Brilliant free kick.
1026
00:55:50,764 --> 00:55:52,015
Unstoppable!
1027
00:55:53,767 --> 00:55:55,561
[music ends]
1028
00:55:55,644 --> 00:55:58,063
[Victoria] If they were to lose, okay,
1029
00:55:58,146 --> 00:56:01,108
I've already reserved him
on flights for Sunday and Monday
1030
00:56:01,191 --> 00:56:03,777
to come and see me,
and he can spend a fortnight with me.
1031
00:56:03,861 --> 00:56:06,905
And if they win, then he can't come out
for another couple of weeks.
1032
00:56:08,949 --> 00:56:10,033
[Geri] That's it!
1033
00:56:10,117 --> 00:56:12,995
[all cheering]
1034
00:56:13,078 --> 00:56:15,747
-[Mel B] We're through!
-Nice one, David!
1035
00:56:15,831 --> 00:56:19,626
Well done, babe!
No, it was wicked. It was really good.
1036
00:56:19,710 --> 00:56:21,295
We was all sat here, watching.
1037
00:56:23,088 --> 00:56:26,508
No, you looked really nice.
Your hair needs doing. Roots need doing.
1038
00:56:26,592 --> 00:56:29,469
[giggling]
1039
00:56:29,553 --> 00:56:32,055
No, you was really good.
I was really proud of you.
1040
00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:34,433
Awww.
1041
00:56:36,101 --> 00:56:39,605
[light, suspenseful music playing]
1042
00:56:41,273 --> 00:56:44,568
Now, back to England's
World Cup showdown with Argentina.
1043
00:56:44,651 --> 00:56:48,572
The teams will be coming onto the pitch
in Saint-Étienne in an hour and a half.
1044
00:56:48,655 --> 00:56:50,741
Argentina! Argentina!
1045
00:56:50,824 --> 00:56:52,367
♪ Send her victorious... ♪
1046
00:56:52,451 --> 00:56:54,494
[reporter]
England fans relishing the build-up
1047
00:56:54,578 --> 00:56:57,289
to the country's biggest
World Cup game in years.
1048
00:56:58,790 --> 00:57:02,419
[man] David, tell us what you think
about Paul's exclusion from the team.
1049
00:57:02,502 --> 00:57:04,922
[reporter]
French riot police guarded the ground.
1050
00:57:05,005 --> 00:57:06,465
Police marksmen too.
1051
00:57:08,759 --> 00:57:12,262
Fans from across the world
are here for a classic fixture.
1052
00:57:13,138 --> 00:57:15,015
A game steeped in history.
1053
00:57:16,934 --> 00:57:18,226
[John] I was born in London
1054
00:57:18,310 --> 00:57:21,480
and lived seven of the first ten years
of my life in Buenos Aires.
1055
00:57:22,105 --> 00:57:24,566
{\an8}One thing I can state
with absolute conviction
1056
00:57:24,650 --> 00:57:28,195
{\an8}is that there is no international rivalry,
1057
00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:31,114
remotely, that matches that
between England and Argentina,
1058
00:57:31,198 --> 00:57:33,825
where there's this sort of,
you know, almost blood rivalry,
1059
00:57:33,909 --> 00:57:35,786
in particular, from the Argentine side.
1060
00:57:37,079 --> 00:57:39,665
The English stole
the Falkland Islands from us.
1061
00:57:41,792 --> 00:57:43,710
The English are "pirates,"
call them "Piratas."
1062
00:57:46,630 --> 00:57:49,508
All this stuff builds up,
all this history, all this bitterness,
1063
00:57:49,591 --> 00:57:52,010
and in some cases, hate, and then we come...
1064
00:57:52,094 --> 00:57:53,512
[commentator] To Maradona.
1065
00:57:54,304 --> 00:57:58,058
I was at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico,
four years after the Falklands War...
1066
00:57:58,141 --> 00:57:59,393
[commentator] Different class.
1067
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:02,479
...when England played Argentina
in the quarter-final of the World Cup.
1068
00:58:02,562 --> 00:58:04,064
[commentator] Different class!
1069
00:58:04,147 --> 00:58:06,525
[suspenseful music continues]
1070
00:58:06,608 --> 00:58:09,945
I saw... I was one of 120,000 people there.
1071
00:58:11,488 --> 00:58:13,740
[commentator] Maradona just
walked away from Hoddle then.
1072
00:58:13,824 --> 00:58:16,243
[John] That eternally famous
"Hand of God" goal.
1073
00:58:16,326 --> 00:58:17,661
[commentator] Maradona!
1074
00:58:18,286 --> 00:58:21,415
When Maradona handled the ball,
all the players saw it.
1075
00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:23,375
The only person who didn't
was the referee.
1076
00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:26,712
[commentator] Was it a use of the hand
that England are complaining about?
1077
00:58:27,713 --> 00:58:31,466
[reporter 1] Back in Argentina,
the victory was fervently celebrated
1078
00:58:31,550 --> 00:58:34,636
as vengeance for the Falklands War
four years earlier.
1079
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:37,097
So things couldn't have been hotter.
1080
00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:38,056
[music stops]
1081
00:58:38,140 --> 00:58:42,019
[man] Will you encourage your players
to follow Maradona's example and cheat,
1082
00:58:42,102 --> 00:58:43,812
if necessary, to beat England?
1083
00:58:43,895 --> 00:58:45,397
[slow, dramatic music playing]
1084
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:48,859
[reporter 2] The streets of England
laid completely deserted this evening,
1085
00:58:48,942 --> 00:58:53,530
with much of the country in front
of a television, somewhere, somehow.
1086
00:58:54,364 --> 00:58:55,323
[man shouting]
1087
00:58:55,407 --> 00:58:58,994
[reporter 2] At the bookmakers,
there's already a £200,000 bet
1088
00:58:59,077 --> 00:59:00,412
on England winning tonight.
1089
00:59:00,495 --> 00:59:03,623
[man] Will you be watching the match
tonight? Will you be cheering on England?
1090
00:59:03,707 --> 00:59:05,333
Well, I think I should.
1091
00:59:06,752 --> 00:59:08,378
[Victoria] I was in Brooklyn.
1092
00:59:08,879 --> 00:59:12,966
I told David the night before the game.
1093
00:59:13,925 --> 00:59:16,261
The game... The game.
1094
00:59:17,345 --> 00:59:18,805
Before the Argentina game...
1095
00:59:21,391 --> 00:59:23,060
she phoned me and said, uh,
1096
00:59:23,143 --> 00:59:26,646
"I've just taken a test,
and I'm pregnant."
1097
00:59:28,106 --> 00:59:29,107
Um...
1098
00:59:30,776 --> 00:59:33,070
So I... I found out then.
1099
00:59:33,570 --> 00:59:34,613
Um...
1100
00:59:34,696 --> 00:59:36,615
[music becomes faint, less dramatic]
1101
00:59:36,698 --> 00:59:39,076
He was so, so happy. We both were.
1102
00:59:39,159 --> 00:59:43,455
And there was never any doubt
in my mind that I shouldn't tell him.
1103
00:59:43,538 --> 00:59:46,124
I mean, it was what we wanted.
1104
00:59:46,750 --> 00:59:50,003
And he could not have been happier.
1105
00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:55,050
[Fisher] So you tell him right before
the biggest game of his life?
1106
00:59:55,133 --> 00:59:56,301
Mm-hm, yeah.
1107
00:59:58,261 --> 01:00:01,473
Were you, like, excited? Did you think
it would help him for the game?
1108
01:00:02,390 --> 01:00:03,350
I probab...
1109
01:00:04,684 --> 01:00:06,269
I... [sighs] I don't really know.
1110
01:00:06,353 --> 01:00:07,687
[music becomes more dramatic]
1111
01:00:07,771 --> 01:00:08,772
[man] Come on!
1112
01:00:10,398 --> 01:00:13,318
[Fisher] When you find out you're a dad,
don't you want to be with Victoria
1113
01:00:13,401 --> 01:00:14,986
and get out of there?
1114
01:00:15,070 --> 01:00:17,656
-It's the first thing I wanted to do.
-[Fisher] But you couldn't?
1115
01:00:17,739 --> 01:00:19,491
I couldn't. We were in a major tournament.
1116
01:00:22,202 --> 01:00:25,413
[Paul Ince] I actually had this feeling,
looking at the players that we had...
1117
01:00:26,456 --> 01:00:28,416
"Yeah, this team
is gonna win the World Cup."
1118
01:00:28,500 --> 01:00:30,544
I sensed we had
everything we needed in there.
1119
01:00:31,169 --> 01:00:32,170
[man] Come on!
1120
01:00:32,254 --> 01:00:35,006
[distant crowd cheering]
1121
01:00:37,425 --> 01:00:38,385
[Fisher] And then...
1122
01:00:38,468 --> 01:00:40,178
And then. And then.
1123
01:00:40,262 --> 01:00:41,930
[chuckling]
1124
01:00:42,013 --> 01:00:44,474
[music becomes faint and tense]
1125
01:00:47,978 --> 01:00:50,897
[Diego speaking Spanish]
You don't know how you'll react.
1126
01:00:52,399 --> 01:00:53,358
It's uncontrolled.
1127
01:00:55,485 --> 01:00:59,990
When someone asks how you'd react
if someone tried to mug you,
1128
01:01:00,740 --> 01:01:03,243
and you say, "I'd run after the thief."
1129
01:01:04,077 --> 01:01:06,288
But when an actual thief mugs you,
1130
01:01:07,581 --> 01:01:09,374
you don't know how you'll react.
1131
01:01:09,457 --> 01:01:11,459
Emotions are different
from person to person.
1132
01:01:12,335 --> 01:01:15,922
David was a complex player.
1133
01:01:16,006 --> 01:01:21,928
{\an8}And back then, facing a player like him
1134
01:01:22,762 --> 01:01:24,097
{\an8}was somehow motivating.
1135
01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:26,433
[music becomes more dramatic]
1136
01:01:27,017 --> 01:01:31,062
[commentator 1] David Beckham, well, he's
finally arrived on the World Cup stage.
1137
01:01:31,146 --> 01:01:32,606
And what an arrival.
1138
01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:34,733
He was so good-looking.
1139
01:01:34,816 --> 01:01:37,652
And we weren't that good-looking.
1140
01:01:38,778 --> 01:01:43,033
That created a rivalry
which is good for motivation.
1141
01:01:43,116 --> 01:01:44,993
[crowd singing]
1142
01:01:46,578 --> 01:01:48,955
[commentator 2] Well, the referee
has got a big job tonight.
1143
01:01:58,006 --> 01:02:00,592
Oh, Beckham kept that in well.
Well played, David Beckham.
1144
01:02:02,510 --> 01:02:05,388
And the game comes, man,
and you're just like... [blows air]
1145
01:02:05,472 --> 01:02:07,807
[commentator 2] Delicate chip.
Look at the space for Beckham.
1146
01:02:07,891 --> 01:02:11,353
One or two options open for him now,
including Anderton on the far side.
1147
01:02:13,772 --> 01:02:15,398
No, he's hit a bad one there.
1148
01:02:15,482 --> 01:02:17,400
[no audio]
1149
01:02:19,361 --> 01:02:22,280
All these kind of scenarios
are running through your mind.
1150
01:02:22,364 --> 01:02:24,908
"What if this happens?
What if we go a goal down?"
1151
01:02:24,991 --> 01:02:27,035
[commentator 2]
Verón, such a powerful man.
1152
01:02:27,118 --> 01:02:31,248
And López almost getting away with it,
but Ince spotted that danger in a flash,
1153
01:02:31,331 --> 01:02:32,707
and finds Beckham.
1154
01:02:32,791 --> 01:02:34,000
Beckham now to Owen.
1155
01:02:34,084 --> 01:02:36,836
And here's another Owen run.
He's gonna worry them again.
1156
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:39,923
It's a great run by Michael Owen!
And he might finish it off!
1157
01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:43,468
Oh, it's a wonderful goal!
1158
01:02:43,551 --> 01:02:46,012
[dramatic music continues]
1159
01:03:00,986 --> 01:03:02,320
Yes!
1160
01:03:05,615 --> 01:03:07,158
[music stops]
1161
01:03:07,242 --> 01:03:08,785
[distant cheering]
1162
01:03:08,868 --> 01:03:11,204
[commentator 2]
But there's still a long way to go.
1163
01:03:12,414 --> 01:03:14,791
[Diego speaking Spanish]
Football is all about deceiving.
1164
01:03:14,874 --> 01:03:16,626
[commentator 2] The place is buzzing here.
1165
01:03:16,710 --> 01:03:19,838
[distant crowd singing]
1166
01:03:19,921 --> 01:03:23,091
[Diego]
England were controlling the match.
1167
01:03:23,174 --> 01:03:27,053
[commentator 1] Argentina get a free kick
on the edge of the penalty area.
1168
01:03:27,137 --> 01:03:30,682
Five in the wall from England,
plus one Argentinian.
1169
01:03:32,100 --> 01:03:35,145
It's Verón who's played it for Zanetti!
It's a great goal!
1170
01:03:35,228 --> 01:03:37,731
[crowd cheering]
1171
01:03:38,648 --> 01:03:39,899
What a superb free kick.
1172
01:03:41,192 --> 01:03:46,031
[Diego] But it's not only about
controlling the ball.
1173
01:03:46,114 --> 01:03:47,782
[commentator 1] Remember, don't panic.
1174
01:03:47,866 --> 01:03:49,659
[commentator 2] Just keep calm.
1175
01:03:49,743 --> 01:03:51,578
[commentator 1]
In comes Beckham. Beckham again.
1176
01:03:51,661 --> 01:03:54,080
That might fire up England all the more.
1177
01:03:54,164 --> 01:03:59,461
[Diego] It's also about focus and passion,
and also controlling anger.
1178
01:03:59,544 --> 01:04:02,172
[slow, dramatic music playing]
1179
01:04:05,008 --> 01:04:06,718
And here comes the play.
1180
01:04:08,678 --> 01:04:12,349
I went to bother him
to see if he would react.
1181
01:04:12,891 --> 01:04:17,729
[commentator 2] Anderton's pass to Owen
wasn't quite what was required.
1182
01:04:17,812 --> 01:04:19,689
And neither was that challenge. Ooh!
1183
01:04:20,523 --> 01:04:23,902
And Beckham...
Now, whether Beckham accidentally
1184
01:04:25,487 --> 01:04:27,322
smacked into Simeone...
1185
01:04:27,405 --> 01:04:29,783
I think a yellow card
is going to be brandished here,
1186
01:04:29,866 --> 01:04:32,285
and it might be to David Beckham.
1187
01:04:33,161 --> 01:04:37,123
He's taking another card out for Beckham.
It's a red card for David Beckham!
1188
01:04:38,416 --> 01:04:39,959
Oh no.
1189
01:04:40,710 --> 01:04:44,005
So, Beckham... is out of the game.
1190
01:04:44,089 --> 01:04:46,466
[slow, dramatic music continues]
1191
01:04:51,096 --> 01:04:52,305
[blows air]
1192
01:04:56,476 --> 01:04:58,645
[Diego] It was one second.
1193
01:04:58,728 --> 01:05:00,480
[commentator 1] He did retaliate.
1194
01:05:00,563 --> 01:05:04,192
I wanted to grab hold of Simeone and just,
you know, give him a right-hander.
1195
01:05:04,275 --> 01:05:06,027
The way he went down, it's pathetic.
1196
01:05:06,111 --> 01:05:08,488
He's meant to be,
you know, a tough, hard man.
1197
01:05:08,571 --> 01:05:10,031
He's in midfield against me.
1198
01:05:13,034 --> 01:05:15,662
[commentator 1]
Right in front of the referee, Brian.
1199
01:05:15,745 --> 01:05:17,163
[Sandra] It was awful.
1200
01:05:17,247 --> 01:05:18,915
People were shouting, and then,
1201
01:05:18,998 --> 01:05:21,501
then you can hear
the aggression of the fans.
1202
01:05:21,584 --> 01:05:23,670
[crowd shouting]
1203
01:05:23,753 --> 01:05:26,172
[commentator 2] The impetuous moment
has cost England dear.
1204
01:05:26,256 --> 01:05:30,260
And you can see
from Hoddle's hand signals there...
1205
01:05:30,343 --> 01:05:32,095
[indistinct shouting]
1206
01:05:32,887 --> 01:05:34,055
Beckham dismissed,
1207
01:05:34,139 --> 01:05:38,476
the pendulum swings quite firmly
against England, in Argentina's way.
1208
01:05:42,063 --> 01:05:44,524
[indistinct audio]
1209
01:05:48,153 --> 01:05:53,283
England have now played
74 minutes with ten men.
1210
01:05:54,284 --> 01:05:57,954
In any case, it's over,
except for the penalty shootout,
1211
01:05:59,038 --> 01:06:02,167
and that drama is still to come
here in Saint-Étienne.
1212
01:06:04,127 --> 01:06:08,631
But penalties... They had the chance
to win it on penalties. So...
1213
01:06:08,715 --> 01:06:11,050
-[Fisher] People forget that.
-People do forget that.
1214
01:06:11,134 --> 01:06:13,011
[commentator 2]
These are breathtaking moments.
1215
01:06:13,094 --> 01:06:15,346
No matter how long
you've been in the game,
1216
01:06:15,430 --> 01:06:18,099
they are moments of the highest drama.
1217
01:06:18,183 --> 01:06:20,351
[slow, dramatic music continues]
1218
01:06:20,435 --> 01:06:21,269
And he scores.
1219
01:06:21,352 --> 01:06:23,563
[screaming and groaning]
1220
01:06:24,439 --> 01:06:26,608
If he'd have stayed on,
would they have won?
1221
01:06:27,567 --> 01:06:28,693
Nobody knows.
1222
01:06:30,445 --> 01:06:33,031
-[commentator 2] And he's saved it.
-[crowd screams]
1223
01:06:33,114 --> 01:06:35,950
[screaming and groaning]
1224
01:06:36,784 --> 01:06:37,785
Ayala's kick.
1225
01:06:38,286 --> 01:06:40,497
[groaning]
1226
01:06:40,580 --> 01:06:43,166
It's like most things, you know?
1227
01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:44,292
You don't know.
1228
01:06:44,375 --> 01:06:47,295
[commentator 2]
If he fails to score, England are out.
1229
01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:49,088
Oh, and he hasn't!
1230
01:06:51,758 --> 01:06:52,717
[commentator 1] No!
1231
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:56,804
[commentator 2]
Argentina go through, and England go out!
1232
01:06:57,847 --> 01:06:59,682
[no audio]
1233
01:07:02,143 --> 01:07:03,770
[reporter 1] What a cruel way to go out.
1234
01:07:03,853 --> 01:07:06,856
Unbelievable, Gary,
unbelievable. I just, uh...
1235
01:07:06,940 --> 01:07:08,691
We couldn't ask more from the players.
1236
01:07:08,775 --> 01:07:11,778
[reporter 1] But a mad moment by David
Beckham probably cost you the game.
1237
01:07:11,861 --> 01:07:13,613
It's cost us. It's cost us dearly.
1238
01:07:14,948 --> 01:07:17,242
And we are absolutely distraught.
1239
01:07:18,326 --> 01:07:21,037
[Sandra] When I watched
Glenn Hoddle's interview, I thought,
1240
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:22,747
"No. What have you done?"
1241
01:07:22,830 --> 01:07:25,667
He made it that it was David's fault.
1242
01:07:25,750 --> 01:07:29,837
And I... You know, I...
We'd been used to a manager...
1243
01:07:29,921 --> 01:07:32,131
Alex Ferguson never spoke about his team.
1244
01:07:32,215 --> 01:07:35,009
It's a bitter, bitter pill to take again,
1245
01:07:35,093 --> 01:07:38,888
and we are absolutely distraught tonight,
but very proud at the same time.
1246
01:07:38,972 --> 01:07:41,182
[reporter 1] But it is a sending off
that's cost England.
1247
01:07:41,266 --> 01:07:43,017
Of course it has. I'm not denying that.
1248
01:07:43,935 --> 01:07:45,812
They just blamed him after that.
1249
01:07:46,938 --> 01:07:49,983
[reporter 2] David Beckham needlessly
and recklessly earning a red card.
1250
01:07:50,650 --> 01:07:54,487
[Bobby] It's quite a tragedy, I mean,
Beckham was a hero against Colombia,
1251
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,740
and a silly offender
in this particular match.
1252
01:07:57,824 --> 01:07:59,492
He'll regret that for a long time.
1253
01:08:00,243 --> 01:08:04,247
I don't understand it. I mean, I just...
I just don't understand what he was doing.
1254
01:08:04,330 --> 01:08:06,416
[slow, dramatic music continues]
1255
01:08:06,499 --> 01:08:08,209
[Gary] I went in front of the media.
1256
01:08:08,293 --> 01:08:12,380
It was like the death run really, because
the questions were all about David.
1257
01:08:13,006 --> 01:08:15,383
And they were all aggressive and pushy.
1258
01:08:16,009 --> 01:08:17,010
They want blood.
1259
01:08:17,844 --> 01:08:22,557
And I remember, on the bus, thinking,
"This is gonna be bad for you."
1260
01:08:24,475 --> 01:08:25,810
I remember thinking that.
1261
01:08:25,893 --> 01:08:28,730
"And there's nothing I can do here
to stop what's gonna come."
1262
01:08:29,272 --> 01:08:31,274
[people shouting]
1263
01:08:32,900 --> 01:08:34,861
[man 1]
It was a moment of complete madness.
1264
01:08:34,944 --> 01:08:36,487
[man 2] He's a very silly boy.
1265
01:08:36,571 --> 01:08:38,656
[man 1] We should've
made him play in a sarong.
1266
01:08:38,740 --> 01:08:41,159
He wouldn't have been able
to cock his leg that high.
1267
01:08:41,242 --> 01:08:42,869
[woman] Glenn Hoddle has been vindicated.
1268
01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:45,163
[man 3] He should never wear
an England shirt again.
1269
01:08:45,246 --> 01:08:48,958
[man 4] I think we should call him
"Stupid Spice" in the future, don't you?
1270
01:08:49,042 --> 01:08:52,545
[man 5] The hopes and prayers of a nation
were resting on that one incident.
1271
01:08:52,629 --> 01:08:55,381
He let the nation down.
It was an absolute disgrace.
1272
01:08:55,465 --> 01:08:57,175
[dramatic music intensifies]
1273
01:08:57,258 --> 01:08:58,968
[music stops abruptly]
1274
01:09:00,261 --> 01:09:03,056
[dramatic violin music playing]
1275
01:09:56,067 --> 01:09:58,111
[music ends]
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