🗊David Beckham

David Beckham

Who is a famous English footballer? People in every country know his name. Manchester United’s Number 7, the captain of England, and now Real Madrid’s Number 23...

The Schoolboy Footballer

David wasn’t very good at school. Schoolwork wasn’t interesting or important for him. But he liked playing football. He played with a ball every weekend and every day after school, usually with friends or with his father. His father played football too and he was a good teacher. David wasn’t very good at school. Schoolwork wasn’t interesting or important for him. But he liked playing football. He played with a ball every weekend and every day after school, usually with friends or with his father. His father played football too and he was a good teacher. David was small and thin then, but his legs were strong. He liked running very quickly with the ball at his feet. He did long kicks and short kicks, again and again, every day. In 1986 he was eleven years old and was a good little footballer.

One day there was an advertisement on television for a competition. It was a football competition for schoolboys at the Bobby Charlton Football School. One day there was an advertisement on television for a competition. It was a football competition for schoolboys at the Bobby Charlton Football School. “Can I try the competition?” – David asked his father. “You’re very young,” – his father said. “The boys in this competition are usually big and strong, and fifteen or sixteen years old. But you can try. Why not?” His father went with David to the football school. David was small and thin. But he tried and won.

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