Beckham

All right.

Here it comes. I see it dripping.

What's the name of your honey again?

There's a bit of an argument in the house at the moment.

I think it should be "Golden Bees."

Victoria likes "DB Sticky Stuff."

That could get you in trouble with HR.

- Oh God. Really? - Oh my God.

Come on, man.

What other hobbies do you have like this?

Lego.

Isn't that amazing?

Taste it.

- It's really good. - Good, right?

Yeah. "DB Sticky Stuff."

"DB Sticky..." See, it's growing on you, right?

- It actually is. -It's growing on you.

Fuck, it's very sticky, though.

Welcome to the start of the new season in England.

It was a beautiful day in London.

First game of the season.

Number ten, David Beckham.

In the glare of the sunshine,

in the glare of great publicity, we're about to get underway.

Jordi Cruyff tried to chip the goalkeeper.

Cruyff.

And I remember looking over at the manager.

Because if ever you tried anything like that and it didn't come off,

the manager would be on his feet and he'd be killing you.

So...

We won the ball just inside our half.

And I looked up, and I thought, "Why not?"

We were behind the goal that day. It just went deathly quiet.

Like, as the ball left his foot, the ground...

You wouldn't have known you was in a football stadium.

And I remember seeing it go right out left,

and then, all of a sudden, it started coming back in.

And I was thinking, "This has got a chance."

And Beckham saw Sullivan off his line!

-Oh! That is absolutely phenomenal! -

From the halfway line!

What an astonishing goal!

Everybody in the ground just lost in admiration.

And 21-year-old David Beckham scores what may go down

as one of the great goals of our time,

and it'll be talked about for a long, long time.

I walked off the pitch, the manager said,

"David, you get on the bus and you don't say a word. No interviews."

Can I ask you a couple questions? First, David Beckham's goal.

Fantastic. Out of this world.

Best goal I've ever seen.

It's unprecedented. In his own half. Nobody's ever done it before.

Good evening.

There was a goal from the halfway line

scored by Manchester United's David Beckham.

We didn't have access to Internet and stuff like this,

so you hear about it through the radio.

And it was like, "Right, Match of the Day tonight."

"We'll watch that."

You'd heard about him before, and you'd seen him play games,

but that's the first moment where I went, "Okay."

"There's a difference with this guy."

And everybody kept saying, "Oh, what a goal!" "Was it? I didn't see it."

"What?" "Didn't see it." Some bloody bloke stood up in front of me.

But that was the start of it really,

because nobody had done it before.

Pele had tried it.

Pele.

He saw the goalkeeper off the line!

David! Here, David! Over here!

Did you know that his life was going to change after that goal?

Oh yeah. It had to. It had to.

They never left him alone after that.

Has he changed at all?

No, he's not changed at all. He's still a nice lad.

- - He makes me laugh.

-Do you mind, please? - Do you pinch yourself?

-Think, "I can't believe it's happening"? - Yeah.

I just drift away and, you know, and think how it first happened.

Oh, it's brilliant.

-Morning. - What's up?

Did you kill these deer?

No, not me.

Nothing to do with me, actually.

My granddad was meticulous.

Everything that was written about me, every picture that was in the papers.

Oh my God. Some of these pictures I haven't seen for years.

There's Dad. Did my dad behave himself?

- He certainly had a lot to say. -Yeah.

I was a gas engineer. I used to work seven days a week.

I used to have a red Toyota van.

I would have no other color.

My dad was absolutely obsessed with Manchester United.

Every Christmas, I would get a Manchester United kit.

His obsession was bigger than mine.

I was a hairdresser, and then had the children,

so I worked at home to make money.

We didn't have much then.

My mum would have four or five old ladies sat under the big hairdryers,

and then I would be making cups of teas and pieces of toast,

and giving them cakes and things like that.

I never really did well at school.

I wasn't intelligent, believe it or not. Surprise, surprise.

I never had many friends.

I kept myself to myself.

From the moment I got in from school to the moment I slept,

I spent my time out in the garden.

He'd never do anything else.

If it was bad weather or something, he'd be drawing,

and it would all be something to do with football.

This one is playing for the county.

Look. Already you had...

I know, that style.

I could hit a ball in a certain way, different to anyone else.

To 30 yards away, on a sixpence.

I used to say to him, "Every time you hit the crossbar, I'll give you 50p."

And it used to cost me a fortune.

That's all he ever wanted.

He never went out with friends, never went out at night.

- Partying? Girls? -He didn't want to know.

I saw my mum and dad working hard every day,

till 11 o'clock at night, 12 o'clock at night.

I knew the only way to be a professional footballer

was to work hard.

Did he tell you I was there the first time

Manchester United found him?

And this man was stood by the side of me, and he said,

"I'm a Man United scout." I said, "Oh."

The phone rings, and it rung at a time

where we all look at each other like, "Who's calling this time of night?"

My mum picked it up, and... she, she literally went,

"It's Sir Alex Ferguson. This is Alex Ferguson."

Okay, camera's rolling.

Here he comes. Ready? And... Hold on.

That's not him. Oh, it is him, moving.

At first, I thought it was a wind-up.

I was... I couldn't sleep that night.

So, thank you so much. We ordered you a coffee.

-So I get two cameras? - Two cameras, yeah.

-I was hoping for three. - Aye, yeah.

And I think you could go.

Okay. When did David Beckham first come to your attention?

It was not long after I came to the club.

1986 has been United's worst start to the season since the war.

The club are fourth from bottom.

The club say they will now be approaching Alex Ferguson.

Is that your first autograph for United?

We haven't won the league for 20 years.

It's a great challenge for Manchester United players.

The one thing about Sir Alex, you had to have...

What we call in England, you have to have a big pair of... to play.

Um...

- You can say "balls." -Yeah. You need a pair of balls.

As Manchester United face a crucial afternoon

in their quest for the Premier League.

Manchester United hadn't won the league for 25 years. It was ridiculous.

The manager saving every vital second.

So that was the Holy Grail.

Out to Pallister.

Bruce! Yes!

- -

Unbelievable!

Brian Kidd and Alex Ferguson are celebrating the championship!

The thing that hit you straight away

was the ferocious appetite he had to succeed.

That's the moment Old Trafford has been waiting for

since 1967.

I won't be taking my foot off the pedal. It's not my nature.

As long as they're hungry. Because without hunger, you can't achieve.

What I wanted was a structure of young people getting a chance.

That was my mantra, to get young players, develop a football club, not a team.

There's me and the boss.

That's one of the first times I met him.

There's a picture of you there, signing with Alex Ferguson.

- Mm. - What was it like signing?

Just brilliant.

Signing the paper and that... I just couldn't believe it was happening.

He came to us as a small, skinny little boy, you know?

But when you see potential, it sticks out at you.

It's your job then to bring that to fruition, to make them a man.

Okay, son?

Alex Ferguson was someone that I looked up to as, as a father figure.

One of the most important people in my life

from the age of 12, 13, when I first met him.

Camera's rolling.

- This was your first ever... -Mm.

Young David Beckham coming on.

Yeah, my first ever game.

A young midfield player. As Kanchelskis goes off.

Look how young, dude.

I know. 17.

We know that they're gonna run long. They're gonna run forever.

Cantona charging. Bülent's getting himself into trouble.