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Rod Liddle

The dishonouring of David Beckham

11 February 2017

9:00 AM

11 February 2017

9:00 AM

How will we remember him, do you suppose? If you’re a committed football fan, possibly for that exquisite chip from the halfway line which left Wimbledon’s Neil Sullivan clutching at cold, empty air. A lovely goal, executed when he was only 21 years old, and which seemed to presage so much.

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