How bad did Beckham get it after the 1998 World Cup red card?

[Amarsdd]

Way worse than whatever Maguire is getting. He would have retired from football if it came close to whatever Beckham had to endure.

Its very different between the two really. What Beckham got was rage and hate from all fans other than United. Maguire is more constant ridicule from oppo fans, and hate and ridicule mixed in from United fans.

 

[JJ12]

One of the very first games I remember watching. I cried when Beckham got sent off.

 

[united_99]

He got it pretty bad tbh. It's easy to forget that the Internet and social media were in their infancy, so the paparazzi really went for him.

However, what I didn't know at the time but came out in the first series of his new Netflix documentary, was the Posh literally told him before kick-off she was pregnant. Personally, I think that was a pretty selfish and sh*tty thing to do on the cusp of what was then, probably the biggest game of his career.
Even my wife (who's not really into football) liked the documentary but commented she didn't like Posh too much as she's very 'me me me' and thought it the wrong thing to do before a game. A very selfish act she said, and no wonder Beckhams head was all over the place going out the tunnel. That's the sort of thing you tell someone after the match.
Although Hoddle didn't handle it great, he probably wasn't wrong when he said David's head wasn't really on it. But I don't blame Beckham for that, I blame his Mrs.
Hardly anyone knew she had rung him to say that at the time. Had they done they might have given him a bit more slack. Its telling that when Neville is asked wether it was a good idea to tell him he was a bit reluctant to say what he really thought.

In his autobiography which came out in the summer 2003 (just after he had left United), he actually says that Victoria called/messaged him AFTER the game to tell him she is pregnant. He then told this Gary Neville who told him something like „great, forget about the game, and focus on this new chapter and the future“.
So either they are telling it differently in the Netflix series or in his book.

 

[FriedClams]

In his autobiography which came out in the summer 2003 (just after he had left United), he actually says that Victoria called/messaged him AFTER the game to tell him she is pregnant. He then told this Gary Neville who told him something like „great, forget about the game, and focus on this new chapter and the future“.
So either they are telling it differently in the Netflix series or in his book.

I'd suggest the book version is accurate. There's an awful lot of self indulgent dramatization in the Beckham show, especially the whole stadium chanting "There's only one David Beckham".... They had been supporting him long before that moment

 

[Yagami]

Should have won the balon d'Or in 99. I'll die on that hill.

 

[The side netting]

In his autobiography which came out in the summer 2003 (just after he had left United), he actually says that Victoria called/messaged him AFTER the game to tell him she is pregnant. He then told this Gary Neville who told him something like „great, forget about the game, and focus on this new chapter and the future“.
So either they are telling it differently in the Netflix series or in his book.

That's interesting. I wonder which one is the truth. He certainly didn't deny it on the Netflix documentary. Weird.

The one thing that did make me belly laugh though, was when he said he hadn't 'changed' when he met Posh....then Fergie comes on and says "oh yeah, he changed".

 

[clarkydaz]

That's interesting. I wonder which one is the truth. He certainly didn't deny it on the Netflix documentary. Weird.

The one thing that did make me belly laugh though, was when he said he hadn't 'changed' when he met Posh....then Fergie comes on and says "oh yeah, he changed".

Exactly the same when Becks says he loved Fergie. Next clip Fergie saying you can't fall in love with people, it's sport