By David Beckham, Tom Watt, HarperCollins, October 2003

David Beckham is a leading English footballer who plays for the Spanish professional team Real Madrid. Beckham was already a crowd-pleasing star for Manchester United when he married Spice Girls star Victoria Adams ("Posh Spice") in July of 1999; the combination of the two heartthrobs proved irresistible to the press and public, and they became one of Britain's most famous couples.

The legend of David Beckham -- soccer god, global sex symbol, style icon -- as only he can tell it. The international soccer star speaks candidly about the pressures of celebrity, goes behind the scenes of his most memorable career moments -- and sets the record straight.

Both Feet on the Ground is David Beckham's own extraordinary story, told by the man who knows him best -- David Beckham.

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There is only one David Beckham -- and it's not always the one you read about in the newspapers and magazines or see in the movies. From humble East End London beginnings, the boy with prodigious soccer skills grew up to be one of the most gifted athletes of his generation as well as a sex symbol and fashion icon. Along the way he married Spice Girl Victoria "Posh" Adams, and together they inhabit a celebrity whirlwind of Diana-esque proportions. In Both Feet on the Ground, David talks candidly about the perils of fame (his wife and son were the targets of a notorious kidnapping plot and he is the subject of almost daily tabloid rumors); the struggle to balance his roles as a devoted husband and besotted father with his globetrotting existence as an international soccer star; the behind-the-scenes stories of his most memorable and heartbreaking (if only he could retake that infamous penalty kick against Portugal in Euro 2004) career moments; the controversy surrounding his first year at Real Madrid after his $41 million transfer from Manchester United, the storied English team he joined as a teenager and led for more than a decade; and, finally, his love of America, where he plans to start a soccer school and perhaps, one day, even play professionally.

Useful Links: 

Football career profiles

• FootballDatabase provides David Beckham's profile and stats
• David Beckham biography from thefa.com
• David Beckham profile from realmadrid.com
• Biography on the Internet Movie Database
• Biography on the AceShowBiz Database
• David Beckham profile — AskMen.com
• Beckham Trail in Waltham forest where David was born and raised
• The David Beckham Academy — Two locations - London and Los Angeles

Fan sites and fanzines

• Davbeckham.com— Ultimate David Beckham Fansite.
• David Beckham — unofficial fan website.
• David Beckham Fan Website
• David Beckham Gallery
• Old Trafford Legends: David Beckham
• Beckham Magazine — fanzine with a lot of information and pictures and a very active forum (and a lot of pop-ups).

Official commercial websites

• http://www.coty.com/
• http://www.19.co.uk/
• David Beckham at The Internet Movie Database

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