Added: 10/08/2005 |
What to do on David Beckham holiday tourWhat are the things to do on David Beckham holiday tour?
Holidays guide people to the most unusual places.True football fans can go on David Beckham holiday tours and get more information about the world's most attractive footballer and his celebrity wife.
1: Leytonstone, east London
On May 2, 1975, David Robert Joseph Beckham was born. Son of a gas fitter and a local hairdresser, fresh-faced David never made much of an impact at school and spent most of his spare time doing "keepy-uppies" in the local park. His birthplace, Leytonstone, is a friendly but otherwise unremarkable London suburb redeemed by its numerous open spaces and proximity to Epping Forest. True aficionados can visit nearby Chingford, where an eight-year-old Becks scored more than 100 goals for his first team, The Ridgeway Rovers.
What to do...
Take a holiday tour and stroll around Epping Forest - the largest public space in London - and keep an eye out for some gorgeous birds....
2: Walthamstow greyhound track, east London
In 1987, David Beckham was 12 years old and in need of extra pocket money. It was here that he landed the only job outside football he would ever have: collecting glasses at the local dog track.
What to do ...
Wonder at David's humble beginnings or simply have a flutter on the dogs ...
Directions: From Walthamstow tube turn right onto Billet Road. Take the third exit on the roundabout onto Chingford Road and the first right onto Rushcroft Road.
3: Old Trafford football ground, Manchester
"There was never another team for me", says Beckham of Manchester United, though Alex Ferguson clearly has other ideas. It was here, in 1986, that an 11-year-old Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills Award. Ten years later he had signed to his dream team and had started on the journey that would one day see him as the world's most attractive footballer with a celebrity wife.
What to do...
Take a holiday tour and test your knowledge of the man and his game at the Old Trafford Museum and Tour Centre. The museum offers a comprehensive and lively history of Manchester United. Budding would-be Beckhams can pit themselves against the country's best at The Bobby Charlton Soccer School. A five-day course runs at Rossell School, in Fleetwood, Blackpool and costs £270.
4: Wimbledon football ground, south London
With a strong and assured performance in his first United match against Galatasaray, David Beckham had begun to make an indelible mark on his team. But in 1996, he scored a goal that landed him in the annals of football history. In the last moments of a tense match against Wimbledon, he had a dig from just inside his own half, past Wimbledon keeper Neil Sullivan and straight into the back of the net. "It changed my life completely," he said. "I was just walking on clouds and I wanted to shake every player's hand."
What to do...
Take in a match at Wimbledon's former home ground (though, of course, Wimbledon now play in Milton Keynes. Which makes perfect sense).
5: The Met Bar, Mayfair
By the late 90s, Beckham was well on his way to becoming one of the highest-paid footballers on the planet. The Met Bar was a popular haunt for his Spice Girl fiancée Victoria Adams, and the pair now mingled and schmoozed with assorted rock stars, models and TV personalities.
What to do ...
if you're not rich and beautiful, expect a frosty reception from the goons on the door. When you've swigged a skinful of daiquiris, drag yourself upstairs to ...
6: Prada, Chelsea
It often seems that David Beckham is as famous for his wardrobe as he is for his career in football. In recent years, we've seen hand made shoes, Italian suits, leather trousers and silk sarongs. And, of course, the inimitable Prada moccasins; Prada being perhaps the most achingly fashionable, eye-wateringly expensive brand in the entire world.
What to do ...
Wake up in your clothes, dust yourself down and prepare for battle: we're going shopping ... Beckham style. Ports of call include Gucci (for leather jackets and belts), Fendi (for shirts and suits), and David's favourite off-the-pitch shoe store, Prada.
7: Brooklyn, New York
"He has my legs, my feet, and exactly the same toes as me", said David of his son, Brooklyn Joseph Beckham, soon after his birth. Born on March 3 1999 and named after the site of his conception, David and Victoria's first child started life in style; Remi Krug sent the Beckhams two baby bottles of vintage champagne along with the message "Welcome to the world of bubbles".
What to do ...
Take a holiday tour and move and shake with the movers and shakers at the world famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
If NYC is beyond your budget why not try The Grangewood Hotel near Brooklyn Avenue, south-east London?
8: Luttrellstown Castle, Ireland
On July 4 1999, David Beckham married Victoria Adams at a "secret" castle location near Dublin. OK! magazine secured a rumoured £1m exclusivity contract, while 500 guests thronged to the six-course dinner and dance. Ensconced and enthroned, the newlyweds smiled sweetly for the cameras.
What to do ...
Choose from golf, horse riding and archery at the mind-bogglingly expensive Luttrellstown Castle.
9: Beckingham Palace, Hertfordshire
In August 1999, just weeks after their marriage, the couple splashed out on a mock-Georgian, seven-bedroom house in Sawbridegworth, near Stansted airport. The house lies just outside the town, set back from the main road behind heavy iron gates.
What to do ...
Take a holiday tour and join the British public in a bout of unbridled envy as you gaze on the £2.5m mansion. Seethe at the injustice of the property's swimming pool, gymnasium and 24 acres of land. Positively boil in bile as you consider the couple's other penthouse residence.
When you've finished all that, drag your heels up the street and console yourself with a drink.
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