U.K.: ENGLAND SOCCER CAPTAIN DAVID BECKHAM UNVEILS PLANS FOR HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL SOCCER ACADEMY

Record ID: 190149

  • Title: U.K.: ENGLAND SOCCER CAPTAIN DAVID BECKHAM UNVEILS PLANS FOR HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL SOCCER ACADEMY
  • Date: 14th March 2005
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 14, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE SHOT OF TRINITY HOUSE, HOME OF BECKHAM SOCCER ACADEMY, WITH MILLENNIUM DOME IN BACKGROUND 2. DAVID BECKHAM POSING FOR MEDIA WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN (2 SHOTS) 3. PHOTO OF BECKHAM IN SCHOOL TEAM AT EXHIBITION IN ACADEMY 4. WIDE OF EXHIBITION WITH BECKHAM SOCCER BOOTS ON DISPLAY 5. CLOSE UP OF PAIR OF BECKHAM BOOTS 6. PHOTO OF BECKHAM AS YOUNG BOY AT SOCCER ACADEMY WITH FORMER ENGLAND AND MANCHESTER UNITED STAR BOBBY CHARLTON 7. (Soundbite) (English) BECKHAM SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE - "I always wanted to be a professional footballer. Now I'm a professional footballer all I ever wanted to have is soccer schools. Now I'm lucky that I'm in a position where I can create this." 8. BECKHAM WATCHING KIDS BEING COACHED 9. (Soundbite) (English) BECKHAM - "I've grown up with football. I've grown up in soccer schools and, to me, working with kids and children is one of the most exciting experiences you can have as a footballer. You know, to see the happiness that soccer schools bring to kids, that's the more important thing in life." 10. COACHING SESSION WITH BECKHAM WATCHING 11. (Soundbite) (English) BECKHAM - "It's about kids coming down, having fun. It's for kids all around the world, all around different countries, to come down and enjoy it. It's not just about the elite players and creating the elitism within the soccer school. It's about kids coming down and having fun and enjoying themselves." 12. KIDS BEING COACHED 13. (Soundbite) (English) BECKHAM - "For me it's a long-term project. It's a project that I'm that, yes, I'm creating now while I'm still playing. But, for me, that is what I want to do when I finish playing football. I want to be involved with kids. I want to be involved with the coaching of the kids and the involvement of my soccer school and hopefully it will run for many, many years." 14. PHOTOGRAPHERS WATCHING COACHING 2.28 15. BECKHAM BALL JUGGLING 2.37 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th March 2005 13:00
  • Keywords: Features a young Harry Kane
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA28FIQEDV1G5P3ZJNWWNWF4WN5
  • Story Text: David Beckham unveils his own soccer academy.



    England captain David Beckham unveiled plans for his
    first international soccer school on Monday (March 14).

    The David Beckham Academy near the Millennium Dome in
    Greenwich, south-east London, will open in the summer with
    a second school to be unveiled in Los Angeles later in the
    year.

    The Real Madrid midfielder was at the site to
    officially announce his plans and was joined by pupils from
    his former school, Chingford Foundation School in east
    London, who will be among children offered training.

    Beckham, 29, was inspired to set up the schools after
    attending the school of England legend Bobby Charlton as a
    youngster.

    Beckham plans to devote his time to the scheme at the
    end of his playing career, rather than enter management.

    He insisted today that the academy was not about
    finding the stars of the future.

    "I always wanted to be a professional footballer and
    now I am in a position where I can create an academy of my
    own." said Beckham at a news conference. "I have grown up with
    footb
    all and to see the happiness
    that football brings to kids, for me that is the most
    important thing, that they can come in and learn with a
    smile on their faces.

    "It is about kids coming here and having fun and
    enjoying it - it is not just about creating players."

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