![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-david-beckhams-dad-teds-ruthless-quest-to-get-his-son-signed-by-man-utd-including-raw-egg-and-guinness-diet/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/newspress-collage-24259838-1696423004949.jpg&description=THERE are many dads desperate for a footballer son, but David Beckham's went to extreme lengths - even feeding him raw egg and Guinness once a week. In the Beckham documentary, out today on Netflix, David reveals the way Manchester United-obsessed Ted Beckham treated him growing up, training him from morning to night, giving him 50p for every target hit. 8 David Beckham pictured with mum Sandra and dad Ted, who was Manchester United-obsessed and very strict on him Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 8 Beckham always saw Sir Alex Ferguson as his second "father figure" Credit: Netflix With a disciplinary parenting style that his mum, Sandra, wasn't a fan of, it's no wonder Beckham always saw his equally strict Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson as a guiding 'father figure'. Aside from both men famously falling out with David when he moved from Man Utd to Real Madrid in 2003, there are many similarities between the two men who shaped the football legend's career. Growing up in Leytonstone, Beckham got used to strict training from his dad, who would take him 'out for hours'. 'I'd loved to have been a footballer but I had the next best thing,' Ted says. 'I taught him how to kick a ball properly. 'I used to say to him, 'Right, every time you hit the crossbar, I'll give you 50p' and it used to cost me a fortune.' Beckham adds: 'Left foot, right foot, over and over again. And it was all about control. 'Even when I was seven or eight years old, he'd boot the ball up as high as he could and say 'control it,' 'OK, not good enough, do it again,' 'Not good enough, do it again' over and over again.' When he joined the youth team Ridgeway Rovers, he went 92 matches unbeaten - but his dad still wasn't content. 'I was a bit worried about the size of him,' Ted says. 'So that's when we started giving him Guinness and raw egg. 'To be fair to the boy, he did it every week.' Becks adds: 'I was scared when he was there because I knew if I put a foot wrong, he'd tell me. And he'd always tell){kind=link}
THERE are many dads desperate for a footballer son, but David Beckham’s went to extreme lengths – even feeding him raw egg and Guinness once a week.
In the Beckham documentary, out today on Netflix, David reveals the way Manchester United-obsessed Ted Beckham treated him growing up, training him from morning to night, giving him 50p for every target hit.
With a disciplinary parenting style that his mum, Sandra, wasn’t a fan of, it’s no wonder Beckham always saw his equally strict Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson as a guiding “father figure”.
Aside from both men famously falling out with David when he moved from Man Utd to Real Madrid in 2003, there are many similarities between the two men who shaped the football legend’s career.
Growing up in Leytonstone, Beckham got used to strict training from his dad, who would take him “out for hours”.