See also
Franchise player
List of current MLS players
References
Books
Beckham, David (2002). David Beckham: My Side. HarperCollinsWillow. (ISBN 0-00-715732-0).
Beckham, David; Freeman, Dean (2001). Beckham: My World. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. (ISBN 0-340-79270-1).
Beckham, David; Watt, Tom (2003). Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground. HarperCollins. (ISBN 0-06-057093-8).
Crick, Michael (2003). The Boss – The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson. Pocket Books. (ISBN 0-7434-2991-5).
Ferguson, Alex; McIlvanney, Hugh (1999). Managing My Life – My Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton. (ISBN 0-340-72855-8).
Wahl, Grant (2009). The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America. Crown. (ISBN 978-0-307-40859-4).
Internet
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31.^ "Second leg" refers to the second of two matches that are played to decide the tie. The scores from the two matches are added together to determine the winner.
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33.^ The most famous comment was Alan Hansen's "You can't win anything with kids", quoted in The Boss 405. Beckham scored United's goal from a distance of around 30 metres.
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55.^ Equivalent to, at the time, £25 million or US$41 million.
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62.^ 2003-04 Real Madrid