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Have you ever thought what it is like for the parents of famous athletes such as Paula Raddiffe,
Tanni Grey-Thompson and David Beckham to watch their child compete in their chosen sports?
This is one dad's, Ted's, perspective.
My nerves were jangling as I took my seat in the Nou Camp Stadium for the biggest game of my
son's life - Manchester United v Bayern Munich in the 1999 European Cup Final.
This was it - the pinnacle of my son's career and of my footballing dream.
My boy, David Beckham, was playing for my team, Manchester United, in the biggest game
ever played by a British club. He was a vital member of a team which had already stunned
English football by winning both the Premiership and the FA Cup. Now they stood on the brink of
an unprecedented treble.
The final was being held in one of the world's great sporting arenas - Barcelona's Nou Camp.
The stands seem to rise almost vertically above the ground to create a cauldron of noise, colour
and atmosphere. On that hot, sunny evening, those stands were packed with 90,000 screaming,
passionate fans.
The gnawing tension had been building inside me for a week, just as it had for David. As the
players started their pre-match warm-ups, I could hardly bear to sit in my seat. The nerves and
the pressure had really got to me - seconds turned to minutes and minutes to hours. My mouth
had gone dry and the clamour all around me seemed strangely distant, as though I were looking
through the wrong end of a telescope.
My wife, Sandra, was beside me and there were familiar faces all around but all I could
concentrate on was my son. His performance was the most important thing to me - I knew if he
played well, then United had a fantastic chance of claiming the ultimate prize in club football.
David caught my eye and gave a little wave, as he always did before every game. Sandra and
I smiled back, trying to look both calm and determined.
The game kicked off but the tension had got to the United players. Passes were misplaced,
nothing flowed and neither team really got into its stride. Yet that only made my nerves worse - I
knew one little mistake might decide the outcome.
Even though I'd watched David play countless hundreds of games, I struggled to put my finger
on what was wrong with him or the team. Bayern were typically well-organized and gave nothing
away at the back, while United, without suspended midfielders Roy Keane and Paul Scholes,
looked disjointed and out of sorts.
But nothing prepared us for the opening goal - scored by the Germans after just six minutes.
United's Ronny Johnsen conceded a free-kick just outside the penalty area and Mario Basler
slammed the ball home.
From that moment on, the Germans battered us. They hit the bar and Peter Schmeichel in the
United goal made several outstanding saves.
The game and the chance of making history seemed to be slipping away. At half-time, the
United fans looked tense and nervous, unable to understand how the flowing football which had
dominated the English season had disappeared. Somehow, the glamour of the occasion had
been replaced by pure tension which no-one in a United shirt was enjoying.
I exchanged a few brief words with Sandra and the people around me. I've no idea what I said
or what they said to me. My mind was in a jumble and my nerves had got worse and worse but,
at only 1-0 down, we still had a chance.
The second half started much like the first, with the Germans on top and threatening to run
away with the game. But with 20 minutes to go they had a decision to make - should they try and
hold what they had or keep going for another goal?
They chose the first option and took off inspirational midfielder Lotthar Matthaus and striker
Alexander Zickler in an attempt to hold on for a 1-0 win. United threw everything forward,
replacing winger Jesper Blomqvist and centre-forward Andy Cole with strikers Teddy Sheringham
and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
With five minutes to go, it looked like the Germans had got it right. The United players were
driving themselves towards the Bayern goal but nothing seemed to be working. Then a high ball
came out of the United defence towards David, who was standing in the centre circle. I watched

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as he headed it forward and, with United pouring forward, Bayern were forced to concede a
corner-kick.
David sprinted over to take it. This was the moment we had been preparing for all his life, all
those countless hours spent practising corner-kick after corner-kick on muddy, windswept pitches
in east London. All that practice was about to pay off in the most spectacular fashion.
He took his familiar run-up, arching his body sideways, his left arm outstretched, as his right
boot connected with the ball to send over a devastatingly accurate centre. The United keeper
Schmeichel had come up into the German penalty area in a last desperate attempt to score. The
Bayern defenders looked utterly confused as Dwight Yorke headed the ball backwards for Ryan
Giggs to fire goalwards. As the ball rebounded, Teddy Sheringham reacted first to stab home a
sensational equalizer.
'Yeeeeessssssssss!' I roared as the whole United end leapt skywards and the entire stadium
seemed to turn red and white. I was dancing around like a lunatic and punching the air in
jubilation.
With just four minutes left to play, it was 1-1. Now United had the momentum and the
Germans looked stunned. They had been just seconds away from getting their hands on the
European Cup - suddenly they were staring at extra time. Or so they thought.
Just three minutes later and with the German fans whistling madly for the ref to blow for
full-time, United won another corner. It was on the same side as the goal had come from, right in
front of the main block of United support.
The noise was deafening as David ran over to take it again. He stood with his hands on his
hips, eyeing up the penalty area and imagining the ball swinging into the danger area. With one
deep breath, he ran forwards, arching his body again, to get the maximum amount of power
and curve on the ball. I watched open-mouthed as the ball curled into the penalty area and the
players jostled for the final touch.
This time, Sheringham got his head to the ball first. We watched as it bounced over the
German defenders towards the far post, where the little Norwegian Solskjaer was waiting. We
rose to our feet and our arms started to reach skywards as Solskjaer reacted instantly to hook the
ball into the net and score the winning goal.
Up we went again, totally overcome with joy. The huge outpouring of pent-up emotion swept
across the stadium as Solskjaer was enveloped by his delirious team-mates. Unbelievably,
incredibly, astonishingly, United were 2-1 ahead with just seconds to go. The European Cup and a place in footballing immortality - was ours.
That final minute was one of the happiest of my life. The Germans were shot to pieces - they
could barely comprehend what had happened and were never going to come back. In the space
of just 240 seconds, United had gone from losers to treble winners and my son had been at the
centre of it all.
As the final whistle went, I cheered deliriously, hugging anyone who came near me. The tears
welled in my eyes as I thought back to how my son's incredible journey to the pinnacle of world
football had begun. And then they flowed uncontrollably down my cheeks, as the pride in both
my team and my son overwhelmed me.
From David Beckham: My Son by Ted Beckham

Section 1
1

Write out the line of text which shows that Ted attended the match as much to support
Manchester United as to support David.

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In which city was the football match being played?

Explain in your own words what is meant by Manchester United being 'on the brink of an
unprecedented treble' (lines 9-10).

To create a cauldron of noise, colour and atmosphere' (lines 12-13).

Which literary technique is this an example of?

Find another example of where this technique is used in the text.

Ted was feeling nervous before the match. Find two pieces of evidence in the text to
support this statement.

Why do you think that David's parents tried to look 'calm and determined' when David
noticed them (line 24)?

Which one word in the extract tells us that the German team usually played a carefully
structured game?

Find an example of a simile within lines 65-70.

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Write one alternative word or short phrase for each of these words as they are used in the
context of the extract.
ultimate (line 22)
concede (line 54)
jubilation (line 67)
delirious (line 84)
Tick the two statements that are false.
A Lotthaur Matthaus was a very good player.
B This was an important match because it marked the start of David's sporting
career.
C Ted had felt tense and nervous for more than five days.
D Bayern Munich were playing in their home country.
E Manchester United played poorly in the first half of the game.

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11

Using information from the text, write a brief description of the Manchester United striker,
Solskjaer.

12

Why do you think Ted was crying at the end of the match?

13

Tick the two statements that are true.

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B
C
D
E

14

This extract has been taken from David Beckham's autobiography.

'Minor1 means the same as 'vital' as used in the extract (line 8).
Short sentences are used to relieve the tension in the text (line 70, for example).
The dash in line 32 has been used to join two related clauses.
The word 'countless' used in line 28 has the same meaning as when used in
line 57.

Write a brief account of the last four minutes of the game from a Bayern Munich fan's
perspective. Think about how they would have felt as they watched the events unfold.

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Find one example of an abstract noun within lines 83-94.

16

Write one antonym for each of the following words:

deafening

danger

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Section 2
Circle the one word that has been spelt incorrectly in each short extract.
1

After atending her first week at secondary school, Josie determined that her favourite
subjects were English, science and geography.

Stuart encouraged his children to take part in numerus sports because he thought
different games would help them to understand the importance of exercise, discipline and
of having fun.

Steve had a passion for drawing; cartoon characters were his specaility.

Molly's mum was flabbergasted when a talent scout aproached her to ask if Molly would
be available to audition for a singing contest.

Mr Novak remarked on how extrordinary it was that most of the class had obtained the
same score on the literacy test.

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Section 3
One piece of punctuation is missing from each of the following extracts. Rewrite each
section of text correctly.
1

Lucy went upstairs to bed at 7.00 p.m. her usual bedtime, and was allowed to read for
half an hour before lights out.

Whatever activity the class was doing, Mr Jones would always say, "Remember to
practise, practise, practise because practice makes perfect"

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"Oh, Dad," moaned Jackie "I'm so fed up! I want to do something more interesting.

"Hi Jake! called Phil, "Do you want to come over to mine after school?"

The door creaked open slowly. What horrors lay waiting for me in the room It was time to
find out

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Section 4
Choose the correct word or short phrase from the brackets to complete each sentence.
Each sentence must make sense and use Standard English.

I always
to do my best, despite the circumstances.
(fort / thought / fought / fighting / foughted)
trying out his new bike, when he fell and broke his wrist.
Daniel
(was / were / we're / is / wasn't)
The kit wasn't
(him / she / yours / them / theirs)

_ but they used it anyway.

The pianist gave the

(great / greatest / grater / grating / greater)

performance of her life.

The producer
choose the cast for the play by the end of the day.
(have to / having had to / had to / having to / was having)

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