David Beckham on his childhood love of football and fashion

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  Hello, I'm Lauren Laverne and this is Desert Island Discs postcards.

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  Funny, moving and memorable moments from those who've been cast away to our imaginary Desert Island.

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  This postcard comes from the footballer David Beckham who spoke to Kirsty Young for our 75th anniversary programme in 2017.

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  My very earliest memory was My mum taking me to football all the time.

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  My dad was working as a gas-fitter.

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  So my mum did a lot of the training sessions, did a lot of the games at the weekend.

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  And my dad, you know, day after day, week after week,

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  we used to go over to the park right near our house in Chingford.

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  You know, there was a goal over there with no nets.

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  And he would say, OK, hit the crossbar.

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  Hit the crossbar.

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  And we'd do it for hours and hours.

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  And that's one thing my parents have...

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  Given me that work ethic,

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  you know I remember my dad going out at 6 o'clock in the morning and coming back at 7 38 at night sometimes later You know my mom would make dinner for us like me and my sisters She'd focus on us as children and then at 9 o'clock at night She would have her old ladies come in and she would do their hair.

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  She was a hairdresser So she would do that till 11 12 at night You have said of your dad that all the hours that he gave you and all the time he took with you you said he was a bit of a task master.

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  It was tough love, was it?

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  Did he tick you off?

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  Without a doubt, it was tough love, you know?

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  And I remember playing for Ridgway Rovers on a Sunday morning, and if I had a bad game,

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