A special award was created ’Fastest selling biography of all time’ just to honour Beckham, who didn’t even write the book himself! My Side was actually ghost written by Tom Watts who played Lofty in Eastenders in the 80s. The footballer accepted his award via a video message as, unsurprisingly he wasn’t available for public appearances at the time. Still, he’ll have plenty of material for a new book soon.

Another alleged affair - April 04
It seems not a month can go by without someone else claiming to have had an affair with poor old Becks. This time a Spanish PA for the family has her say...

The Sun and The Mirror have carried full reports of an alleged affair last year, which developed between David and his then PA Rebecca Loos. The affair is said to have taken place when David first went to Spain and Victoria was concentrating on her own career. The papers have printed a series of supposed text messages between Rebecca and David.

Rebecca Loos, 26, was the Beckham’s PA after headhunted by David’s sports management firm SFX, to help the family settle in Spain. She is from a wealthy Madrid background, with a background in banking and PR, but was fired from SFX after allegations of a hinted affair with Becks last year.

However, David has dismissed these claims as "ludicrous", and in a statement issued via his agent, Beckham insisted he had a "wonderful wife and two very special kids". Wife Victoria has declined to comment, instead keeping a dignified silence. David Beckham is expected to join his family on a skiing holiday in Switzerland.

Best dressed Brit - April 04
David Beckham has been named Britain’s best-dressed man ever in yet another ’best of’ poll, this time by men’s style magazine GQ.

David has been awarded this honour by mens mag GQ, who said that he is "not only the most famous man in Britain, not just one of the nicest, but also the most stylish." Ahh, bless ’em. The poll was apparently carried out by "500 celebrities, journalists and opinion formers, as well as the staff of GQ." Just below David Beckham, style guru, was wartime leader Winston Churchill. Poor old Tony Blair was voted worst dressed man.

Becks mad at alco-pop model - March 04
A ’David Beckham look-alike’ model is advertising Manchester Gin alco pops, and Becks is apparently fuming.

David Beckham is angry that the Russian drinks firm (worryingly called the childish name of ’Happyland Drinks’) have chosen a model that so closely resembles himself. The drink adverts on billboards in Moscow and St Petersburg show the look-alike model wearing half a suit and half a Manchester United kit.

The star’s management agency, 19, says its consulting lawyers because the campaign amounts to "passing off" Beckham’s image without permission. Manchester United said it couldn’t comment because it hadn’t yet seen the advertising campaign.

Beckham’s Bentley clamped - Mar 04
Even David Beckham can fall foul of the clamp happy wardens on W1, and this is with a minder supposedly ’minding’ the car!

David Beckham recently took wife Vic, her parents and sister Louise to Drones restaurant in Mayfair, W1, and confidently left his car with a minder whilst they went it to enjoy their meal. However, the car had apparently been left in a permit holders’ zone and so was clamped, which cost David ?115 reports The Sun.

This begs the question of what the hell was the minder minding? Most probably minding his own business, I presume.

Becks laughs at Jordan’s claims - Feb 04
David Beckham has issued a strenuous denial after Jordan has hinted of an affair with the England football skipper.