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The NFL won bragging authorities complete Hollywood's finest connected Monday evening - astatine slightest successful a mode of speaking - and David Beckham was connected manus to watch nan title unfold.
The erstwhile Manchester United and England midfielder was accompanied by boy Romeo during an quality astatine St. Andrew's, wherever home-side Birmingham City faced Wrexham successful a hotly contested League One match.
Beckham, 49, was connected manus to support legendary NFL backmost Tom Brady, whose number ownership and domiciled as chairman of a caller advisory committee astatine Birmingham was confirmed successful 2023.
And his quality successful nan stands alongside Brady, 47, pinch whom he shares a adjacent friendship, appeared to activity its magic connected nan pitch, pinch nan location broadside beating Hollywood prima Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's co-owned Wrexham 3-1 connected nan night.
While Reynolds missed Monday's game, character and shaper McElhenney, 47, watched a dismal showing from his Welsh nine aft flying to nan United Kingdom soon aft attending nan 76th Primetime Emmy Awards successful Los Angeles.
Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady (left) was joined by David Beckham (centre) and his boy Romeo (left) for nan League One side's triumph complete Wrexham astatine St. Andrew's connected Monday night
Beckham was connected manus to support adjacent friend Brady , whose number ownership and domiciled arsenic president of a caller advisory committee astatine Birmingham was confirmed successful 2023
Beckham arrived alongside Romeo, 22, whose fleeting shot profession came to an extremity past period pursuing little spells pinch MLS Next Pro franchise Inter Miami II and Premier League club Brentford.
Brady was successful bully spirits arsenic he faced X-rated taunts from Wrexham's travelling supporters.
The NFL fable gave a thumbs-up arsenic fans shouted 'who nan f***ing hellhole are you?' successful his direction.
Stansfield was Birmingham City’s superhero aft nan striker, League One's astir costly subordinate astatine £20million aft Blues smashed nan transportation record, scored a brace to move them level connected points pinch leaders Wrexham.
The division’s grounds signing drew nan location broadside level connected 22 minutes erstwhile he reacted quickest to move location a loose shot successful nan container earlier his superb guided header connected 52 minutes completed nan turnaround.
That came aft Jack Marriott put Wrexham into nan lead aft conscionable 3 minutes pinch a deflected effort only for Tomoki Iwata to complete nan scoring pinch a superb onslaught from 25-yards retired connected 59 minutes.
Birmingham skipper Krystian Bielik saw reddish connected 86 minutes aft picking up 2 yellowish cards successful nan abstraction of 5 minutes arsenic Blues held connected to move associated apical of nan table.
Wrexham stay astatine nan acme connected extremity quality contempt slipping to their first conclusion of nan season while though second-placed Birmingham person a crippled in-hand.
The crippled marked nan first convention gathering betwixt nan 2 clubs successful 29 years and a pre-match lights show ramped up an already electrical ambiance astatine St Andrew’s arsenic nan division’s 2 title favourites went head-to-head pinch stars including Beckham, Tom Wagner and McElhenney successful attendance.
Brady was successful bully spirits arsenic he faced X-rated taunts from Wrexham's travelling supporters
Beckham was warmly welcomed by location supporters up of nan League One match
The erstwhile footballer enjoys a adjacent relationship pinch Brady that dates backmost to his years arsenic a subordinate pinch MLS broadside Los Angeles Galaxy
He arrived alongside Romeo, whose fleeting shot profession came to an extremity past period pursuing little spells pinch Inter Miami II and Brentford
Brady later thanked Beckham for 'teaching him' immoderate colourful terrace chants pursuing nan lively brushwood astatine St. Andrew's.
Taking to Instagram, he wrote: 'Thanks for school maine really to singing astatine a shot lucifer @davidbeckham. Can’t repetition astir of what was said.'
McElhenney had antecedently confirmed Beckham's unexpected attendance pinch societal media followers complete nan weekend.
'Directly aft nan Emmys I’m hopping connected a level and going retired to Birmingham, England, to watch Wrexham play Tom Brady’s team, Birmingham City,' he told Instagram followers.
'"We’re not legally allowed to stake connected nan games but we person fun, we person societal media and whatnot. I’ll beryllium joining him and I judge Mr. David Beckham will beryllium location arsenic good - we should person a bully time.'
