I've been an ambassador for Active Kids for three years
and Sainbury's asked me to come and visit
a leading school in the program,
which happens to be my old school.
I haven't been back here for 30 years, so it's nice to be back.
Children, he's much, much better than me, much better.
You may find it hard to believe.
Yeah!
Thank you for the welcome.
You know, it's amazing when I come into a room
and get a welcome like that so early in the morning as well.
The last time I was here, I was 8 or 9 years old.
It's gone very quickly, but it's great to be back here.
Lot has changed in this school.
You know, I lived just on the street next door.
We had one teacher called Mr. McGee that really scared me.
And he was lucky because he actually prepared me
for Sir Alex Ferguson, who was also scary.
And I remember being happy when I used to come to school.
I never used to miss a day unless I was sick.
I was never one of the top peoples,
but I always worked hard and my work in my books was always neat.
If you couldn't have become a football player, what would you be?
If I wasn't a football player, what would I be?
I used to love art and I still love drawing pictures.
I have four children, they all love me drawing cartoons
of Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse and things like that.
Were you in this classroom when you came to this school?
Well, I actually used to practice over here on the field.
We had quite a few good young players in the school.
So I don't think I was the best in the class.
I don't think I was best in the school.
And for some reason, I always remember being picked last
in the school games on the field at break time.
I just heard the team has got to Wembley, it's amazing.
I know and it's the first time a school Northern Forest
has been represented at Wembley.
Would you have any advice for us to play at Wembley?
Well, you know, the first time I played at Wembley
was for Manchester United.
And I was so nervous, but I remember walking out on to the pitch
and my dad turned around to me, he said,
just make sure that you look around the stadium
because, you know, it's such a special stadium,
it's got so much history
and some of the best players in the world have played there.
I'm jealous, I'm not gonna play there again.
You guys are playing there, very exciting.
One of the things that has changed,
school dinners have definitely got a lot healthier
than they were back in the day.
Can I just shake your hand please?
Of course. You all right?
Good. How is lunch?
Can I shake your hand? Can I shake your hand?
Of course.
I'm nervous, I don't want to.
What's your favourite food?
I always liked pasta and my mum always used to make sure
I always ate vegetables.
And what she used to do,
she used to hide them in the spaghetti bolognese.
How old were you when you played your first game?
I was-- When I played my first professional game,
I was 17 years old.
Seventeen? Yeah.
Was Bobby Charlton playing when you first started playing for Man United?
No, that was quite a few years before I started playing,
but thank you for that.
He was actually my dad's favourite player.
They said, you know what,
that doesn't look like David Beckham to me.
And I'm like, that is David Beckham.
And I was just tapping them on the shoulder.
I couldn't move my lip. My lip was just quivering.
I smiled the whole way through 'cause he's a big, big, big person.
It's really important for the school to actually know
that we've had a star that's actually came here,
so we can actually believe in our dreams
and make them come true just like he did.
I've always tried to stay in some kind of contact.
I've sent a shirt down that they have displayed here.
I sent a pair of boots down.
You know, there's so many life skills
that they can learn from just being in school.
You know, turning up for school every day,
being the best pupil, being polite.
Hi, David Beckham.
Hey, mate.
Everyone saw him and we was all chanting, "David, David, David".
David, David, David. David, David, David.