David Beckham has shared what he told Tom Brady about the Wrexham and Birmingham chants during the 'Hollywood Derby' – and how the NFL legend reacted.
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A-listers out in force for League One clashBeckham, Brady & McElhenney in attendanceBirmingham beat Wrexham 3-1Follow GOAL's official WhatsApp channel!Join nowWHAT HAPPENED?
Brady played in hundreds of NFL games during his distinguished career but he won't have experienced an atmosphere quite like the one delivered by the Birmingham and Wrexham supporters on Monday evening. Nearly 28,000 fans were inside a jampacked St Andrew's and the stadium was rocking all night as the hosts secured a huge 3-1 win.
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The A-listers were there, too. Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney flew straight from the Emmys for the match, while Birmingham investor Brady sat next to David Beckham. Given the importance of the occasion, with both teams vying for promotion to the Championship this season, both sets of fans were in full voice. Wrexham fans called Birmingham "a sh*t Aston Villa" and asked Brady "who the f*cking hell are you?" as he walked past, while Birmingham supporters took aim at James McCLean – who certainly gave it back. Brady required a little bit of help from Beckham to understand what was being said.
WHAT BECKHAM SAID
"I've not seen an atmosphere like that for a long time, where Birmingham fans and Wrexham fans were incredible," Beckham said on CBS Sports Golazo. "Tom Brady was sat next to me and he was like, 'the atmosphere's amazing. It really is amazing,' he said. But he said, 'what are they singing?' And I was like, 'You wanna know exactly what they're singing about your team and about what your team's singing about Wrexham?' And he said, 'yeah, tell me'. So I told him and he found it very funny."
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Brady later thanked Beckham for teaching him how to sing at a football match in a humorous Instagram post, which he wrote in response to Birmingham insisting the Inter Miami co-owner is welcome to "pop in again" to St Andrew's anytime.
