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Title: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: jimwise68 on May 27, 2008, 08:04 PM
Read in the paper today that Beckham went to visit Stephen Murray in hospital.

Apparently he saw some footage of his crash and thought he would go and visit him.

Mr Becks has just gone up in my estimations  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: SaMAlex on May 27, 2008, 08:07 PM
Didnt Beckham phone Stephen up a while ago.
Stephen told him to f-off cos he thought it was one of his mates messin around.

(I could have got this wrong, it might have been another footballer?)
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Swivel on May 27, 2008, 08:14 PM
Nope was true, had a long conversation with him apprantly and gave a very generous donation too... becks is a top man  8)... its posh who is the dodgy old bird  ;) :D
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Flatcap on May 27, 2008, 08:16 PM
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Mr Becks has just gone up in my estimations

Bollox....knowing Beckham there will have been more self promotional reasons to have done it than any other Jim. I'm sure he wanted to keep his visit secret....no no, honest he did, really he did!

I bet his PR agent fooking loved it, if there was no level of self promotion why was it in the paper. The vast majority of the U.S. don't know who he is anyway so he could have quite easily walked in and know one would have been none-the-wiser.

If he cares that much he should pay his medical bills, two weeks wages should cover it.

Daz.
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: spillers#1 on May 27, 2008, 08:28 PM
Read it in the metro paper on the train  :daumenhoch: made me smile
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: jimwise68 on May 27, 2008, 08:31 PM
Read it in the metro paper on the train  :daumenhoch: made me smile

Yep it was only a small piece. Don't think it was a big PR thing Daz, but then i may be wrong.
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Flatcap on May 27, 2008, 08:38 PM
Read it in the metro paper on the train  :daumenhoch: made me smile

Yep it was only a small piece. Don't think it was a big PR thing Daz, but then i may be wrong.

If it was in the Metro that means it was in a Daily 2 days previously....god I'm in a cynical mood tonight!  ::)
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: jackel on May 27, 2008, 08:45 PM
personally kudos to beckham if it made stephen happy thats what matters most isnt it?
beckham is high up in my estimations hes a big charity giver
and gets a big :daumenhoch: from me :)
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: priv on May 27, 2008, 08:55 PM
there's a bit the sun today about him ringing him,as for meeting him it must have been before last week as he's in england for the game tomorrow night
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: thecrooch on May 27, 2008, 08:59 PM
get off his case - end of , stephen gets a well needed donation and a boost from meeting him.   whats wrong with that

the bloke gets followed everywhere so its doesnt mean that he had his PR leak it - if it gains promotion for Stephen's plight then all is good.
 


Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: RATTY on May 27, 2008, 09:06 PM
Becks probably did it because he wanted too. How many other things could he do to self publisise?? Not being funny to Steve Murray is hardly a world famous sportsman, maybe well known in extreme sports, but ask anyone who isnt into BMX they wouldnt have a clue. So come on guys, give him a break :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: munners on May 27, 2008, 09:09 PM
Wasnt becks into BMX? Didnt he buy a ET Kuwi when he first became a player?
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Philbert on May 27, 2008, 09:12 PM
from what i read idon't think he went to see him but he phoned him at the hospital in baltimore and waited on hold for 40 minutes to speak to murray! personally i think fair play to the bloke, don't like his wife but for charity work he's a great ambassador, which will probably what gets him knighted eventually!
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: rudhallrascal on May 27, 2008, 09:22 PM
scroll down to the bottom of the BBC Football Gossip link  :daumenhoch:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7420918.stm
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Flaz on May 27, 2008, 09:24 PM
get off his case - end of , stephen gets a well needed donation and a boost from meeting him.   whats wrong with that

the bloke gets followed everywhere so its doesnt mean that he had his PR leak it - if it gains promotion for Stephen's plight then all is good.
 




well said cant really add anything to that spot on  :4_17_5:   :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Arma on May 27, 2008, 09:26 PM
becks phoned him like 3 months ago ,that bit in the paper is abit late  and confused .  got a message of murray on myspace months back about this,  still mucho respect for becks whatever way .
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: scowey on May 27, 2008, 09:28 PM
PR stunt.... thats a bit harsh

shame we believe all  the celebs are a bunch of limelight hunters

lot of credit for DB for the visit, was a nice thing to do from a true gent   :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Flaz on May 27, 2008, 09:34 PM
does beckham need to do pr  ?   

only i fool would think so ....

the bloke cant go anywhere  and i mean ANYWHERE in the world without being followed & photographed when your that famous you dont need to do PR stunts  ............. ??? please give the geeza a break
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: eamonn on May 27, 2008, 10:51 PM
Fair to Beckham

A self less act
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on May 27, 2008, 11:11 PM
yeah this is old news so if papers have only just picked up on it then cant of been much pr going on
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: superbikedan on May 27, 2008, 11:15 PM
Becks probably did it because he wanted too. How many other things could he do to self publisise?? Not being funny to Steve Murray is hardly a world famous sportsman, maybe well known in extreme sports, but ask anyone who isnt into BMX they wouldnt have a clue. So come on guys, give him a break :daumenhoch:

sad but true trouble wih extreme sports is that only us the fanatic know who's who, beckham deffo done this off his own back :daumenhoch:

tbh, if you walked down any high street and asked anyone who jamie bestwick was only 5% would know :(
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: Arma on May 27, 2008, 11:38 PM
you pissed dan or what bro .  if you walked down a high street and asked who bestwick was  it would be 0% who new him unless you met a BMXer  ,  it takes a rider to no a rider .  its abit like us noing surfers  or snowboarders  basejumpers etc  . bla bla bla
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: superbikedan on May 27, 2008, 11:44 PM
you pissed dan or what bro .  if you walked down a high street and asked who bestwick was  it would be 0% who new him unless you met a BMXer  ,  it takes a rider to no a rider .  its abit like us noing surfers  or snowboarders  basejumpers etc  . bla bla bla

ok not 5% but 0.5% ;D  just my point about becks, nothing to prove, done this cause he wanted to ;)
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: moley on May 27, 2008, 11:59 PM
Its an old story reused to fill a blank space in the newspaper.

They do it all the time.

DB is good lad and if Stephen got a kick out of it then its a good thing!!!

DB is far nicer bloke than most of the footballers these days!!  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Beckham visits Stephen Murray
Post by: macky on May 28, 2008, 12:24 AM

I remember Jamie Bestwick talkin about it reaching ppl like David Beckham...


 
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