Soccer superstar David Beckham made another step toward footballing sainthood when he helped a stricken driver on the way to Tottenham Hotspur's training ground.
Beckham is currently training with Spurs during the Major League Soccer close season and is staying in a mansion in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
As Mr Long struggled to push his conked off Nissan Primera off the road, Beckham stopped his Audi to help like a good Samaritan.
"I work from home as a photographer so I take the kids to school," Mr Long told his story on Daybreak.
"I was on my way to the school when the car packed up in the middle of a very busy roundabout in Hertfordshire, not far from the A10.
"I had two kids in the back. Some people were getting a bit angry. But no-one stopped (to help) for ten minutes.
"Then this car pulled over in lay-by and I saw this figure wearing a hoodie step out. As he came nearer, it became clear it was David Beckham.
"I was so shocked I just said: 'You're David Beckham.' He nodded and then I said: 'Can you give us a push over to the side?' So he did.
"When we'd pushed the car to safety – and I have to say another man stopped to help by this point – he asked if we were OK and I said: 'David Beckham, I love you, mate.'"
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Beckham is currently training with Spurs during the Major League Soccer close season and is staying in a mansion in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
On the way to the training ground in Chigwell, Essex, the former England captain saw Paul Long, who was stranded on the side of the rode.
As Mr Long struggled to push his conked off Nissan Primera off the road, Beckham stopped his Audi to help like a good Samaritan.
"I work from home as a photographer so I take the kids to school," Mr Long told his story on Daybreak.
"I was on my way to the school when the car packed up in the middle of a very busy roundabout in Hertfordshire, not far from the A10.
"I had two kids in the back. Some people were getting a bit angry. But no-one stopped (to help) for ten minutes.
"Then this car pulled over in lay-by and I saw this figure wearing a hoodie step out. As he came nearer, it became clear it was David Beckham.
"I was so shocked I just said: 'You're David Beckham.' He nodded and then I said: 'Can you give us a push over to the side?' So he did.
"When we'd pushed the car to safety – and I have to say another man stopped to help by this point – he asked if we were OK and I said: 'David Beckham, I love you, mate.'"
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