David Beckham joined fellow Manchester United legends at the funeral of Kath Phipps, the club's long-serving receptionist.
David Beckham joined some of his ex- Manchester United teammates on Monday as he attended the funeral of a legend of his former team. The ex-England captain, 49, appeared alongside United legends Sir Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane, and John O’Shea to pay their respects to Kath Phipps – United’s receptionist for 55 years. Phipps joined United in 1968 – the year the team won their first European Cup – and went on to become an essential part of the club’s staff and community.
She worked under managers like Sir Alex, Sir Matt Busby, Ron Atkinson, and, in recent years, Jose Mourinho, as well as England World Cup winning players Nobby Stiles and Sir Bobby Charlton. A childhood United fan – born in Irlam in Salford – Phipps died aged 85 in December last year after working for her favourite team across seven decades. On Monday, the entire current United team gathered at Manchester Cathedral to give Phipps the send-off her years of loyalty deserved. And former United players from down the years, including David, arrived for the occasion – by his side were his 1999 treble-winning teammates Nicky Butt and Roy Keane. David wore suitably toned-down attire for the day, dressing in a long black coat, which was worn on top of a black suit with a white shirt and black tie. Phipps greeted David at United’s training ground almost every morning, with the pair having worked together between his arrival as a 15-year-old in 1991 and his departure for Real Madrid in 2003. Upon her death, David remembered Phipps fondly and credited her with looking after him when he arrived in Manchester while still at schoo
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