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b"David Beckham met Victoria Adams in the Manchester United Players Lounge on 15th March, 1997. The Spice Girl wrote her parents' phone number onto a boarding pass, passed it to the midfielder, and reportedly told him, \\u201cMr. Beckham, if you don't ring me, I'm going to kick you in the bollocks.\\u201d\\nDavid had apparently admired \\u2018Posh\\u2019 in the Say You\\u2019ll Be There video, while Victoria had perused David\\u2019s photo in a Panini sticker album. From these humble beginnings they established themselves as football\\u2019s first \\u2018power couple\\u2019, as relevant to readers of the front pages as they were to the sports pages at the back.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why, in the initial days of their relationship, \\u2018Posh and Becks\\u2019 returned regularly to a branch of Harvester; consider how their joint star power eclipsed their fame as individuals; and how the couple effectively created the PR template for exploiting a \\u2018personal brand\\u2019...\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018David and Victoria Beckham\\u2019s Relationship Timeline\\u2019 (US Magazine, 2022): https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/david-and-victoria-beckhams-relationship-timeline/\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Twenty years of the Beckhams: how they ushered in our era of personal branding\\u2019 (The Guardian, 2019): https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/apr/18/20-years-david-victoria-beckham-personal-branding\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Victoria & David Beckham Announce Engagement (Press Conference)\\u2019 (Associated Press, 1998): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKAFi7TP8vc\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"