Beckham set to win 100th cap
March 25, 2008 by Robert
David Beckham is set to win his 100th England cap when he lines up against France in an international freindly in paris on Wednesday (26th March). Beckham, who plays for American side LA Galaxy was left out of new England boss Fabio Capello’s first squad and many feared that he would not reach the landmark 100th cap in his career. However, the former Man Utd and Real Madrid star has been re-called and British bookmakers are expecting increased interest in this match given the Beckham should become only the 5th England player ever to reach 100 caps and the betting industry is anticipating many people to place bets on the game. The most popular bet is expected to be on Beckham to score the first and last goal of the game at odds of generally between 10/1 and 12/1.
The four other players to win more than 100 caps for England are Wolverhampton Wanders legend Billy Wright, who won 105 caps. Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton was capped 106 times aong with World Cup winnign captain and West Ham defender Bobby Moore with 108 caps and the record holder for most games played for England is golakeeper Peter Shilton who won a total of 125 before hanging up his international gloves in 1990.
