"There are three things everyone has heard of: Jesus Christ, Coca Cola and Pele." That was the cliché in the 1990s. Although the trio still remains top of the charts, it would be naïve and even downright criminal not to add the name David Beckham to the list.

He was a laughing stock, awkward, enigmatic, inconsistent, a full of potential but far from reaching it kind of a player. Now? He's got his own T-shirt.

Hat trick Buddle? Who saw this coming?