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28th Feb 2015

David Beckham tells Graham Norton about awarding a penalty against his own son

He even gets a couple of boos from the audience

Tony Cuddihy

He even gets a couple of boos from the audience.

David Beckham and Hugh Jackman were both on The Graham Norton Show last night and the former Manchester United star told an interesting story about his days as a referee.

Beckham’s son Romeo currently plays in the Arsenal academy and, when the referee never showed up for a match, the 39-year-old had to step in and take on officiating duties.

Everything was fine until Romeo – the ‘most emotional’ of Beckham’s three sons – took an opposition player down in the box…