Tom Brady was left fuming with what he deemed to be a “f***ing stupid” opinion from a Birmingham City aide during David Beckham’s visit to St Andrew’s last season. Birmingham, where NFL legend Brady is a minority owner, came up against Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney-owned Wrexham in what wasdubbed the ‘Hollywood Derby’ in League One.
Brady, having bought a minority stake in the Blues in 2023, jetted to the UK to watch the clash last September. The seven-time Super Bowl winnerinvited his good friend and English football icon Beckham to watch it alongside him at the stadium.
Birmingham clinched a 3–1 win over Wrexham in that fixture, which featured prominently on the new fly-on-the-wall Amazon Prime Video documentary titled ‘Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues’.
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The five-episode docuseries is modelled after Reynolds and McElhenney’s own highly successful ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ on Disney+.
During the second of those episodes, Brady is seen on camera ahead of playing host to Beckham. Before the Wrexham game, Brady suggests to co-owner Tom Wagner that they should organise a gift bag with a club sweater, hoodie, scarf and a hat for the former England captain.
But an aide to Wagner says that the move would be considered a faux pas given Beckham’s lack of affiliation with Birmingham, having only played for Manchester United during his time in England.
The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback then snaps back with: “That’s f***ing stupid! Give him a gift bag to take home! It’s a sweet thing. He doesn’t have to wear it.”
At one point, Brady in true American fashion, also says: “Wrexham, we’re coming for your a**,” before Beckham explains a chorus of Birmingham City chants aimed at Wrexham by informing him: “Your fans are singing about sheep s****ers. That’s what they say about Welsh people!”
Brady also meets Wrexham co-owner McElhenney, making the odd decision to present him with a personalised Blues shirt bearing No. 12 and ‘McElhenney’ on the back.
Upon receiving it, the ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ star jokes: “What am I supposed to do with that?”
Both Birmingham and Wrexham went on to secure automatic promotion to the Championship last season. The Blues won the title with an EFL record of 111 points.
Meanwhile, Wrexham finished second on 92 points, becoming the first team in EFL history to earn three successive promotions. Their newly-formed rivalry will be on display again this season when they face each other in the Championship, having both spent big in the summer transfer window.
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