Sport 04-09-2001 Beckham: We Must Win World Cup who: David Beckham what: Says he wants to win the World Cup as England Captain when: Yesterday snippet: "David Beckham has spelt out his desire to remain as England captain for the rest of his career," says The Evening Standard, "but he admitted his term in office would be a failure if he did not lift any silverware with his country." Just two days after his side`s historic 5-1 victory over Germany in Munich in a vital World Cup qualifying game, he told the press that the responsibility of being captain was "an unbelievable feeling" and having achieved it he "wouldn`t like to play for England and not be captain". "But I think it would be a failure if I didn`t lift the trophy with England as captain," he continued. "I`ve won quite a few trophies with Manchester United and the feeling you get is immense. I think success with the national team is a must now. It`s about time we did something in a major competition." England will fave Albania in front of a capacity crowd of 52,000 at St James` Park in Newcastle Upon Tyne tomorrow evening. [... more]

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