By Zara Woodcock David Beckham infuriated fans when he made an awkward mistake while presenting on stage at the 2024 Bafta Awards. The 48-year-old football icon looked dapper as he appeared at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday evening to announce the winner of the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Award – which was won by none other than Savanah Leaf for the film Earth Mama. However, he angered fans when he referred to ‘football’ as ‘soccer’. They rushed to social media to criticise him for ‘pandering to the Americans’ with the US phrasing of the sport. One viewer wro…
