Hurst fury at Beckham ploy

WORLD CUP hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst has accused David Beckham of "bringing the country into disrepute" in deliberately getting himself suspended for tonight's World Cup tie in Azerbaijan.

Hurst also insisted Alf Ramsey would have stripped Bobby Moore of the England captaincy if he had been so scheming. However, Sven-Goran Eriksson effectively ducked the issue, saying he would delay any direct comment until Thursday or Friday.

Eriksson did promise to take care of the situation and said it would not be "swept under the carpet", but he is determined to speak to Beckham first.