{"id":305,"date":"2010-05-26T14:18:41","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T14:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?305"},"modified":"2010-05-26T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T14:18:41","slug":"rio-ferdinand-support-from-soldiers-is-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/rio-ferdinand-support-from-soldiers-is-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand: Support from soldiers is great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England captain Rio Ferdinand has revealed that David Beckham was enthralled by his recent visit to Afghanistan and thanked troops for the great job they are doing on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the 32-year-old Manchester United defender said that Beckham talked of how brave the soldiers are and what a vital job they are doing in fighting the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand added that it was wonderful to see troops and members of their families given tickets for England&rsquo;s recent friendly against Mexico at Wembley and said the support they will provide during this summer&rsquo;s World Cup will be invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is great that we are getting support from the boys in Afghanistan. With them being so far away they probably think we don&rsquo;t really care about what is going on, but we do,&quot; he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Private Ryan Campbell, from the Royal Marines 40 Commando, told Cambridge-news.co.uk that David Beckham&rsquo;s visit to Afghanistan gave everyone&rsquo;s morale a big boost.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by James Worall<br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19801163-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19801163\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester United defender praises British troops in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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