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Beckham faces Etherington; Conrad faces Bellamy David Beckham (pictured) will mark a fine player in West Ham's Matthew Etherington. (Trotman/Getty Images) Matthew Etherington's resume (or "CV" in the continental parlance) doesn't look quite as polished as David Beckham's. Beckham's path to glory came via stops at world soccer heavyweights Manchester United and Real Madrid. By comparison, West Ham's left winger arrived at the Boleyn Ground via Peterborough, Bradford City and then EPL middleweight Tottenham. (Etherington did have a one-week trial at Man U. back during the 1998-99 campaign, where he earned lavish praise from none other than Sir Alex Ferguson -- but didn't earn an invitation to stay on.) But there they will be under the bright BMO lights on Thursday, lining up on opposite sides of the midfield stripe before... [read full story]
