By Amelia Proud


Nice way to keep warm! Victoria Beckham snuggled up to her husband David today as they watched Romeo play football in freezing LA


Even by the standards of grey British winters, today was a miserable day in LA.

A storm, which had been dementedly foreshadowed by Southern California weathercasters, brought rain and bone-shaking dampness overnight.

And the day was dark and colder than Angelenos are used to... even at this time of year.


So it's a good job that Victoria Beckham, 37 , is - despite her many years lived in the sun spoiled city - a plucky Brit who is happy to brave the elements if the occasion demands it.

An appointment to watch son Romeo, nine , play football in the suburbs of the city, today, was certainly a special enough event to get the whole clan out.

It's endearing to see how this refreshingly normal celebrity family pull together to support their members, and their freezing touchline support was particularly sweet.

Baby Harper, not yet four months old, slept in her pram as the rest of the family watched with rapt faces from the side of the pitch.


The face of concern: David devoted all his attention to the match as he clasped his shivering wife's hands

Support crew: Brooklyn is as concerned as his father about Romeo's performance


Victoria looked stunning in a warming but fitted black ensemble, but she obviously still felt the cold as the fashion designer clung on to her 36-year-old husband as the game progressed.

The L.A Galaxy star looked as if he had stepped from a billboard advertising cosy cabin breaks in a heavy-knit cream cardigan over a white T-shirt and baggy jeans.

A blue woolly hat proved that savvy David knows how to maintain his heat.

The only sign that Victoria was any different to the other glamorous soccer moms was the pair of aviator-style sunglasses she wore throughout the game.


Proud of his boys: David gives Brooklyn a kiss as they cheer on his younger brother

Hands on parenting: David dashed to get his camera at one point, while Victoria kept up the cheer squad


It was so dark out there, it's surprising she could see the game.

David was watching with managerial interest, as was the couple's eldest boy, Brooklyn, 12.

It seems obvious from look on the former England captain's face that he was analysing his son's performances, and according to him, he pulls no punches with his feedback.

The LA Galaxy star grew up in a working-class family in Leytonstone in London's East End.

All he ever dreamt of becoming was a professional footballer and so trained every day under the watchful eye of his strict father Ted.


Sleeping through the excitement: Harper snoozed in her toasty pram as her mother looked on protectively


That's my boy! David leads the cheers for his second son


And David told The Times recently that he is as hard on his sons as his father was on him.

He said: 'I'm as hard on my boys as my dad was. They always ask, "Did I play well?" I'll say, "You did alright, could have done better..."

'The way my dad brought me up, he was strict. I'm exactly the same with my boys. They have their feet on the ground.'

David is also eyeing a potential move away from Los Angeles to play the next, and possibly his last, season of football in Paris.


source:dailymail