Becks will use protection
**Via IRA2
Becks’ Men On Terror Alert
By Joanne Lowry And Simon Hunter
Monday 6th June 2005
The England soccer team will train at an Army base when they come to Northern Ireland in September because of a “real threat” to their safety, it was claimed last night.
Security fears about a possible attack by dissident republicans on the highprofile England stars means that they will prepare for the World Cup qualifier at Palace Barracks in Holywood.
For the three days leading up to the game, England will use the Army base to train. They will stay in a hotel.
Last night, Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers said that there was an extensive security operation to ensure that stars such as David Beckham and Wayne Rooney were not vulnerable to attacks.
