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Beckham got booked against Wales on purpose so he would be suspended against Azerbaijan on Wednesday - knowing he was already out injured.

Hurst said: "I would argue that it brings the country into disrepute.

"I can't possibly imagine that happening in our time - I come from a different planet when it comes to how I feel about that."

Hurst also insisted that England's World Cup winning manager Sir Alf Ramsey would have stripped Bobby Moore of the England captaincy if he had acted the way Beckham did.

"Never mind what Bobby Moore would have thought, what would Sir Alf Ramsey have thought if he said that he'd got himself booked? It was truly poor.

Hurst was in Baku to unveil a statue of 1966 linesman Tofik Bakhramov

"I think he might have said `thanks Bobby but that's it'. That's what I feel he would have said. In principle, it's just not right."

Beckham went into Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Wales knowing a second booking of the campaign would see him serve a one-game ban.

It was in a clash with Ben Thatcher that Beckham broke his ribs, and he earned the booking for a retaliatory challenge on the Wales left-back shortly after.