David Beckham believes Sir Alex Ferguson still misses “shouting at players and referees” whenever the former Manchester United manager is at Old Trafford to watch United play.

Beckham will be reunited with his former manager for a Unicef charity match between a Great Britain and Ireland team and a Rest of the World side on 14 November at Old Trafford.

Beckham, 40, will captain Great Britain and Ireland, who are to be managed by Ferguson. Zinedine Zidane is to lead the Rest of the World, who will be coached by Carlo Ancelotti. Pierluigi Collina, the Italian former referee, is to officiate.

Asked if Ferguson will relish a chance to berate the official again, Beckham, who played under him for 11 years, said: “I don’t know how much he will want to shout at him but I know Sir Alex Ferguson will be excited about it.

“It’s for a great cause and I am sure each time he is in the stadium he wants to be down there on the touchline, shouting at players and referees.”

Beckham said the Scot required little persuading to return to the Old Trafford dugout two years after he retired as United manager. “I still have a couple of contacts at the club, the manager personally I spoke to,” he said. “Unicef have a great relationship with United. The manager has always helped with these things.”

Next Tuesday is the 14th anniversary of Beckham’s late goal against Greece at Old Trafford that secured England a 2-2 draw and qualification for the 2002 World Cup. Yet asked for his fondest memory, Beckham nominated the FA Youth Cup final win of 1992.

“For me the first game I played here, against Galatasaray, was one of the highlights. And the Greece goal – to score the goal for my country, at a club I had supported all those years. But, if I had to pick a moment, it would be the Youth Cup final,” he said. “Eric Harrison as coach, Sir Alex in the dressing room after. It’s hard, as the Greece goal was a massive game and moment but, as a United player, to win the Youth Cup final was a dream.”

Beckham also joked about the episode when Ferguson kicked a boot that hit him just above the eye after a defeat in the FA Cup by Arsenal in 2003. “Maybe it is one of the things we can recreate. Somebody mentioned it. We’ll see,” he said.

The Unicef game featuring Great Britain & Ireland v the Rest of the World is on 14 November, 3pm, at Old Trafford. Tickets available from manutd.com