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London - David Beckham's career should be over, England's 1966 World Cup winner Martin Peters said following the LA Galaxy midfielder's run of substitute appearances.

The captain of England's World Cup winning side at Wembley, the late Bobby Moore, has 108 caps and Beckham, who was not picked for Wednesday's friendly against Germany in Berlin, has one less at 107.

Peters feels it is time to blood other players in the 33-year-old's position.

Peters, speaking at an event organised by an England team sponsor said: "David Beckham has been great for the country and has been a great captain - but I think it is the time to maybe look elsewhere, to the future."

Peters feels the cap has been devalued with the amount of substitutions made.

"Bobby Moore was a great friend of mine - he played 108 games and played 90 minutes every game," Peters said.

"It started with (Sven-Goran) Eriksson changing half-a-dozen players at half-time. I saw the game against Australia at West Ham; he changed the whole team - and we lost 3-1.

"There were no substitutes when I played. I think it was 1968 when they were brought in; even then Alf (Ramsey) didn't substitute that many - and we played 90 minutes more."

Peters feels there were five world-class players in the 1966 team that defeated West Germany - while the current crop can boast only Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard in that bracket, with Frank Lampard possibly joining them as a contender.

The former Tottenham and West Ham midfielder has no doubts about the current coach - comparing Capello to Sir Alf Ramsey, the man who guided England to glory 42 years ago.

"In many ways they are alike, because you don't step out of line with Capello and you certainly didn't with Sir Alf - if you did you knew he'd be down on you like a ton of bricks," he said.

"Capello seems to be determined that there are no 'WAGS' around, which is brilliant because the players can just look at what they are doing on the football pitch rather than other things. He is strong and determined, just like Alf."