Footie fans or stars?

CHEF Nicholas Mayor is getting used to being mistaken for England footballer Gareth Southgate.

Nicholas, from Aylesbury, is often teased by his colleagues at RAF Holton, near Wendover, where he works in the kitchens.

A Wycombe Wanderers and Arsenal fan, Nicholas, 28, said that people started mentioning his likeness to the star a couple of years ago.

Nicholas said: "I don't mind looking like him. It's quite funny really - people are always asking me if I'm playing tonight."

Daniel Ball, 13, of Shepherds Close, Hurley, also looks remarkably like Southgate.

His mum Amanda said: "Even the teachers at school call him Southgate.

"We recently went to an open day and everyone called him Southgate - it was really weird. He has had his hair cut now but I think he still looks a bit like him."

Mark Stevens, 12, of Holtspur Avenue, Wooburn Green, also looks like a member of the England line-up - this time Phil Neville.

Mark attends Meadows School in Wooburn Green and loves playing and watching football.

He is a keen Arsenal supporter and watches all their matches.

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.