SCOTSMAN Shaun Campbell is hoping to make his fortune with the face of England football captain David Beckham.

The Edinburgh-born 21-year-old, who lives near Durham City, often gets mistaken for the Manchester United star. And now, he has launched his career as a Becks lookalike.

So far, his £100-an-hour assignments have included appearing on TV pilot shows and, bizarrely, handing out medals at the Highland Games in Montrose with a Posh Spice lookalike.

He said: "I wasn't sure what to expect at the Highland Games. I got one bit of abuse. But I even got asked for my autograph and I got mobbed by about seven or eight people."

The Newcastle United fan, who used to work in a Durham nightclub, admits Beckham is a "fantastic footballer".

But despite living south of the border since he was eight, his national football allegiance still lies with his native country.

"If Scotland don't do well, which they don't do anyway, I go for England," he said.

Shaun, who has signed up with two agencies, often gets comments on his appearance when he is out.

On one occasion, he was kissing his blonde girlfriend, Jennifer Tobin, 20, and a passer-by thought he had spotted the real Becks cheating on his Spice Girl star wife.

Shaun has just had his hair restyled like Becks' World Cup look to ensure he looks authentic.

But he has a fair way to go to reach the Beckhams' lavish lifestyle.

While the golden couple are living with baby Brooklyn in their £2.3m Hertfordshire mansion - dubbed Beckingham Palace - home for Shaun is a three-bedroom terrace house in the former pit village of Brandon.

While Becks, who is reputed to earn up to £80,000 a week, has a collection of luxury cars, including an Aston Martin and a Porsche, Shaun has yet to pass his driving test.

"I just see myself as me," Shaun said. "It's hard to see myself as Becks. Acting like him is pretty funny - but I get treated like him."

* Do you know someone who is the spitting image of a star? If so, contact Andrew Douglas on The Northern Echo newsdesk, on (01325) 505068.