Bradford postman Matthew Middleton doesn't play football, isn't paid millions for modelling and his woman isn't called 'Posh'.

But the 25-year-old can certainly turn heads off the field - as a dead ringer for Manchester United midfield general David Beckham.

And he once attracted crowds of screaming girls when trying to have a quiet meal with girlfriend Danielle Constantine.

"It was the same day that Bradford City had played Manchester United and we had to dash out of the restaurant and escape in a waiting taxi," he said.

"It can get a bit crazy and sometimes people stop and stare and shout 'Beckham' at me across the street."

The Bradford City season ticket holder of Apperley Bridge said he was the first to have the England captain's look.

"I had my head shaved long before he did and now I've been told by model agencies I can't find get work as a model as I look too much like Beckham," he added.

"People say I look like him but it's the other way round - he looks like me!"

And the similarity doesn't stop at the chiselled cheekbones and shaven head - Matthew also has a tattoo of a loved one across the bottom of his back.

He has his mother's name Susan in Chinese, who died of cancer when he was 18, and Becks has his son Brooklyn's name tattooed on his back.

"I don't really follow David Beckham and don't support Manchester United, but it would be weird if I got to meet him face to face one day," added Matthew, who has a round in Fairweather Green.

He has this weekend taken part in the first hurdle of a new look-alikes TV competition in London where the former Bingley Grammar School pupil was photographed with 'Posh Spice' and baby 'Brooklyn'.

And 28-year-old Danielle was mistaken for actress Sarah Jessica Parker who plays Carrie in Channel 4's Sex in the City.

"People thought I was there to take part as well," said the manager of a recruitment company.

Filmed at LWT's South Bank Studios, Matthew was asked to walk into shops with 'Posh' while the reactions of onlookers was gauged.

The next stage of Stars and Their Doubles will be a glittering award ceremony.

Hosted by Des O'Connor, the show will be screened next month and a panel of celebrity judges will pick the winner.

And Danielle, who has been going out with Matthew for more than a year, added: "All my friends think Matt's the spitting image of David Beckham but I think he's a lot more attractive - he has nicer teeth."