Model, DJ, entrepreneur, lover of footballers and royalty

Glamour model Lauren Pope has been displaying her wares on the pages of Playboy, Zoo and FHM for many years, but is best known for being the “girlfriend” of Prince Harry in 2004. Since then, the Page Three girl has enjoyed a relationship with (pre-Abbey Clancy) Peter Crouch, and is said to be stepping out with fun size footballer Shaun Wright Phillips at the moment.

South American club tricked by handsome imposter

Before Mexico manager Sven-Goran Eriksson came to prominence in the UK, British men with bad eyesight, grey locks and a vastly receding hairlines had nothing in their lives except drab offices, crossword puzzles and avoiding people’s glances on the train. After the Swede romped his way to power, however, one such man has managed to make a full-time career based on his similarity to the randy manager. His name is Derek Williams, and he has been using his special gift since 2005 - you can see him in the picture above recreating a typical day at Eriksson HQ.

Recently, the Sven-alike has been using his dashing visage to make Mexicans look like damned fools:

[Williams] was given a tour of Primera División outfit Universidad Nacional’s stadium - the Estadio Olímpico Universitario - yesterday morning after sending the club falsified documents which appeared to have come from the Mexican football federation. According to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, nobody spotted the deception until the federation themselves released a statement later in the day.

Williams could have used his powers to earn hugely inflated severance packages from top teams, or to bed any unscrupulous secretary/ television personality in the world. Williams decided to use it to get tours of stadiums. And they say George Best wasted his gift…

Spoiler bonus: If you would like to book Derek for a social event or to give you access to a foreign stadium that is open to the public anyway, click here.

[The Guardian]