The Sunday Mirror has a nice feature on Rooney's mum, a stern dinner lady who's not afraid to tell off the Everton management when necessary: http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=12815556&method=full&siteid=106694 Included is a tale-of-the-tape comparison between Rooney and Beckham: THE KID AGE: 17 HOME: £40,000 council house TRANSPORT: BMX bike. Failed his theory driving test but a new Mini Cooper sits on his parents' drive HAIRCUT: Local barber, £5 CLOTHES: Tracksuit, trainers, Everton shirt, £50 EARNINGS: £13,000 a week - he is allowed £1,000 a week pocket money by his mum MEALS: £18-a-head banquet at local Chinese restaurant. Deep Pan Pizza PARTNER: Schoolgirl Colleen McLoughlin, 16 v THE KING AGE: 27 HOME: £2.5million mansion in Hertfordshire, converted barn in Cheshire TRANSPORT: £75,000 Range Rover, two Bentleys, a Mercedes, an Aston Martin, a BMW and a Ferrari HAIRCUT: Vidal Sassoon, £300 CLOTHES: Armani, Gucci, and Prada suits, sarongs and his wife's thongs EARNINGS: £100,000 a week, worth £50million MEALS: The Ivy, La Caprice, Nobu. £140 a time PARTNER: Pop singer Victoria, 28. Children Brooklyn, three, and Romeo, six months.