It's Mount Roo-shmore

Footie star Wayne in sculpture with
Becks, Gazza and Stuart Pearce

Footie heroes ... fans voted for four players to grace Mount Rushmore-style sculpture

By FRAN WETZEL

Published: 29th May 2012

DAVID Beckham and Wayne Rooney have been turned to stone in a giant Mount Rushmore-style sculpture to celebrate England’s best players of the past 25 years.

Paul Gascoigne, who seems to be crying thanks to a water feature, and Stuart Pearce complete the line-up for the rockery unveiled in a London garden ahead of Euro 2012.

Beckham, 37, topped a poll of 2,000 sports fans to find England’s most inspirational player over that period, with 32 per cent of the vote.

Gazza, who famously wept on the pitch at the Italia ’90 World Cup, was runner-up with 25 per cent.

Crying game ... Gazza water feature makes him look as though he's shedding tears

Current England striker Wayne Rooney, 26, was third with 18 per cent, followed by Euro ‘96 legends Stuart Pearce on 13 per cent. Alan Shearer just missed out on 12 per cent.

The sculpture, dubbed Mount Score-more, took artist Adrian Hynes six weeks to create.

It is made of fibreglass and concrete, weighs 9st 7lbs and is one metre tall and 1.5 metres wide.

Pitch up in the garden ... the monument is set to go in lucky fan's garden

The sculpture was specially commissioned as part of Lotto’s “What Would You Do?” campaign.

Lotto say they hope that the monument will inspire Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions to “win big” this summer.

England fans can win the artwork in time for the kick-off in Poland and Ukraine by entering a Lotto competition on Facebook.

Finishing touches ... worker uses paint brush to perfect sculpture

A Lotto spokesman said: “What better way to celebrate England’s forthcoming Euro campaign than with a unique garden-based homage to our national team?”