A FORMER Big Brother winner and cage fighter surprised a group of youngsters when he made an unannounced appearance at a football tournament this weekend.

Alex Reid, who was in Monmouthshire training for his comeback fight at the O2 Arena on 16th July, popped in to watch a tournament where Monmouth’s under 9s team were playing and was particularly impressed with the team’s performance that day.

A mixed martial arts expert, Reid posed for pictures with some of the lads telling them that he wasn’t very good at football. “It was a sport I struggled with, I did however play for England when I made an appearance in Hollyoaks,” he said.

Reid won the 2010 Celebrity Big Brother and has recently been married to English television personality and glamour model Katy Price, known as Jordan.