Kettering street 'renamed' in tribute to Gareth Southgate

8 July 2021

News image — People added homemade signs to Southgate Drive in Kettering

Reverend Richard Coles Southgate Drive — People added homemade signs to Southgate Drive in Kettering

A residential street in Kettering has been "renamed" as a tribute to the England football team manager.

Fans have added homemade signs to Southgate Drive so it now reads "Sir Gareth Southgate You're The One", following England's 2-1 victory over Denmark on Wednesday.

The Wembley win sent them into the Euro 2020 final, the first major men's final the country has reached for 55 years.

In a tweet, the Reverend Richard Coles said "Kettering is en fête!"

The English translation of the phrase is "Kettering is celebrating".

The post from Mr Coles, the former keyboard player in 1980s band The Communards and vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, prompted social media users to post other road name images celebrating Gareth Southgate.

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It follows the change to Southgate tube station during the 2018 World Cup when England reached the semi-finals.

TfL Renamed Southgate station — Southgate Tube station was temporarily renamed in 2018

Ang Brown and Liz Baker tweeted that Wincanton in Somerset and Gloucester had followed suit.

While Aileen Cheng said that Peterborough had had its own tribute "for some time".

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Watford-born Southgate grew up in Crawley in West Sussex and Vicky Bourne pointed out that there was an area of that town "which must be truly buzzing today".