An Oxford football team, who include Freddie Ardiles, son of Argentine legend Ossie, have set their sights on a place in the finals of an international competition in South Korea during the World Cup.

The six-a-side stars, from the Elm Tree pub on the Cowley Road, are through to the national finals of the Budweiser Cup at Chelsea FC on Saturday, May 25.

And victory at Stamford Bridge, where they will face competition from 15 other pub teams, will earn them a dream ticket to the international finals at Incheon - one of the World Cup stadiums - on June 15.

Freddie, 23, was invited to play for the Elm Tree by his Hoddesdon Town teammate and long-time friend Scott O'Donoghue, the former Abingdon Town and Oxford City player, who used to study at Oxford Brookes University.

"The Oxford Brookes boys all drink at the Elm Tree on Wednesday nights and Scott knew Richard Allen, who is the captain of the team," said 23-year-old Freddie, who lives at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.

Freddie helped Elm Tree booked their place in the national finals - which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports 2 throughout the day - by qualifying as runners-up in the regional final in Birmingham. Now the attacking midfielder, who has a degree in film and literature and a masters degree in politics from his four years at Warwick University, and his teammates are ready to go for glory at Chelsea.

"I think our chances are quite good," he said. "We play five-a-side all the time at home. We played in the Millennium Cup and won it two years ago and last year, we got to the semi-finals."

And, inevitably, they have also got one eye on the big prize of a trip to the Far East.

"It would be great," said Freddie. "I would love to go. I have not managed to get any tickets through my father, so to go would be great."

If they win the national finals, they will also have a training session with Bobby Robson.

They will then fly to South Korea for five days, during which time they will stay in a five-star hotel and see two World Cup games, in addition to playing for the Budweiser Cup along with the winners from 13 other

countries. A trip to play at a World Cup venue would see Freddie following in his famous father's footprints - although not of course in the same competition which saw Ossie help Argentina claim football's ultimate prize in front of their own fans in 1978.