List of football personalities with British honours explained

This is a list of football personalities who have received Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. Entries are listed alphabetically under the highest award attained. Previous awards, if gained, are listed in the relevant notes section. As many as 16 football personalities have been knighted so far (excluding honorary knighthoods).All players from the winning team in the 1966 World Cup Final were awarded the MBE, additionally Jack Charlton, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks and George Eastham were made OBE.

List of recipients

NameYear of
award		AwardNotesRef.
President, The Football Association (1890–1923); also inherited a hereditary peerage in 1887.
For services to Sport; also appointed a CBE in 1999-Jan and an MBE in 1981-Jun. [1]
Knighthood After guiding Manchester United to the European Cup title; also appointed a CBE in 1958-Jun. [2]
Director of Women’s Football, The Football Association. For services to Sport. Previously appointed MBE in 1991-Jan, appointed CBE in 2003-Jun for services to Sport, and made life peer in 2008. [3]
Knighthood Chairman, Everton FC; also appointed a CBE in 1982-Jan. [4]
Knighthood For services to Sport, particularly Association Football; regarded as second footballer to be knighted; also appointed a CBE in 1974-Jan and an OBE in 1969-Jun. [5]
Knighthood Thought by some to be the first man knighted for services to football;
although the citation did not mention football.
Knighthood For services to Football, to Charity and to the City of Liverpool;
his services to Charity and to the City of Liverpool are regarded as recognition of his continued support to the families and victims of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster; also appointed an MBE in 1985-Jan. 		[6]
Knighthood Only the eighth football manager or player to receive a knighthood;
also appointed a CBE in 1995-Jan and an OBE in 1985-Jan.
Knighthood For services to Association Football; regarded as third footballer to be knighted;
also appointed a CBE in 1992-Jan and an OBE in 1961-Jun.
Knighthood Also appointed a CBE in 1967-Jan and MBE in 1950-Jun. [7] [8] [9]
Knighthood [10] [11]
Knighthood Also appointed an OBE in 1948-Jun. [12] [13]
Knighthood For services to football; regarded as fourth footballer to be knighted;
also appointed an MBE in 1979-Jun. 		[14]
Knighthood For services to Scottish football. [15]
Knighthood For charitable services; also appointed an OBE in 2000-Jun for services to Reading Football Club and the community in Reading, Berkshire. [16]
Knighthood The only active footballer knighted, regarded as first footballer to be knighted;
also appointed a CBE in 1957-Jan. 		[17]
Knighthood Chairman, The Football Association.
Knighthood For services to Football and to Education in the North East; also appointed a CBE in 2003-Jan for services to Sunderland Football Club and to the community.
Knighthood Chairman, FA Premier League. [18]
Damehood (DBE) Director, the Football Association. For public services and services to Football and Equality. Previous appointed CBE for services to Local Government in 2000-Jan.
Knighthood Manager, England Association Football World Cup Team.
(following England's 1966 World Cup triumph)
Knighthood Chairman of the FA Premier League and Football Foundation. For services to Sport.
Knighthood For services to Association Football; also appointed a CBE in 1991-Jan.
Knighthood For contribution to the 1948 London Olympics and to sport in general; also appointed a CBE in 1943-Jan. [19]
Knighthood Chairman, Liverpool FC. For services to Sport; also appointed a CBE in 1982-Jan. [20] [21]
Knighthood Chairman, The Football Association. [22]
Knighthood Chairman, The Football Association; also appointed a CBE in 1959-Jan. [23] [24]
Knighthood Secretary, The Football Association.
Knighthood First England manager, For services to Sport; also appointed a CBE in 1972-Jan and an OBE in 1963-Jan.
For political and public services. Also received the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in 1919.
Former Chairman, Chelsea FC. For charitable services. Also appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in 1996; inherited hereditary peerage as Earl Cadogan in 1997.
1997 KBE (honorary) [25]
CBE Also appointed an OBE in 2000-Jun.
CBE For services to Football.
CBE Chair, the Premier League. For services to Business.
CBE For services to Association Football.
CBE For service to Association Football. Also appointed an OBE in 1977-Jan. [26]
CBE For services to Association Football.
CBE Secretary, The Football Association. [27]
CBE For services to Association Football.
CBE President of the Football League.
CBE For services to Equality and Diversity in Football; also appointed an MBE in 2003-Jun. [28]
CBE For services to Football.
CBE Manager, England Association Football Team.
CBE For services to Association Football and to the community in Scotland; also appointed MBE in 1977-Jun.
CBE For services to Football. [29]
CBE For services to Association Football and to Charity; also appointed OBE in 1987-Jan for services to Association Football, particularly Northern Ireland, and MBE in 1976-Jun for services to Association Football. [30] [31]
CBE For services to Sport and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. [32]
CBE For services to Football and charity.
CBE For services to Football and charity.
CBE For services to Sport.
CBE For services to Sport. Also appointed an OBE in 2002-Jun for services to Association Football. [33]
CBE Former Executive Chairman, Premier League. For services to Football. [34]
CBE For charitable services to the community in North East England. Also appointed an OBE in 2001-Jun for services to association football and Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland in 2009. [35]
CBE For services to Football and for charitable services in Suffolk.
CBE For services to Association Football and the Prevention of Gambling Harm; also appointed OBE in 1991-Jan and MBE in 1986-Jan, both for services to Association Football.
CBE For services to Association Football and to Charity. [36]
CBE For services to Scottish Football. [37]
CBE Secretary, Scottish Football Association. For services to Football. Also appointed an OBE in 1988-Jan. [38]
CBE (honorary) England Women’s National Football Coach. For services to Association football. [39]
CBE Vice-President, Executive Committee of FIFA. For services to Association Football.
CBE For services to Association Football. [40]
OBE For services to Equality and Diversity in Sport; also appointed an MBE in 2015-Jun. [41]
OBE Vice-Chairman, Scottish Sports Council. [42]
OBE For services to Sport, particularly during Covid-19.
OBE For services to Sport.
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Deputy Chair and Chief Executive, Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. For services to Association football.
OBE For services to Sport and Sports Broadcasting.
OBE Also appointed an MBE in 2001-Jan. [43] [44]
OBE For services to Football.
OBE Patron, Sporting Memories. For services to Association Football and to Charity. Also appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire in July 2021. [45] [46]
OBE For services to football in Northern Ireland.
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Chairman, St Johnstone Football Club. For services to Scottish Football and to the community in Perth. [47]
OBE Football referee.
OBE Former Brentford FC footballer. Hydrographic Office, Ministry of Defence. [48]
OBE For services to Association Football. Also appointed MBE in 2017 Jan for services to Football. [49]
OBE For services to Association Football. [50]
OBE For services to Football. [51]
OBE For services to the Institute of Professional Sport.[52]
OBE For services to Association Football. Also appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland in 1997. [53]
OBE Chief Executive Officer, British Paralympic Association. For services to Paralympic Sport.
OBE Sports journalist, British Broadcasting Corporation. [54]
OBE For services to Sport. [55]
OBE For services to the Jermain Defoe Foundation. [56]
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Chairman, Aston Villa Football Club. For services to Football and to the community in the West Midlands. Later knighted for charitable services in 2012-Jan. [57] [58]
OBE For services to Association Football and to Charity.
OBE Founder, Everton Former Players’ Foundation. For services to Football in the UK and Europe.
OBE For services to Association Football. [59]
OBE Owner, Middlesbrough Football Club. For services to the Economy, Sport and community in Teesside.
OBE For services to Sport. [60]
OBE Sports writer and broadcaster; also appointed an MBE in 1946-Jun. [61]
OBE Also appointed an MBE in 1995-Jan.
OBE Secretary, The Football League. [62]
OBE For services to Football. Also appointed MBE in Jun-2016. [63]
OBE For services to Association Football and to Broadcasting. [64]
2003 OBE (honorary) [65]
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Also appointed an MBE in 1998-Jan.
OBE Captain, Wales Women’s National Football Team. For services to Association Football.
OBE For services to Sport in Wales. [66]
OBE Football correspondent, Evening Standard. [67]
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE For services to Football.
OBE For services to Further Education and Disability Sport. [68]
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Secretary/Treasurer, Professional Footballers' Association.
OBE For services to Association Football. [69]
OBE President and Chairman, Derby County Football Club.
OBE For services to Sport.
OBE For services to Association Football and to Broadcasting. Also appointed MBE in 1994-Jun for services to association football.[70]
OBE For charitable services.
OBE For services to Charity.
OBE For services to Association Football. [71]
OBE For services to Association Football in England.
OBE Captain, England Association Football World Cup Team.
OBE Secretary, The Football Association of Wales; also awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) in May 1945. [72] [73]
OBE For services to Sports Broadcasting. [74]
OBE Manager, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
OBE For services to Football. Also appointed MBE in 1983-Jan for services to association football. [75]
OBE Manager, Scottish football team.[76]
OBE Manager, Liverpool Football Club.
OBE For services to angling. [77]
OBE Manager, Leeds United Football Club.
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE For services to Association Football. [78]
OBE For services to Football in England. [79]
OBE Manager, Liverpool Football Club.
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Manager, England Football Team. For services to Football.
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE For services to Association Football and to Charity.
OBE For services to Sport.
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Football Referee.
OBE For services to Sport.
OBE For services to Cricket and Football in Northern Ireland.
2004 OBE (honorary) [80]
OBE Chief Executive Officer, Arsenal Football Club. For services to Sport.
OBE Chairman, Forest Green Rovers FC. For services to the Environment and to the Electricity Industry.
OBE For services to Scottish Association Football. [81]
2003 OBE (honorary)
OBE For services to Association Football.
OBE Chairman, League Managers Association. For services to Association Football and to Charity.
OBE For charitable services through the Willow Foundation.
OBE For services to Association Football and to Charity; also appointed MBE in 2000-Jan for services to Association Football. [82] [83]
OBE Also appointed an MBE in 2006-Jan. [84]
2004 OBE (honorary) [85]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football and to Charity.
MBE For services to Association Football in Wales. [86]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE Referee. For services to Association Football in the USA. [87]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Women's Association Football. [88] [89]
MBE For services to Football in Northern Ireland. [90]
MBE For services to Association Football and to Charity.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to sport and young people in Bermuda.
MBE For services to Southampton Football Club. [91]
MBE For services to Association Football. [92]
MBE For services to Association Football and to Charity.
MBE For services to Women's Football. [93]
MBE For services to the community in Manchester.
MBE Former Southampton F.C. player; for services to Cancer Patients in the UK.
MBE For services to Anti-Racism in Football. [94]
MBE For services to football and the community in Bermuda. [95]
MBE Manager, Northern Ireland Association Football Team.
MBE Chairman, Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. For services to Association Football and to the community in Brighton.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE Chair, Crewe Alexandra Football Club. For services to Football. [96]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE Chairman, Port Vale Football Club. For services to Sport.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football. [97]
MBE For services to Football. [98]
MBE Former Chelsea FC footballer. Training Officer, Telephone Cables Ltd. For services to Training. [99]
MBE For services to Manufacture and to Football in Merseyside. [100]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Welsh Football.
MBE For services to Association Football. [101]
MBE Military Division; also awarded the Military Cross in 1918.
MBE Bermudan referee (awarded for work in the prisons service.) [102]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Sports Broadcasting.
MBE For services to Football. [103]
MBEVice Chairman, Arsenal Football Club and the Football Association. For services to Football and to voluntary work in Schools and Prisons.
MBE For services to Association Football. [104]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Women's Football in Wales.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to sport. [105]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE Former CEO, Everton FC. For services to Sport.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Sport.
MBE For services to Women's Football and the LGBT community.
MBE For services to Women's Football. [106]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Sport. [107]
MBE For services to Sport and to Charity. [108]
MBE For services to Race Relations.
MBE For services to Sport.
MBE For services to Sport and young people, Bermuda. [109]
MBE For services to Girls' and Women's Association Football.
MBE For services to Association Football. [110]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE Military Division; for keeping up morale in the forces whilst stationed in the Middle East.
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Football and to the community in Northern Ireland.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Football and Charity, particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic. [111]
MBE Chairwoman of the Football Association. For services to Business and to the Public Sector. [112]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE Assistant manager, England National Football Team. For services to Association Football. [113]
MBE For services to Football. [114]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Sports Broadcasting.
MBE International Refereeing Assessor, Irish Football Association. For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to the promotion of international youth football.
MBE For services to Football and Charity. [115]
MBE Manager, Ballymena United. For services to Association Football and Community Relations in Northern Ireland. [116]
MBE For services to Association Football, to Anti-Racism and to Charity.
MBE Captain, England Football Team. For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Norwich City Football Club. [117]
MBE For services to Football. [118]
MBE Sports Journalist and Co-founder, Women in Football. For services to Journalism and Women's Sport. [119]
MBE For services to Association Football. [120]
MBE For services to Sport in Hong Kong. [121]
2006 MBE (honorary) For services to Football. [122]
MBE Chair, Football Conference Trust and President, Football Conference. For services to Football. [123]
MBE For services to Association Football. [124]
MBE For services to Sport.
MBE For services to the Glasgow Celtic Football Club. [125]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Women's Association Football. [126]
MBE Manager, Wales Women's football. For services to Women's Football in Wales.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Football in Glasgow. [127]
MBE For services to Sport. [128]
MBE Former Chairman, Everton FC. For voluntary service to amateur golf. [129]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Football in Northern Ireland.
MBE For services to Association Football in Scotland. [130]
MBE For services to Football and to Charity.
MBE For services to Association Football. [131]
MBE Captain, Arsenal Football Club. [132]
MBE For services to Sport and to Charity.
MBE Captain, Glasgow Celtic Football Club.
MBE For services to Association Football. [133]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Youth Football in Northern Ireland. [134]
MBE For services to Association Football in Scotland.
MBE For services to Association Football. [135]
MBE For services to Association Football and to Charity.
MBE For services to Charity.
MBE For services to Association Football. [136]
MBE For services to Counterterrorism.
MBE For services to Association Football in Scotland. [137]
MBE For services to Association Football and charitable services. [138]
MBE For services to Broadcasting and Diversity in Sport.
MBE For services to Football and the community in Northern Ireland.
MBE Player Coach, Hereford United Football Club. [139]
MBE For services to Women's Football and to Charity. [140]
MBE For services to Association Football. [141]
MBE For services to Association Football. [142]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For voluntary service to Stonewall FC. [143]
MBE For services to Sport.
MBE For services to Football and Charity in Portsmouth.
2003 MBE (honorary) For outstanding services to international football and his contributions to charities. [144]
MBE For services to Football and Diversity in Sport.
MBE Footballer, England and Manchester United. For services to Vulnerable Children in the UK during Covid-19 [145]
MBE For services to the Voluntary Sector and to Football.
MBE For services to Women's Football.
MBE For services to Sport. [146]
MBE For services to Sport. [147]
MBE For services to Association Football, to Charity and to Young People.
MBE Referee and Volunteer, Football Beyond Borders. For services to Association Football.
MBE Vice President, Show Racism The Red Card. For services to Tackling Discrimination in Sport.
MBE For services to Association Football and to Charity in Scotland.
MBE For services to Association Football. [148]
MBE Goalkeeping coach, Forest Green Rovers. For services to Cricket.
2001 MBE (honorary) [149]
MBE For services to Women's Football.
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football. [150]
MBE Football journalist and statistician. For services to Sport. [151]
MBE Trainer of England association football team. [152]
MBE For services to Football. [153]
MBE For services to services to the community in Nottingham. [154]
MBE For services to Sport in Scotland. [155]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE Footballer, Liverpool Football Club. [156]
MBE For services to Kilmarnock Football Club and the community in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. [157]
MBE World Cup Finals Referee. For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football. [158]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Football.
MBE Broadcaster, Sky Sports. For services to Sport, to Broadcasting and to Charity.
MBE For services to Racial Equality in Sport. [159]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to football and diversity in sport.
MBE For services to Cricket, Association Football, and to Hockey. [160]
MBE For services to the NHS and Charity. [161]
MBE Founder, Craig Thomson Scholarship Award. For services to Football and to Charity in Scotland.
MBE Manager, Swansea City Association Football Club.
MBE Head of Player Engagement, Kick It Out. For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Association Football.
MBE Footballer, Swindon Town Football Club. [162]
MBE Fans For Diversity Campaign Manager, The Football Supporters' Association. For services to Association Football.
MBE (honorary) Assistant Coach, England Women's National Football Team. For services to Association Football. [163]
MBE For services to Football.
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Sport. [164]
MBE For services to Association Football.
MBE For services to Football and to Charity.
MBE For charitable services to the community in Yorkshire. [165]
MBE For services to Women’s Football and charity.
MBE For services to Association Football.
Service Engineer, Product Support Group, Ferranti Defence Systems Ltd., and founder of Ferranti Thistle. [166]
BEM Kit man, Stoke City. For services to the community in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
BEM For services to Football in Northern Ireland. [167]
BEM Manager, Arbroath Football Club. For services to Association Football and to the community in Angus.
BEM For services to Association Football. [168]
BEM For services to Football. [169]
BEM For services to Women's Football. [170]
BEM For services to Football.
BEM For services to Football and the community of Barnsley.
BEM For services to Association Football and to Charity.
BEM Chairman, Stevenage Football Club. For services to Football and the community in Hertfordshire. [171]
BEM Chairman, Liverpool Football Club. For services to Football. [172]
BEM For services to Football and Boxing.
Chairman of The Football League; also appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1997-Aug and a Privy Counsellor (PC) in 1994-Jan.
1919 For gallantry. Received the Military Cross in 1917. [173] [174]
1943 Chairman, Arsenal Football Club (1962-1982). In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.
Chairman, Glossop North End AFC (until 1914) and Arsenal Football Club (1929-1949). For local services.

Revocation of honours

In August 2023, Dario Gradi was formally stripped of the MBE he had been awarded in the 1998 New Year Honours, after he was "effectively banned for life" by The Football Association for his part in the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal.[175] [176]

Individuals who have declined honours

In August 2016, former Liverpool player Howard Gayle, the first black footballer to play for the club, revealed he had turned down an MBE for his work with Show Racism the Red Card, stating that it would be "a betrayal to all of the Africans who have lost their lives, or who have suffered as a result of Empire."[177]

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  88. Web site: Debbie Bampton . nationalfootballmuseum.com . 14 January 2013 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20080115085850/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/Inductees/debbiebampton.htm . 15 January 2008 .
  89. United Kingdom list:
  90. News: Paul Lawrie & Christian Horner get OBEs in Birthday Honours listList. BBC Sport. 15 June 2013.
  91. News: Saint Ted's devotion is rewarded. BBC Sport. 14 January 2013. 30 December 2000.
  92. Web site: Peter Beardsley. Newcastle United F.C.. 14 January 2013.
  93. United Kingdom list:
  94. Web site: 2022 New Year's Honours. 4 January 2022.
  95. Web site: Clyde Best gets MBE. kickitout.org. 7 January 2013.
  96. Web site: New Year's Honours lists 2015. 30 December 2014. 5 March 2022. Government of the United Kingdom: Cabinet Office and Foreign Office. PDF.
  97. United Kingdom list:
  98. Web site: Tony Carr MBE. West Ham United F.C.. 12 April 2012.
  99. United Kingdom:
  100. United Kingdom:
  101. United Kingdom list:
  102. United Kingdom:
  103. News: Northern Ireland skipper Steven Davis receives MBE at Palace. BBC Sport. 31 October 2017. 31 October 2017.
  104. United Kingdom list:
  105. Mauritius list:
  106. United Kingdom list:
  107. Web site: 2005 Birthday Honours List . . 8 April 2022 . 16 . 11 June 2005.
  108. United Kingdom:
  109. News: Goater awarded MBE . BBC Sport . BBC . 14 January 2013 . 13 June 2003 .
  110. United Kingdom list:
  111. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021 . 23 June 2021.
  112. United Kingdom:
  113. Web site: 2022 New Year's Honours. 4 January 2022.
  114. United Kingdom:
  115. Web site: David James made MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours List. whtimes.co.uk. 17 June 2012.
  116. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021 . 23 June 2021.
  117. UK:
  118. Web site: Shelley Kerr: Scotland women head coach 'privileged and proud' to get MBE . Chris . McLaughlin . BBC Sport . 7 June 2019 . 8 June 2019.
  119. Web site: 2016 Birthday Honours List . . 12 October 2021.
  120. News: Pompey's Legend handed MBE. BBC Sport. 14 January 2013. 30 December 2000.
  121. UK list:
  122. News: Striker Larsson to be given MBE. BBC Sport. 7 January 2013. 26 April 2006.
  123. Web site: New Year's Honours list 2016. Government of the United Kingdom.
  124. Web site: Goalkeeper Training in Aberdeen. just4keepers.co.uk. 16 January 2013.
  125. United Kingdom list:
  126. United Kingdom:
  127. Web site: 2015 New Year Honours list . . 12 January 2023.
  128. Web site: 2005 Birthday Honours . . 18 . 11 June 2005.
  129. United Kingdom:
  130. UK & Commonwealth list:
  131. United Kingdom list:
  132. United Kingdom list:
  133. Web site: New Year Honours List 1997 . . 27 June 2021.
  134. United Kingdom
  135. United Kingdom list:
  136. UK list:
  137. Web site: Scots become people of letters . . . By Appointment . heralsscotland.com . 20 November 1992 . 21 October 2014.
  138. United Kingdom list:
  139. News: Joseph. Matthew. Terry Paine hopes for World Cup failure. 7 January 2013. The Guardian. 6 July 2000. London.
  140. Web site: 2022 New Year's Honours. 4 January 2022.
  141. News: New glory for sport stars. BBC News. 7 January 2013. 31 December 1998.
  142. United Kingdom list:
  143. United Kingdom:
  144. News: Quinn receives honorary MBE. BBC. 13 August 2003. 8 March 2011.
  145. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List. gov.uk. 11 October 2020.
  146. Web site: Pat Rice receives MBE. Arsenal F.C.. 29 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121231173305/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/pat-rice-receives-mbe-in-honours-list. 31 December 2012. dead.
  147. Web site: Reading striker Jason Roberts retires . Givemesports.com . 4 December 2016.
  148. United Kingdom list:
  149. News: Schmeichel's MBE honour. BBC Sport. 14 January 2013. 30 December 2000.
  150. Web site: New Year Honours List 1997 . . 27 June 2021.
  151. Web site: 2005 Birthday Honours . . 12 January 2023.
  152. United Kingdom list:
  153. Web site: Sheringham's career in pictures. virginmedia.com. 7 January 2013.
  154. United Kingdom
  155. Web site: 2005 Birthday Honours . . 12 January 2023.
  156. Web site: Liverpool legend Tommy Smith backs plan to save Caernarfon Town. dailypost.co.uk. 9 January 2013.
  157. Web site: 2014 Birthday Honours . . 12 January 2023.
  158. News: Bevan. Chris. Neville Southall: From binman to Dave Brailsford devotee. BBC Sport. 14 January 2013.
  159. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021 . 23 June 2021.
  160. United Kingdom:
  161. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021 . 23 June 2021.
  162. UK list:
  163. Web site: Honorary awards to foreign nationals in 2024 . 2024 . Gov.UK .
  164. United Kingdom:
  165. UK list:
  166. Web site: 1988 New Year Honours . The London Gazette.
  167. Web site: New Year Honours list: Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter proud to receive BEM. 29 December 2018 . Belfast Live. 23 June 2021.
  168. UK list:
  169. Web site: Legendary Sunderland keeper Jimmy Montgomery 'delighted' with Queen's honour. sunderlandecho.com.
  170. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021 . 23 June 2021.
  171. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours List 2020 . 23 June 2021.
  172. United Kingdom:
  173. Web site: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 JULY, 1918. . . 24 December 2022.
  174. Web site: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 16 AUGUST, 1917 . . 24 December 2022.
  175. Web site: Honours and Awards (22 August 2023) . London Gazette . 22 August 2023.
  176. News: Ex-Crewe manager Dario Gradi stripped of MBE . BBC News . 22 August 2023 . 23 August 2023.
  177. News: Ex-Liverpool player Howard Gayle turns down MBE. BBC News. 22 February 2021. 11 August 2016.

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