bailbreaker
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ex footballers who were knightedname the eleven players who have been knighted?
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Craig
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Bobby Robson
Alex Ferguson
Bobby Charlton
Stanley Matthews
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stimmo
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Trevor Brooking
Geoff Hurst
Tom Finney
Alf Ramsey
Matt Busby
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bailbreaker
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all correct so far, just two to get now.
bazza
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Simon
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I would say another Bobby - Sir Bobby Moore
Can't beleive Stimmo didn't get the most famous West Ham player of all!
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bailbreaker
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simon- wrong i'm afraid, still two to get.
bazza
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Rushy
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Didn't pele get one!!
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bailbreaker
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sorry wrong---
a knighthood can only be bestowed on people from the UNITED KINGDOM.
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Stewie
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Is it John or Charles Clegg?
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bailbreaker
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well done .
bazza
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Simon
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Well googled Stewie.
and to complete the set - Walter Winterbottom.
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stimmo
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As if I'd leave out Bobby Moore, Simon! To the eternal shame of, well everyone, Bobby never got a knighthood.
I live in dread of Sir David Beckham, but I suspect it'll happen soon, especially as he's now announced his retirement from the game.
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Simon
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Paul
I must admit that I could have sworn that he got a knighthood but on checking it was only an OBE.
It does seem weird that Charles Clegg (who I must admit I had never heard of) got a knighthood for being President/Chairman of the FA and Bobby Moore didn't get one for winning the World Cup.
It is probably made worse by the fact that Pele, one of his international adversaries, did get an honorary knighthood even though he wasn't a member of a country with the Queen as Head of State.
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