I suggest that it was much more difficult to get knighted back then, especially for football achievements. Although I'm not sure there are many football knights today, fortunately. For reasons, not clear to me, Brooking was the last one in 2004 it seems. Maybe you have to be incredibly dull to...
So who is watching and who is sparing themselves the temptation to throw something at the telly by keeping abreast of the game on NSC? England wind me up so much I seldom bother putting myself through it any more
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