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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View PostAbout fucking time.
Any one of three things (his football career, his cancer fundraising, his conduct throughout Hillsborough, the aftermath, and the enquiry) should have caused this to happen a long time ago.
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- Mar 2008
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- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
I sort of hoped he wouldn't give a shit about such rubbish. To be fair, he isn't over gushing about it.
"For the family, it's a huge honour."
"It won't make any difference to me, I'll just maybe need to change my passport!
"But just because we're a wee bit embarrassed about it doesn't underestimate how pleased and proud we are to have received it.
"I hope everyone who came into our lives enjoys it as well."
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So, is Howard Gayle the only footballer that we know has turned down an honour?
In a related field, Professor Phil Scraton did so very admirably of course.
Fucked of with Emma Thompson, mind. I presume she must have accepted such things before though.
Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View Post
I always think that the honours system is especially archaic when the Queen is honouring people who have achieved so much more then she has.Last edited by Ray de Galles; 08-06-2018, 22:43.
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- Mar 2008
- 29953
- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
Originally posted by E10 Rifle View PostI don't think he should have been knighted
I don't think anyone should be knighted.
But fair play to Dalglish for his many achievements and qualities, personally and professionally
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I must say I'm surprised at this. He has some really colourful connections. Borracho had some fascinating stories about his security at press conferences in Glasgow.
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Probably expressing myself a bit flippantly but I was a little thrown. I seem to recall Dalglish being viewed in a different light previously.
Given that some players are seemingly never forgiven for having played for Franchise as children or worked for, I dunno, Team Bath, I was surprised to see the Suarez thing apparently forgotten and forgiven.
Going to add I loved him as a player and thought his post-Hillsborough reaction was special.
Anyhoo, don’t mind me.
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He's a complicated figure alright. I shy away from people trying to attribute uniformly good moral character to people involved in football. They have to be able to survive in a horrendously dirty business. Dalglish is just a chieftain type figure, like Ferguson. Both have their good points and bad points. It's like expecting an irish politician to be a consistently good person.
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