David Beckham to be Knighted

here here

Well he was instrumental in England's successful bid to hold the World Cup, oh hold on..

He should be made king. If it wasn't for Beckham London would not have won the right to host the Olympix.

Yeah, and how much did that cost the average Londoner

I have always seen him as more of a count myself (I may have mispelt the word in bold).

arise sir ponce

Is he the guy who his wife phoned him up at half time during an England match to tell him his hair looked all wrong and so he washed it in the 15 minute interval so he'd look nice for the second half?

This absolutely disgusts me.
They refused to honour Bill Nicholson in this manner

bob paisley 3 european cups, never even brushed his hair

Politicians are, in general, populist sh*theads, who'd sh*g their own grannies if they thought it would get them a few more votes. This is one of the many consequences.

The best thing to do is ignore the honours system, and just know about the person.

It's not like Beckham would become a different person overnight if he was knighted.

In fact it matters less when famous people are unduly honoured than with people who are not well known.

There are probably plenty of people who've been knighted who don't deserve it who you've never heard of, but the problem is that with them, you wouldn't know that they didn't deserve it.

The House of Lords is, of course, a different kettle of fish, and matters greatly.

For services to himself.The most hyped player in the history of football.All the bs about his great free kicks and how many goals for England ?

He's spent countless millions on football coaching centres, donated his wages from PSG to child charities in Paris, and been all-round a good egg and role model.

would love to know actually how many direct free kicks he did score, I bet not that many.agree the most over hyped footballer ever

he seems like a likeable chap, the honours system is a joke anyway,

why not make it even more absurd

he was a very hard working player, with a neat touch. very good would describe his ability, not world class though.

Donation of PSG wages was to avoid paying punitive French taxes.

Role models don't wear sarongs, get sent of in world cups and shag rebecca loos

Maybe he'll do a Danny Boyle and tell them to stuff it. I'll be doing that in a double with Craig Whyte making nothing out of Sevco.

Oi. I'm a role model, and I shagged Rebecca loose. Couldn't walk for days.
(me, put me back out)
Watch your mouth, Uluru!

this is a wind up, honours are announced in the Xmas Honours list and the Queens Birthday Honours list

unless anyone knows different? any links?

Possibly only nominated

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2496671/David-Beckham-receive-Knighthood-nominated-New-Year-Honours-List.html

I think he deserves, great ambassador to the game, promoted soccer world wide

anyone can be nominated,you have to meet certain criteria before you get the award,I looked it all up when they were talking about Muzza getting Knighted after winning Wimbledon

can't see Beckham fulfills the criteria myself

Sir Matt Busby
Sir Bobby Charlton
Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir David Beckham


EAT IT Liverpool.

Agreed WCE and much more deserving than some of those singers like Elton.

its about time a footballer was honoured

beckham, murray, mccoy and some welsh rugby player would be a nice tribute to sport

ffs you morons

Honours are not awarded on the basis of 'deserve'

they use a set of criteria, google it and you will find a very helpful website that explains it all

ffs Murray won Wimbledon and he won't be getting it

deserve, pfft

"anyone can be nominated".
I reckon we should all gang up and nominate someone horrible to take the piss :) "Ashley Young for services to diving".

they get leaked this time of year, every year

and anyone can nominate anyone

just download the nomination form and fill in the questionnaire, then the panel assess the person against the criteria

i nominated moneytree for services to our wallets !!!

Half Loser 22 is an obvious candidate.

OH god this is pandora's box.


"Money Tree : for services to anti-tipping"

Amazing pen against the Argies.

Never easy from 12 yards....

Bloody hell !  Victoria will be an even bigger snob now !!!!

how about ashley cole for services to condoms?

John Terry for services to "inappropriate for actual activity" clothing choices?

Do poor folk ever get knighted?

Sir David Murray (destroyer of Rangers / creator of Sevco) was awarded one and he owed the bank of Scotland 0.75 billion.

"Do poor folk ever get knighted?"
Perhaps. A few years ago they went a bit mad opening it up to make it "relevant". There are loads of dinner ladies and lollipop men with honours now :)

I think my services to betfair forum humour SHOULD be recognised, and not that sorry ***t down the road stopping Nissan Micras!

Feck / Ann witt, is there a single thread you speak on that isn't related to your angry obsessions?

I dislike Rangers and the bigotry of some of their fans, but you could single handedly make me support them... :(

JC, you're starting to take on the mantle of Chief Inspector Dreyfus.

It is my dream :)

He deserves one for his services to the tattoo industry......ya cud call him Sir David Tattoo......or maybe Sir Braincell......

Sir Braincell? Did rather well for himself . Maybe he's not as daft as you think .

well this guy knew all along -go to 0:50...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggOry15PYmo

given some of the sociopathic tools that get knighthoods and other honours, who frankly cares? sir jimmy savile, sir fred goodwin, stuart hall OBE, Sir Peter Morrison...

they could give one to ian brady and I wouldn't give a sh!t.

Amazing pen against the Argies.

Never easy from 12 yards....

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With a broken foot too, reducing his team mates to a ten-man team for all games in the tournament.

Only Eriksson would allow his captain to travel to a world cup in such a condition, becks earned his reputed £8m image rights.

Such was his fickle participation in that event he pulled rank on the regular penalty taker, Owen was well worth listening to later.

LMAO at the d-heads knocking Beckham...ABU's the lot of 'em I'd wager.