The Poolie Bunker

Lou Macari quietly does real community work and eventually gets an MBE yes twats like Hamilton and Beckham who have done nothing but enrich themselves get a K. Proof yet again of the worthlessness of the honours system.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe85031e7vro

You don’t think Beckham posing in his kecks is worthy of a knighthood? Says more about you Mr.Irrelevant…

Higher the public profile the bigger the award…they get rewarded for their image in my opinion…which is basically selling themselves.
Never liked either of them.

its just another thing this country keeps on doing in its love to stay in the past. just wish i was famous as i,d love to refuse one. its either ruritania we live in or ruristan depending on the subject discused.

Lou Macari as a player was someone I disliked, my opinion of Lou changed for the better after watching how he was portrayed in the brilliant fillum Marvellous, I subsequently looked him up and discovered the good things he did during covid tinged with the sadness of his son and mother both taking their lives.

I met him once, at Doncaster races, and chatted with him for ten minutes or so. He came across to me as a nice fella.

Great story about Macari when he was manager of Swindon, they had to stay in the Gosforth Park Hotel as all the local barracks were full before a FA Cup Match against Newcastle in Jan 1988.

A bet was placed as insurance to cover the hotel bill if Swindon got heavily beaten by Newcastle, which they did 5-0, Macari claimed he had not placed the bet but the bet was placed by someone else in the club. The players did not play to lose but were well beaten anyway and thus the hotel bill was paid!

This and other financial irregularities came back to haunt the club the next season when after beating Sunderland in the play-offs, they were denied promotion with Sunderland taking their place.