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9 February 2017

3:00 PM

9 February 2017

3:00 PM

Match of the knights

Emails emerged suggesting David Beckham would rather appreciate a knighthood. How many goals do you have to score for England (or what else do you have to do in football) to gain the honour?

Alf Ramsey (knighted 1967): 3 goals for England, won World Cup as manager
Bobby Robson (2002) 4 goals, took England to World Cup semi-finals
Trevor Brooking (2004) 5 goals, was chairman of Sport England
Stanley Matthews (1965) 11 goals
Tom Finney (1998) 30 goals
Bobby Charlton (1994) 49 goals




(David Beckham scored 17 goals for England.

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