Birthday Honours 2006
David Gerald Richards
Knight Bachelor
Chair • Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation
“For services to Sport.”
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2006- Role at the time
- Chair, Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation
“For services to Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the Birthday Honours List 2006 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2006
Albert Aynsley-Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“for England.”
Barrington Windsor Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Archaeology.”
Brian Gammell Ivory
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Arts.”
Charles Cornelius Wheeler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Broadcasting and to Journalism.”
David Michael Charles Michels
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Donald Gordon Cruickshank
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For public service.”
Gilbert Stanley Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Business and to Charity in Wales.”
James Robert Crosby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
John Michael Sunderland
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Business.”
Jonathan Elliott Asbridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the NHS and Nursing.”
Justice Lisle Austin Ward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
Kenneth John Knight
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Mark Grundy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Education and to ICT.”
Michael John Aaronson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Children.”
Norman George Bettison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Police.”
Peter Jeffery Simpson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the NHS.”
Philip Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Retail Industry.”
Richard Charles Leese
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Local Government.”
Richard Timothy Hunt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Science.”
Robert John Margetts
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Science and to Business.”
Roger Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“for Wales.”
Roy Malcolm Anderson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
Chief Scientific Adviser
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Entrepreneurship.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2006
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2006 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 17 June 2006.
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