Birthday Honours 2006
David Gerald Richards
Knight Bachelor
• Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation
“For services to Sport.”
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2006- Role at the time
- 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 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2006 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Football Association Premier League and Football Foundation.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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.”
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 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,173 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.”
Nigel Travis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Boxing and the community in Moss Side, Greater Manchester.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Emily Scarratt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coalville, Leicestershire
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Leah Williamson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.”
David Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch.”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Alan Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
James Mcdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Junior Athletics.”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports.”
George Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2006
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2006).
Published 16 June 2006.
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