Sir Bobby Robson - BBC Liftime achivement award

Chong

Well as the title says, fair play to Sir Bob. The man having battled sickness over the past year its great to see him up there accepting an award for his work. A truly great bloke all round , a gentleman and a pure legend.

Guy:Incognito

Yeah just saw it there. Top man.

OPENROAD

A true gentleman, met him in a cardiff hotel few years ago FA Cup Final weekend, posed for photos and signed autographs for ages.

Well done Sir Bobby.

mike65

Can't argue with that.

Mike.

DMC

Firstly, fair play. He spoke very well in acceptance. Nice touch, very moving.

I thought that SAF giving the BBC award to Robson was unreal, considering the utter contempt he normally has for the BBC, i.e. no post match interviews, rift with Alan Green etc.

Has the relationship healed?

mike65

Trust DMC to bring a media studies angle to the party!

No I don't think its changed (Michael Crick is lurking behind every pot plant in BBC Centre).

Mike.

Zaph

Well deserved award, but I was shocked to see how much trouble he had walking to and from the stage. I knew he'd been ill, but I didn't realise how serious it must have been.

Big Ears

Didn't see it but he is more than deserving .



Legend .

Guy:Incognito

zaph wrote: »

Well deserved award, but I was shocked to see how much trouble he had walking to and from the stage. I knew he'd been ill, but I didn't realise how serious it must have been.

Yeah, was thinking that myself, didnt think he was in that bad a shape.

OhNoYouDidn't

Big Ears wrote: »

Didn't see it but he is more than deserving .



Legend .

Thankfully the last disaster he was involved in wasnt mentioned.

gucci

well done sir bob.
a true gentleman and a legend in his own right.

Sizzler

Why wasnt Stan on stage clapping with the rest of the lads

Oh hold on...You Tell Me.

Fratton Fred

Sizzler wrote: »

Why wasnt Stan on stage clapping with the rest of the lads

Oh hold on...You Tell Me.

He's not British?

Sizzler

Fratton Fred wrote: »

He's not British?

Does he have to be

The stage was made up of players and staff he worked with down the years, just so happens a lot of them happened to be English, understandable given he was English manager!

pd101

Well done Sir Bobby. Thoroughly deserved.

Fratton Fred

Sizzler wrote: »

Does he have to be

The stage was made up of players and staff he worked with down the years, just so happens a lot of them happened to be English, understandable given he was English manager!

Probably not, but the Ireland job wasn't exactly his finest hour and I think most of thse there would have been invited regardless of the award going to Sir Bobby

OhNoYouDidn't

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Probably not, but the Ireland job wasn't exactly his finest hour and I think most of thse there would have been invited regardless of the award going to Sir Bobby

Agreed, like it or not, his involvement in Team Staunton is a major blot on his otherwise almost flawless record.

Why dredge it up when you are celebrating the guys successes?

Why refer to him as Sir on an Irish forum by the way?

ziggy

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People refer to SAF the whole time.

And what about Sir Bono, Sir Bob Geldof.

Also, there aren't really any borders on the internet.

OhNoYouDidn't

DesF wrote: »

People refer to SAF the whole time.

And what about Sir Bono, Sir Bob Geldof.

Also, there aren't really any borders on the internet.

I don't think Bono got the gong to be called sir in the first place and deffo never heard him referred to as it.

I have never seen Alex Ferguson called sir on any other Irish net forum. interesting that he is here.

Fratton Fred

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Why refer to him as Sir on an Irish forum by the way?

no reason, other than why not?

Sir Bobby was easier to write than Bobby Robson I suppose

(BTW, Bono and Bob aren't Sirs, their Knighthoods are honoury so they only get the acclaim, not the title. If Ireland joined the commonwealth on the other hand.......lets not go there eh!!)

OPENROAD

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Why refer to him as Sir on an Irish forum by the way?

Why not

OhNoYouDidn't

OPENROAD wrote: »

Why not

Because generally honorifics like that are not used outside the nation they are granted in.

In Ireland is Legion D'Honneur member Sarkozy referred to as Grand Master Sarkozy as he should? Why do we use the British titles and not the French?

Fratton Fred

There's an old saying about Mountains and mole hills that spring to mind.

Guy:Incognito

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Because generally honorifics like that are not used outside the nation they are granted in.

In Ireland is Legion D'Honneur member Sarkozy referred to as Grand Master Sarkozy as he should? Why do we use the British titles and not the French?

MEh. American presidents present and past are referred to in Irish press as "President (Clinton etc)". They were never our president.

Chong

Agreed, like it or not, his involvement in Team Staunton is a major blot on his otherwise almost flawless record.

Why dredge it up when you are celebrating the guys successes?

Why refer to him as Sir on an Irish forum by the way?

Get over yourself ffs.

This thread was talking about Sir Bob <-- yes Sir, and what a well deserved award it is.

Guy:Incognito

Willstev wrote: »

Get over yourself ffs.

This thread was talking about Sir Bob <-- yes Sir, and what a well deserved award it is.

?

Vokes

Huh.

Crossed wires methinks.

Chong

Haha Stekelly , I dont know what happened there, that post isnt even on this page.

An ol edit did the job.

Guy:Incognito

Willstev wrote: »

Haha Stekelly , I dont know what happened there, that post isnt even on this page.

An ol edit did the job.

Yeah, I was looking up and down the page trying to figure out what was goign on

DerekD Goldfish

I remember reading that in 12 years at Ipswich he bought only 13 players borught the rest up through the youth ranks