Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:40 pm
Anderson Knighted.
Well deserved....should have got Knighted long before now though.
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Sir Jimmy
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Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:41 pm
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:41 pm
Better late than never…. Congratulations Sir James
All we need now is the town to honour him properly.
That’ll be some wait….
All we need now is the town to honour him properly.
That’ll be some wait….
Sir James Anderson
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:42 pm
Just announced that he will be receiving a knighthood. Well deserved for Burnley's own Jimmy.
Re: Sir James Anderson
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:42 pm
Duplicate thread feel free to merge/delete
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:59 pm
Arise Sir James of Burnley
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:20 pm
Superb news and well deserved recognition
Although the system is seriously f***** when the same honours list is creating Lord Michael Gove....
Although the system is seriously f***** when the same honours list is creating Lord Michael Gove....
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:23 pm
If there is to be an honours system then it’s right that Jimmy has been knighted. Congratulations to our town’s greatest ever sportsman.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:29 pm
Congratulations Sir Jimmy.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:52 pm
Great news for Jimmy and the town, delighted with this.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:00 pm
I think the convention is that knighthoods are only given once the individuals have finished playing for their national team. I am reliably informed that the only person to buck this trend is Richard Hadlee. Anyway, this is so richly deserved for a fabulous cricketer and thoroughly decent young man.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:15 pm
Congratulations Sir Jimmy and in the scheme of things very well deserved. Lets hope it's not long before the same honour is bestowed on Kevin Sinfield.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:26 pm
Sir Jimmy of Lyndhurst Rd and Turf Moor ( cricket) Unbelievable achievement and career.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:35 pm
That should be a given without a doubt.ashtonlongsider wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:15 pmCongratulations Sir Jimmy and in the scheme of things very well deserved. Lets hope it's not long before the same honour is bestowed on Kevin Sinfield.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:59 pm
Yes Jimmy.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:27 pm
As a former St. Teds pupil, would be interested to know if any other old boys/girls have ever been honoured.
Well done Sir James on long overdue recognition.
Well done Sir James on long overdue recognition.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:44 pm
Sir Vincent Fean, British Diplomat ( St Theodores 1963-71 ) was knighted in 2005, and was formerly the British High Commissioner to Malta ( 2002-06 ), Ambassador to Libya ( 2006-10 ) and Consul General to Jerusalem ( 2010-14 ) ...HurstGrangeClaret wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:27 pmAs a former St. Teds pupil, would be interested to know if any other old boys/girls have ever been honoured.
Well done Sir James on long overdue recognition.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:32 am
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:39 am
Clarets4me wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:44 pmSir Vincent Fean, British Diplomat ( St Theodores 1963-71 ) was knighted in 2005, and was formerly the British High Commissioner to Malta ( 2002-06 ), Ambassador to Libya ( 2006-10 ) and Consul General to Jerusalem ( 2010-14 ) ...
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/s ... _years_on/
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:22 am
Just build the bloody statue - he deserves nothing less.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:07 am
I'm no particular fan of Michael gove, but I agree with that one. He is basically volunteering himself to carry on working and serving the country in what is probably the only thing that he is any good at. You can't serve in the house of lords unless you are a lord in the first place.Poulton-le-Claret wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:20 pmSuperb news and well deserved recognition
Although the system is seriously f***** when the same honours list is creating Lord Michael Gove....
That said, there are those that you would not want to see there for various reasons. We could do without a lady dorries of Selfpromotion, lord boris of Partygate and lady truss of Brokeville, for instance.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:11 am
Absolute legend, and whilst at 36 im past the age of having a "favourite player" hes my sporting hero
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:15 am
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:36 am
Out of interest, are there any more knights from Burnley?
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:39 am
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:52 am
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:18 am
Since I genuinely did not intend to derail Jimmy's thread (and probably should have thought of that in my initial post), I'll agree to disagree on that one TS (except your second para, which I accept as fact!)timshorts wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:07 amI'm no particular fan of Michael gove, but I agree with that one. He is basically volunteering himself to carry on working and serving the country in what is probably the only thing that he is any good at. You can't serve in the house of lords unless you are a lord in the first place.
That said, there are those that you would not want to see there for various reasons. We could do without a lady dorries of Selfpromotion, lord boris of Partygate and lady truss of Brokeville, for instance.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:07 pm
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:43 pm
Sir John Stuttard, Lord Mayor of London 2006-07 was born in Burnley in 1945, Lord Waddington of Read, ( formerly David Waddington, Home Secretary ) was born here in 1929, and Sir Willis Jackson, Engineer, was also born in Burnley in 1904 ...
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:16 pm
Let’s not get political on what is a tribute to Burnley’s greatest ever sportsman.Poulton-le-Claret wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:18 amSince I genuinely did not intend to derail Jimmy's thread (and probably should have thought of that in my initial post), I'll agree to disagree on that one TS (except your second para, which I accept as fact!)
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:49 pm
Hence why I said I will agree to disagree and leave it at thatHurstGrangeClaret wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:16 pmLet’s not get political on what is a tribute to Burnley’s greatest ever sportsman.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 2:45 pm
Time he got his whites back on.
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:16 pm
Sir Jonas Moore born in Higham 1617 he helped to establish Greenwich Observatory
Re: Sir Jimmy
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:15 am
Oh right fair enough.Mondsley wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:00 pmI think the convention is that knighthoods are only given once the individuals have finished playing for their national team. I am reliably informed that the only person to buck this trend is Richard Hadlee. Anyway, this is so richly deserved for a fabulous cricketer and thoroughly decent young man.