Arise Sir Doug

[Dave Cooper please]

if it happens, i guess we'll finally know how much it costs to buy a knighthood.

What the fuck are you on about now?
Are you suggesting that Ellis has bribed someone to get his Knighthood?
Are you saying that Lerner has such amazing influence with the Queen that he persuaded her to give him it?
Are you saying that he spent loads on charities just so he gets a knighthood? (This is the most likely, and if so then so what? Plenty of others have done the same and it's the charities that gain from the benevolence after all, no?).

[dave.woodhall]

if it happens, i guess we'll finally know how much it costs to buy a knighthood.

How much?

How would Greg know what anything costs?

[PeterWithesShin]

if it happens, i guess we'll finally know how much it costs to buy a knighthood.

How much?

ask Lerner

I'm asking you as you seem to know how much one costs. So how much is it?

[TheSandman]

Congratulations Doug. Hope he enjoys his day out to meet Lizzy.

[Greg N'Ash]

knighthoods should be for people who do real good. not some millionaire throwing his money around for his own self-grandeur

[pauliewalnuts]

if Randy tried to pull strings with the Queen to get Doug a knighthood, by the time it had been through Faulkner and our crack management team, the old boy would probably end up with a Pride of Britain award.

[Dave]

knighthoods should be for people who do real good. not some millionaire throwing his money around for his own self-grandeur

And how much does it really matter?

[SheffieldVillain]

knighthoods should be for people who do real good. not some millionaire throwing his money around for his own self-grandeur

You don't think that the machinery he funded for the hospital did real good? Do you actually live in the real world, ever?

[dave.woodhall]

He's spent decades trying to get it and I wont begrudge him his lifetime's ambition. Nice one Stuart Hall OBE as well. 

[Dave Clark Five]

Congratulations Mr.Ellis.

[sidcowans10]

well i m pleased for the old goat. Wanted him to go when he did, but I genuinely believe he loves this club. So fair play to him. Hope he enjoys it and will look forward to some Viila reference when he receives it

[dave.woodhall]

Congratulations Mr.Ellis.

That's Sir Mr Ellis to you.

[Greg N'Ash]

depends on your point of view really. who's kinder? Someone who's totally skint, but puts their change in a collecting bucket because they're put on the spot and can't really afford to or a multi-millionaire who has a million or two in loose change for charity that he probably gets tax relief on. I don't doubt a million does more good than loose change but i also don't doubt we'd all do the same if we had that sort of money. i'm not so sure we'd do it if we were skint

[Dave Cooper please]

knighthoods should be for people who do real good. not some millionaire throwing his money around for his own self-grandeur

Well, yes. But you know and I know that it doesn't really work that way does it? As a socialist I can't abide the honours system, but if they must insist on dishing them out, and if they can't give them all to dinner ladies, social workers and lollipop ladies, then at least dosh them out to people who give some of their ill-gotten gains back to society.
I can't begrudge him, and if seeing 'Sir' on the Witton Lane Stand annoys certain Villa fans than I see it as a bonus!

[steffo]

Mr Eliis has his kinghthood for 'charitable services' and for that he has my respect and good health to enjoy it.