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4 March 2008
We received a petition asking:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give Alan Shearer a knighthood."
Details of Petition:
"Alan shearer a real sports idol and a real example to all those footballers on how to be a real sportsman and is also the all time leading premiership scorer, also he is a real legend and icon in Newcastle and around the footballing world, give him one he desevrves it more than any other footballer."
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/GiveShearerSir/
Government response:
Thank you for taking the trouble to sign this e-petition.
Alan Shearer's achievements in football are well known and respected. It is easy to see why so many people want to see his record formally recognised. This is underlined by the hundreds of people who have signed the e-petition on the No 10 website calling for him to be granted a knighthood. Your support has been carefully noted.
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447 people have signed up (so far) and the response from No.10 isn't at all negative so who knows? Maybe, just maybe he'll get one?!
