Gareth Southgate has become the fourth England men’s football manager to receive a knighthood after being named in the King’s 2025 new year honours list.
Southgate led England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and two consecutive European Championship finals – although he lost both – making him the most successful Three Lions boss since Sir Alf Ramsey.
The 54-year-old left the role shortly after England’s defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final in July, having been in charge for 102 matches and having become the only manager of the England men’s team to reach two major tournament finals.
Ramsey delivered the Three Lions’ only major trophy to date in the home 1966 World Cup, while Sir Walter Winterbottom (England manager from 1946-62) and Sir Bobby Robson (198290) are the other two ex-England bosses to have been knighted.
England’s heartbreaking defeat to Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 showpiece at Wembley was the team’s first major men’s final for 55 years, while Southgate also stood alongside his players on societal issues such as racism and has been awarded the honour for his services to football.
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