Former England coach Gareth Southgate has been knighted in the New Year’s honours.
Southgate, 54, has guided England to two consecutive European Championship finals and the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, making him the most successful men’s national team manager since Sir Alf Ramsey.
Southgate is the fourth former England coach to be knighted, following Ramsey, Sir Walter Winterbottom and Sir Bobby Robson.
Sir Gareth Southgate
Our former manager and player has been knighted in the King’s New Year’s Honors List for 2025 for his services to the Football Association 👏 pic.twitter.com/TsYcKYOusb
— England (@England) December 30, 2024
FA president Debbie Hewitt said his honor was “richly deserved”, that he “embodies the best of English football” and hailed him as “one of our best ever managers”.
She added that Southgate “inspired the players to share his pride in representing England” and that it was “a privilege to know the man and the manager”.
England lost the Euro 2020 final on penalties to Italy, while Spain beat them 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final. Former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel replaces Southgate in the new year.
David Moyes, most recently West Ham manager, was made an OBE, while Alan Hansen, a former Liverpool great and long-time BBC pundit, was made an MBE for services to football and broadcasting.
Dawn Astle, who set up the Jeff Astle Foundation to campaign for more research into head injuries in football on behalf of her father, who died of dementia in 2002, has been made an MBE.
