“Better late than never as Gerrard gets his MBE” reads the headline in The Times today. The article gets better, if you can imagine that, as you read on. “At last, one of Liverpool’s great quests for a significant honour has been realised. Nineteen months after their thrilling victory in the Champions League, Steven Gerrard, has been appointed MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. There was anger and disappointment in the red half of Merseyside when Liverpool’s comeback against AC Milan in Istanbul did not prompt official recognition, unlike England’s Ashes-winning cricket team. Rick Parry, the club’s chief executive, complained publicly, a campaign endorsed by The Times. That wrong has now been rectified.”Well thank fuck for that, we can call off the minute’s silence, Stevie G, the man who has tried to leave his “beloved” club twice for the money and success at Chelsea, has been awarded with an MBE.
Gerrard wants to thank the fans who have stuck by him (so obviously not the Liverpool fans who were burning his shirt when he announced he wanted to leave the club). “I’d like to accept this on behalf of all those people who have been so supportive to me throughout my career,” said the midfielder.
Now I remember the outcry last year over this. Liverpool had come back from a seemingly impossible situation to win the European Cup, and as pleased as the country might have been for them, there was utter disbelief when members of the team weren’t recognised in the New Year Honours List. As a United fan this of course struck me as strange, as when we had won the European Cup, again in extreme circumstances just a few seasons before, nobody batted an eyelid. That evening at the Nou Camp, in a squad of sixteen, ten of our players were British. Gary Neville, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Andy Cole, Ryan Giggs, Teddy Sheringham, David May, Phil Neville, Wes Brown, Jonathan Greening. (Paul Scholes would have been included, and played in all the games leading up to the final, but missed the night against Bayern Munich through suspension.) Is there something I’m missing?
Maybe if we look at Steven Gerrard’s contribution to football and his achievements, things will start to make more sense.
Gerrard:
Club – 252 appearances
Country – 52 appearances
Honours – 2 FA Cups, 1 European Cup, 2 League Cups,1 European Super Cup, 1 UEFA Cup
Gary Neville:
Club – 527 appearances
Country – 84 appearances
Honours – 6 league titles, 3 FA Cups, 1 League Cup, 1 European Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup
Paul Scholes:
Club – 513 appearances
Country – 65 appearances
Honours – 6 league titles, 3 FA Cups, 1 League Cup, 1 European Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup
Ryan Giggs:
Club – 692
Country – 54 appearances
Honours – 8 league titles, 4 FA Cups, 1 European Cup, 2 League Cups, 1 European Cup Winners Cup, 1 Intercontinental CupTeddy Sheringham: 
Club – 516 appearances
Country – 51 appearances
Honours – 3 league titles, 1 European Cup, 1 FA Cups, 1 Intercontinental Cup
Now this isn’t me stamping my feet demanding that United players get recognised in the same way. That’s a fight for them to take on if they so wish. This is me questioning whether seriously such a fuss can be made over Liverpool players’ lack of “rightful” honours, when not a word was said, and still hasn’t been said, on United players missing out. Is this country really that blinded? Are we the only ones who can see the bin-dipping, badge- kissing, transfer-requesting, diving scouse bastard for what he really is? I suppose the bright side is that this will be the only thing Gerrard will be awarded with this season.
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Oh bloody hell, I’ve been thinking the same thing. Text message after text message off Livershite fans going on about the legend being recognised. My Everton friends agreed with you though. I don’t know how United didn’t get something for that treble, at least our European win was in the actual match itself not in flukey penalties!
Steve Gerrard was going to leave. I don’t think anyone can dispute that, and I can think of many players who have done more in their career and are still yet to get acknowledged. Law?
The membership of the Anybody But United club is wider than we thought, obviously.
Member of the British Empire?
Who isn’t!
Second thoughts
I’m British. I say British, I mean English. I say English, I mean Republikan.
man.u r shit and ur website is rubbish who the fcuk r man united we have won it 5 times beat that mank grrrrrrrrrr
Gerrard is a great player.But the red devils are greater than him.Neville and Scholes are the best in the epl in their respective positoin.
hu da fuk do u fink u are ur jus doin dis becaz hes a brill player hu ur jelous of n i can fink of a cupl of ur players dat dive all da time n get away wiv it all da time (ronaldo) gerrerd cud kik ur ed in n u no it n wats rong wiv scousers ur best player is a scouser (roony) so jus fink about fings befor u do stuff lyk dis u fukin manc twat u jus dont av a clue!! and weve won shit loads more dan u so fuk off!!
hu da fuk do u fink u are ur jus doin dis becaz hes a brill player hu ur jelous of n i can fink of a cupl of ur players dat dive all da time n get away wiv it all da time (ronaldo) gerrerd cud kik ur ed in n u no it n wats rong wiv scousers ur best player is a scouser (roony) so jus fink about fings befor u do stuff lyk dis u fukin manc twat u jus dont av a clue!! and weve won shit loads more dan u so fuk off!!
shut up u bunch of manc twats! y did steven gerrard get an MBE? cs hes a much betterfuckin player than gary fuckin neville. god only knows how he gt 2 play for man utd cs he is a pile of shit. maybe… he gave alex furguson head before signing. Paul scholes fair enough hes a gd player bt without him man utd dnt drop tht meny points, so he cnt b tht influential as part of ur team. Gerrard on the other hand has almost carried liverpool through some games and no more so than his heroic captains fitebk in both the fa cup and in the champions league final. ther is no dout tht he deserves his MBE cs he is mor inspirational, motivational and technically better than any player uv listed. jus cs u wer born in a shithole dus nt mean tht ur stupid enuf to deny tht steven gerrard IS and ther is no dout about it THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL AND TALENTED midfielder of his generation. Along with zidane and ronaldinho he is one of the few midfielders who can win games ALMOST SINGLE HANDEDLY and he does consistantly. u united twats can do sumthn single handedly 2 tho.. fukin wank over gary fukin neveille an paul scholes ALL FUCKIN DAY.
fuck off you stupid manc twat get a fucking grip of your self
one dickhead burnt a shirt not all liverpool supporters
you will never better what we have done so get over it you dirty scum wankers
reply to the scousers above!
Have u got nothing betta to do than go on the oppositions websites! Y dont u go back nd shag ur sister u scouse twats!!! This blog is comletly true! gerrard the scouse twat gets an mbe for doin fuk all! Nd our best player isnt rooney we have a great TEAM we dont need to reli on 1 person!!
u think stevie g is a DIVER? wat the fuck r u lot talking bout, ronaldo is the worst diver the whole of football has ever seen? stevie g saved us from oblivion, he’s a fuckin great player and deserves his mbe
steven gerrard is a studid scouse ponce. grrrrr i fukin hate the scouse twat!!!!!!!!!
all i can say is
“CHELSEA RENT BOY, CHELSEA RENT BOY”
manc twats
Great witty posts from a bunch of murderers.