Ivor honoured to receive MBE

26 June 2008

Her Majesty the Queen presented Ivor Powell, the world's oldest working football coach, with his MBE at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace yesterday (Wednesday). Ivor was awarded the MBE in the 2008 New Year's Honours List and received it just a few days short of his 92nd birthday. He said: "I was honoured to receive the MBE from the Queen. It made me proud and gave me a great deal of pleasure. Professor Glynis Breakwell,...