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We see England and Liverpool's "Stevie G" was recently given an honourary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University for his contribution to sport. But before he starts feeling too smug about his new qualification, it might be worth telling him that even full time buffoon Sepp Blatter has an Honorary Doctrate of Science from De Montfort University in Leicester, and Italian referee Pierluigi Collina is a Doctor of Sport Science at Hull University. And if those aren't the two most random facts you'll read all day then we'd love to know what is.

Anyway, because we don't often miss a chance to rehash old material, here is our somewhat overly attack-minded...

Catflap Honorary Degree XI

BOB WILSON, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

LUCAS RADEBE, CAPE TOWN UNIVERSITY
TREVOR BROOKING, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
BILLY MCNEILL, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY

MATTHEW LE TISSIER, SOUTHAMPTON INSTITUTE
GEORGE BEST, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
DENIS LAW, ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY
BRIAN CLOUGH, UNIVERSITY OF TEESIDE

GARY LINEKER, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
HENRIK LARSSON, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
ALAN SHEARER, NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY

MANAGER: BOBBY ROBSON, NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

PRESS BOX: JOHN MOTSON, UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
JEFF STELLING, UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE