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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Award Chris Kamara an MBE for services to Sport. More details
Submitted by Will McIlveen – Deadline to sign up by: 15 June 2008 – Signatures: 12
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To award the great footballer and pundit an MBE.
Chris Kamara (born 25 December 1957 in Middlesbrough) is a former professional footballer in England. He retired from playing in 1995 but since he last managed a club in 1998 he is best known for his work at Sky Sports as a football analyst.
After serving with the British Royal Navy, Kamara joined Portsmouth in 1975, beginning a professional footballing career that saw him move between 9 clubs, scoring 71 goals in 641 league appearances.
Chris is also very popular for his catchphrase on Soccer Saturday "Unbelievable Jeff"
Chris also enjoyed spells at Swindon Town 1977–1981 making 147 appearances and scoring 21 goals as well as Brentford making 152 appearances and scoring 28 goals. After he stopped his playing career he managed Bradford City from 1995-1998 and had a brief spell in charge at Stoke City 1998.
