Time to give Dick Clegg a Knighthood - Reader letter

It sometimes annoys me how little recognition angling gets from the country’s bigwigs.

If an England football manager had as much success as Dick Clegg had as manager of our national fishing side, he’d have been knighted by now (Angling Times, April 21).

I know that he has been awarded an MBE and an OBE, but I still don’t think that’s enough to mark the contribution he’s made. 

Quite simply, he took the side from also-rans to number one in the world and kept them there for 17 years. I bet that our England football bosses can only dream of picking up six world titles. Even one would be a start.

Mark Lester, Nottingham

Dick Clegg guided England to be the best in the world