Sir tony MCCoy

Specialun

Another irishman like Terry wogan getting knighted

Or is Terry wogan the irishman and tony the nothern irishman....

fleet_admiral

He will always be AP to me

kfallon

He'll always be the man who landed an ante post gamble on Don't Push It for the GN in 2010 to me.....despite the fact he said he didn't want to ride it 5 days before the race!!

fleet_admiral

kfallon wrote: »

He'll always be the man who landed an ante post gamble on Don't Push It for the GN in 2010 to me.....despite the fact he said he didn't want to ride it 5 days before the race!!

Ill never forget synchronised though:(

Zaph

fleet_admiral wrote: »

He will always be AP to me

When, and why, did he cease to be Tony McCoy and become AP McCoy to the general public (I'm guessing on race cards he was probably listed as AP)? It seems a relatively recent thing and doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

fleet_admiral

Zaph wrote: »

When, and why, did he cease to be Tony McCoy and become AP McCoy to the general public (I'm guessing on race cards he was probably listed as AP)? It seems a relatively recent thing and doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

I havent a clue tbh. I started gambling about 15 years ago and he always AP

kfallon

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Ill never forget synchronised though:(

Backed him to win GC, that year Cheltenham was so bad an 8/1 winner didn't even matter, twas like loose change

kfallon

Zaph wrote: »

When, and why, did he cease to be Tony McCoy and become AP McCoy to the general public (I'm guessing on race cards he was probably listed as AP)? It seems a relatively recent thing and doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Started betting around 1997 and even then he was AP! Twas just his initials in the Racing Post etc

The Backwards Man

He'll be able to go foxhunting with the Crown Steward and Bailiff Of The Manor Of Northstead now.

Hammer89

Little midget.

The Backwards Man

Lanfranco isn't Lanfranco to nobody though.

kfallon

I'd say his wife is a pain in the hoop tho

fleet_admiral

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Lanfranco isn't Lanfranco to nobody though.

I remember back when I started backing I couldnt understand why he was L Dettori. Then I realised he is Lanfranco and Frankie for short:o

Zaph

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I havent a clue tbh. I started gambling about 15 years ago and he always AP

kfallon wrote: »

Started betting around 1997 and even then he was AP! Twas just his initials in the Racing Post etc

I'm more talking about away from betting. He was always referred to as Tony on the news or in the papers until a few years ago. Doesn't matter either way, but I always thought it was a bit strange how it changed.

kfallon

Zaph wrote: »

I'm more talking about away from betting. He was always referred to as Tony on the news or in the papers until a few years ago. Doesn't matter either way, but I always thought it was a bit strange how it changed.

Ah no, he was always referred to as AP more than Tony

Fleawuss

Delighted for the man: only the second jockey in history to receive the British honour which puts his achievement in perspective. An extraordinary athlete. Well done Sir AP McCoy.

fleet_admiral

Zaph wrote: »

I'm more talking about away from betting. He was always referred to as Tony on the news or in the papers until a few years ago. Doesn't matter either way, but I always thought it was a bit strange how it changed.

Next time you see him trackside shout ANTO ANTO ANTO like Alan Partridge calling DAN and see what he does!

Ken.

Fleawuss wrote: »

Delighted for the man: only the second jockey in history to receive the British honour which puts his achievement in perspective. An extraordinary athlete. Well done Sir AP McCoy.

It has to be Sir Tony McCoy. Sir AP McCoy doesn't trip off the tongue.

Berserker

Specialun wrote: »

Another irishman like Terry wogan getting knighted

Sir Terry Wogan is from the RoI, so he only has an honorary knighthood. Sir Tony McCoy is from NI, so he gets full honours. I see Carl Frampton got an MBE. Delighted from him, lovely lad and boxer. Plenty of RoI citizens have honours; Bob Geldof, Bono, Niall Quinn, Philip Treacy to name but a few.

fleet_admiral

Slightly ot But Damon Albarn got one too. He deserves a lordship if you ask me

NachoBusiness

kfallon wrote: »

Ah no, he was always referred to as AP more than Tony

I think Zaph is right.

I've been following the horses since around '91 and when McCoy was riding for Martin Pipe (some man for the front runners) I don't remember anyone saying AP when referring to him. Was always Tony McCoy then I thought. Could be wrong.

mansize

Richly deserved- was delighted when he finally won his national

kfallon

kfallon wrote: »

Ah no, he was always referred to as AP more than Tony

I'm many years following racing too and the AP thing as become much more prominent in recent years. I think in the UK he is referred to as AP much more than here where people call him Tony much more (on rte racing, the news, in the papers etc not just in conversation).

I think it's the uk media that started it.

byhookorbycrook

It's like the p-to p jockeys JT Mac and JT Carroll or in more "Irish" term a family of Murphys being distinguished from other Murphys in the locality as the "Sloppy" Murphys and the "Spuds "

comewatmay

Do any of his horses get recognition?

Sunnyisland

comewatmay wrote: »

Do any of his horses get recognition?

Neigh.

knucklehead6

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He'll be able to go foxhunting with the Crown Steward and Bailiff Of The Manor Of Northstead now.

Douglas Carswell? Not too sure what they'd have in common to be fair

Richard Hillman

Hammer89 wrote: »

Little midget.

He's 5ft 10

bnt

The New Years Honours must be a popular topic. The BBC website has been battered to death this morning, the first time I can recall this happening. Other honourees include Idris Elba, Damon Albarn and Imelda Staunton.

Kevhog1988

Im a massive mccoy fan. But i think he must be the first catholic from antrim to receive a knighthood

Starokan

Fully deserves the recognition , what a sportsman, I will never forget his ride on Wichita Lineman at Cheltenham

SEPT 23 1989

Sir Damon Albarn

I'm getting so old

bnt

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Sir Damon Albarn

I'm getting so old

Nah - Albarn's just an OBE, nothing in front of his name. OBEs are common, there are too many for even a Wikipedia page. James Corden has an OBE. :rolleyes:

mikeymouse

"SRANTONY" has a nice ring to it , or just "SRAP"

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

ken wrote: »

It has to be Sir Tony McCoy. Sir AP McCoy doesn't trip off the tongue.

He has said himself that it will be Sir Anthony.

darkpagandeath

Why do people care about Knighthoods. Why not start moaning about Irish Oscar receivers. It's just a bloody award...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Berserker wrote: »

Sir Terry Wogan is from the RoI, so he only has an honorary knighthood.

Wrong wrong wrong. Terry Wogan took out British citizenship prior to his knighthood. His is not an honorary title at all.

Sunnyisland

Well done on his reward but I cant abide horse racing...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

bnt wrote: »

The New Years Honours must be a popular topic. The BBC website has been battered to death this morning, the first time I can recall this happening. Other honourees include Idris Elba, Damon Albarn and Imelda Staunton.

The BBC actually announced they had a web attack this morning. Nothing to do with AP.

mansize

theemigrant wrote: »

Im a massive mccoy fan. But i think he must be the first catholic from antrim to receive a knighthood

But?
It's wonderful

Guy:Incognito

fleet_admiral wrote: »

He will always be AP to me

Sir AP?

SAP?

Ken.

Lana Melodic Barricade wrote: »

He has said himself that it will be Sir Anthony.

Sir Anthony of Antrim has a nice ring to it.

seamus

kfallon wrote: »

He'll always be the man who landed an ante post gamble on Don't Push It for the GN in 2010 to me.....despite the fact he said he didn't want to ride it 5 days before the race!!

Literally 50% of this sentence is just gibberish to me.

I'm guessing this is something to do with horse racing, and Tony McCoy is some famous horse racer?

bnt

Lana Melodic Barricade wrote: »

The BBC actually announced they had a web attack this morning. Nothing to do with AP.

Yeah, that was kinda tongue-in-cheek on my part. Except ... the visible symptoms of a DDoS attack aren't all that different to getting "slashdotted" as they used to say, or (these days) loved to death by Reddit.

Cee-Jay-Cee

kfallon wrote: »

I'd say his wife is a pain in the hoop tho

Not as big a one as he is, he has no social skills and is arrogant and full of his own self importance, jumped up little squirt.

Specialun

Specialun wrote: »

Another irishman like Terry wogan getting knighted...

Any Irishman who would accept an honour from the British crown evidently deserves it.

shockwave

kfallon wrote: »

I'd say his wife is a pain in the hoop tho

His wife is a notorious wagon

2forjoy

Close your eyes for a minute and put yourself in his boots -

martinedwards

Specialun wrote: »

Another irishman like Terry wogan getting knighted

Or is Terry wogan the irishman and tony the nothern irishman....

to be able to use the Sir title you need to be British.

Wogan is Irish, McCoy is British.

therefore Sir Tony, just plain old Terry

kfallon

kfallon wrote: »

Ah no, he was always referred to as AP more than Tony

I used think his first names were "That" and "Fcuker".

Delighted for him. A real dedicated sportsman.

martinedwards

martinedwards wrote: »

to be able to use the Sir title you need to be British.

Wogan is Irish, McCoy is British.

therefore Sir Tony, just plain old Terry

True, to a certain degree. But Wogan became a British Citizen. Hence Sir Terence and plain old Bob for Geldof.