Bernie Cotton, assistant manager of the 1988 gold medal winning team in Seoul and manager of the 1992 Barcelona squad, has received the MBE in the New Years Honours List. The honour is in recognition of Cotton's work as Director of the holding camp for Team GB at the recent Olympics in Beijing.
Cotton started his playing career with Hertfordshire side Blueharts before moving on to Southgate. He was a member of the GB squad for the 1972 Munich Olympics and was selected as captain to play in the Moscow Olympics eight years later. (The team was withdrawn as a protest against the Russian invasion of Afghanistan).
