AN ex-manager of Colne FC was given an MBE for his voluntary service to grassroots football.

Denzil Hart is one of the 965 people to be awarded by the Queen in her Birthday Honours List this year.

Hart was involved when the club reformed in the aftermath of the Colne Dynamoes back in 1996, and stayed there until 2000.

Colne FC chairman, Dave Blacklock, who was also at the club in 1996, expresses his happiness for Hart's achievement: "It is fantastic.

"I am really delighted for him. He is a very hard working and enthusiastic man who always puts in no less than 110 per cent.”