Stobart or Stobbart (pronounced /ˈstɔːbərt/) is an English surname, it may refer to:

People[link]

• Chuck Stobart (born 1934), American footballer
• Dickie Stobbart (1891-1952), Canadian footballer
• Eddie Stobart (born 1929), British businessman
• Edward Stobart (1954–2011), British businessman
• George Stobbart (1921–1995), English footballer
• William Stobart (born 1962), British businessman

Companies[link]

• Stobart Group, British multimodal logistics company
  • Stobart Motorsport, division of Stobart Group
  • Stobart Rail, division of Stobart Group
  • Stobart Pullman, division of Stobart Group

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Edward Stobart
Born	21 November 1954 (1954-11-21) Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria, England[1][2]
Died	31 March 2011(2011-03-31) (aged 56) Coventry, West Midlands, England
Cause of death	Heart attack
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	White British
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1969–2011
Known for	Stobart Group
Net worth	£60 million+ (estimated).[3]
Spouse	Sylvia (divorced); 4 adopted children Mandy (?–2011) (his death); 2 children
Parents	Eddie Stobart (father) Nora Stobart (mother)

Edward Stobart (21 November 1954 – 31 March 2011) was a British haulage company owner who first became involved with his father's company aged 15 in 1969, and subsequently expanded it into one of the UK's most well known multimodal logistics companies, Stobart Group.^[4] Stobart died on 31 March 2011 in a Coventry hospital of what was termed 'heart problems'.^[5]

[edit] The Stobart Group

In the 1950s, Stobart's father "Steady" Eddie Stobart founded the haulage business that became Eddie Stobart Ltd, then the Stobart Group. Stobart's father controlled the organisation fully until 1973, when, at the age of 19, Stobart took the place of CEO, while Rodney Baker-Bates was made COO. In 1976, Stobart's father retired and Stobart took the place of chairman, while Baker-Bates was made CEO and Andrew Tinkler was made COO.

In 1987, Baker-Bates resigned and Stobart's brother William took the place of CEO. However, in 1992, William also resigned, and so Alan Martin took the place of CEO. However, Martin was fired in 1997 after leading a court case against Stobart in order to receive more payments. Baker-Bates then returned and took the place of CEO again.

The executive line-up of the group remained with Stobart as chairman, Baker-Bates as CEO and Tinkler in COO until 2004 when, at the age of 50, Stobart retired, and made his brother William COO, promoting Baker-Bates to the part of chairman and Tinkler to the part of CEO.^[4][6]

Death[link]

On 31 March 2011, Stobart died very suddenly of a massive heart attack. He was rushed to hospital in Coventry but was pronounced dead on arrival. It was later revealed he was suffering from heart problems.^[7] Stobart's funeral service took place on 9 April at Carlisle Cathedral, followed by a private burial.^[8][9]

In May 2011 it was revealed that Stobart had considerable debts at the time of his death and had indeed filed for bankruptcy in 2010.^[10]

He is survived by his second wife Mandy and their two children,^[6] Stobart also had 4 adopted children from his first marriage to Sylvia.^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Stobart Group
• Obituary in The Guardian
• Obituary in The Telegraph
• Eddie Stobart Ltd Corporate website
• Corporate history of Eddie Stobart Ltd
• Stobart Motorsport
• Stobart Pullman Rail Tours

Harry Hill
Hill in Putney with The Caterers in 2006
Birth name	Matthew Keith Hall
Born	(1964-10-01) October 1, 1964 (age 47) Woking, Surrey, England
Medium	Stand-up, television, film
Nationality	British
Years active	1992–present
Genres	Improvisational comedy, Surreal comedy, Wit, Parody, Musical comedy, Insult comedy
Subject(s)	Humanity, Pop culture, Television, World history
Influences	Burt Kwouk, Eddie Izzard, Ken Dodd
Influenced	Paul Burling
Spouse	Magda Archer (m. 1996) «start: (1996)»"Marriage: Magda Archer to Harry Hill" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Harry_Hill); 3 children
Notable works and roles	Harry Hill's TV Burp Comic Relief You Cannot Be Serious
Website	www.harryhill.co.uk
BAFTA Awards
Best Entertainment Performance 2008, 2009 Harry Hill's TV Burp Best Entertainment Programme 2008 Harry Hill's TV Burp
British Comedy Awards
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme 2006, 2008 Harry Hill's TV Burp Best TV Comedy Entertainment Personality 2006, 2009 Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill (born Matthew Keith Hall on 1 October 1964),^{[citation needed]} is a Perrier Award–winning English comedian, author and television presenter. A former medical doctor (who remains on the General Medical Council's List of Registered Medical Practitioners), Hill began his career in comedy with the popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner.

Personal life[link]

Hill was born in Woking, Surrey^[1] and spent part of his childhood living in Hong Kong where he attended Island School.^[2] The family then moved to Staplehurst, Kent where Hill attended the local primary school.^[3] He was educated at Angley School and then Cranbrook School in Kent and St George's Hospital Medical School before training in neurosurgery at the University of London. Hill worked as a house officer at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, before quitting the medical profession because he "didn't feel in control of what was happening".^[4]

Hill married illustrator Magda Archer in 1996 in Wandsworth, London.^[2] They have three daughters, all born in Kensington and Chelsea, London: Kitty, Winnie and Frederica.^[5] He now resides in the seaside town of Whitstable, Kent.

In February 2006, Hill was a victim of identity theft; a sum of £280,000 was stolen from his bank account.^[6] In September 2008, Hill worked with Fairtrade to release Harry's Nuts, a brand of fairtrade peanuts.^[7]

He is known to have been a supporter for his namesake football club Harrow Hill F.C., (also known as Harry Hill). In 2008, he was presented with a Harrow Hill badge, which he subsequently wore regularly on episodes of TV Burp.

Career[link]

Television[link]

From 1997, Hill had his own Channel 4 television series called Harry Hill which ran for three series. The show was essentially a reworking of his radio series Harry Hill's Fruit Corner. Among the regular characters were Hill's big brother, 'Alan' (played by the comedian Al Murray) and his adopted son 'Little Alan' (played by Dr Matt Bradstock). Burt Kwouk appeared in many episodes of Harry Hill and occasionally in Hill's major live standup shows. Kwouk played Harry's "Chicken Catcher" and each week he had an excuse as to why he has not yet captured a chicken, followed by a performance of the song Hey Little Hen. In later series, Hill and Kwouk appeared in sketches as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace. Hill's screen wife Mai Sung also made appearances on the show, mainly around the theme of trying to steal his bank savings book. Another favourite on the show was Stouffer the Cat, a curious-looking cat glove puppet made of blue rubber, a fetish item bequested to Hall during a dispute^{[citation needed]}. Stouffer normally sits in a throne supported by a rubber arm in the style of Rod Hull, and is employed to intimidate guests during Hill's standup routines and as part of a strange children's TV parody sketch on his TV show. Stouffer's catchphrases are "he got a big face" and "sorted — respect due". The end of each episode was supposed to include an event called "The Badger Parade", a parade of puppet badgers that included Gareth Southgate badger and Tasmin Archer badger, among others. But every week there would be some kind of problem resulting in the badgers being unable to perform. In place of the badger parade, Hill would usually sing a song, with a guest he had invited onto the show.

In 2001, Hill moved to ITV presenting an all-new show Harry Hill's TV Burp which ran for eleven series until it ended in 2012. The BAFTA award-winning show was a comic look at the week's television, showing clips from various UK television programmes and framing them with commentary or intercutting additional footage. Also broadcast on ITV1 was The All New Harry Hill Show, similar to his Channel 4 show, but with a bigger budget and more celebrity guests. Regular features included the Hamilton Challenge (featuring Neil and Christine Hamilton), and a Butterfly in Blue Jeans finale.

In 2005, Hill moved into new territory with Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard, a 13-part show broadcast in the CITV children's television slot. While many of his previous characters including Stouffer and Garry Hill (Hill's fictional layabout son from his first marriage) remained, it also showcased several new characters including Speed Camera Boy, about an outsider who is half boy and half speed camera, and Evelynne Hussey and her Amazing Instruments. While the show featured a game show element, Help the Aged, it was very similar in structure to Harry Hill. In this show, he wore a pale yellow (custard-coloured) shirt with a giant collar instead of his usual white one.

Other projects[link]

Hill's instantly recognisable voice has led to work in voice-over roles on television commercials such as the holiday adverts for Boots in 2004. Hill also provides the voice over for You've Been Framed and once sang a song entitled "Bring on the Branston!" for the Branston Pickle adverts. Hill has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. In 2002, Hill's first novel, Flight from Deathrow, was published. The novel is based around accounts of the unlikely antics of real-life celebrities and politicians as seen through the eyes of the storyteller, as he drifts in and out of a coma. His second book, Tim the Tiny Horse, was published in October 2006, and his third, The Further Adventures of the Queen Mum, in October 2007. Also available is Harry Hill's Fun Book, a Christmas spin-off from his Channel 4 TV show, Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book (also available as an iPhone app^[8]) and Tim the Tiny Horse At Large, which is the sequel to the first book. In October 2009, Ebury Press published Harry Hill's TV Burp Book, a tie-in to the popular television programme, which included comics, spoofs and pin ups. In November 2010, Harry was set to release his debut comic album 'Funny Times'.^[9] The album has been preceded by the release of the single 'I Wanna Baby'. About the same time as 'Funny Times' was released, Harry Hill released 'Livin' the Dreem' a fictional account of his life in 2010, featuring references to pop culture in 2010.

In January 2008, he guest starred in "Mind Your Manors", the first episode of Series 20 of ChuckleVision.

He had his own comic strip in The Dandy, called Harry Hill's Real Life Adventures in TV Land, drawn by Nigel Parkinson. Hill was directly involved in its creation, and is co-credited alongside Parkinson. He is now the voice of the Green Flag ant in the Green Flag commercials. Harry is also a supporter of Gloucestershire non-league side Harrow Hill F.C. and met their former chairman during a book-signing in Cheltenham. When it was mentioned that Harrow Hill's nickname was 'Harry Hill' Harry thought it hilarious and now wears a Harrow Hill F.C badge on his suit. In 2011, he starred in the Sky Atlantic sitcom This is Jinsy as Joon Boolay.^[10]

Between October and December 2010, Hill starred in a weekly online comedy series on the ChannelFlip website, called Harry Hill's Little Internet Show.^[11]

In late 2011, Harry teamed up with companies The Fly, Muzu and Roland to launch a music competition to find the next big thing. Prizes included £5,000 worth of Roland equipment and a £20 record deal. Oxford band Million Faces were announced as the winners on 19 December 2011.

Filmography[link]

Hill has released a selection of DVDs, Videos and Audio Books, many of which feature recordings of his sell-out live tours. The first, entitled 'Live', was released in 1995, featuring a performance from The Queen's Theatre, London.

Awards[link]

In 2003, Hill was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.^[12] In 2007 he was voted number five on Channel 4's hundred greatest stand-ups. On 13 December 2006, he won two Highland Spring British Comedy Awards, over the favourites Ant and Dec, which Hill made light of in his acceptance speeches.^[13] In 2008 he won two Baftas and another in 2009 for best Entertainment Performance. In 2009 he won two British Comedy Awards, making it his sixth award. He also won again in 2011, but was unable to be there and sent Wagbo to collect it on his behalf. He was also nominated for 3 other awards, including the People's Choice Award, which was won by Miranda Hart.

VHS and DVD releases[link]

Stand-up shows[link]

• Live (16 October 1995)
• Man Alive - Live (27 October 1997)
• First Class Scamp - Live (16 November 1998)
• Birdstrike! - Live (20 November 2000)
• In Hooves - Live (21 November 2005)

Television[link]

• Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold (10 November 2008)
• Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2 (9 November 2009)
• Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3 (1 November 2010)
• Harry Hill's TV Burp: The Best Bits (14 November 2011)

Discography[link]

Audiobooks[link]

• Fruit Corner (2 October 1995)
• Hooves (20 March 2006)
• Man Alive (20 February 2007)
• Flight from Deathrow (2 April 2009)
• Livin' the Dream (4 November 2010)

Music[link]

• Funny Times (29 November 2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Avalon.co.uk - Avalon, Harry Hill's agent
• Chortle Harry Hill on Chortle
• TV Recordings Free tickets to Harry Hill's TV shows
• Harry Hill Fansite - Unofficial Fansite for Harry Hill
• Official Site - Official Website
• Harry Hill at the Internet Movie Database

Jack Rodwell

Rodwell playing for Everton
Personal information
Full name	Jack Christian Rodwell
Date of birth	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 21)
Place of birth	Southport, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Everton
Number	26
Youth career
1998–2007	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Everton	85	(4)
National team‡
2006–2007	England U16	4	(0)
2007–2008	England U17	9	(1)
2008–2009	England U19	4	(0)
2009–	England U21	20	(2)
2011–	England	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2011

Jack Christian Rodwell (born 11 March 1991) is an English International footballer who plays for Everton as a midfielder. Rodwell has represented his country at all levels from Under-16 to the senior team.

Club career[link]

Rodwell playing for Everton in 2009.

Born in Southport, Merseyside and an avid Everton supporter as a child,^[2] Rodwell joined the Everton's youth system at the age of seven, making his Under-18s debut at 14 and his debut for Everton's reserve team at the age of 15. Rodwell then broke a record on his senior debut becoming the youngest player to represent Everton in Europe when he came on as a substitute against Dutch team AZ at the age of 16 years and 284 days.^[3] In March 2008, he appeared as a substitute on his Premier League debut – before also featuring as a replacement in the final game of the season, replacing Tim Cahill in a 1–0 victory over Sunderland which he scored in,^[4] and signed his first professional contract with Everton on 17 March 2010 after being at everton for 6 years.^[5] He made his first professional start against Blackburn Rovers on 16 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes.^[6] Rodwell scored his first senior goal for Everton in the FA Cup against Aston Villa in February 2009.^[7] That same month, he signed a five-year contract with Everton.^[8]

At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Rodwell earned his first start in European competition in a Europa League game against Czech football club Sigma Olomouc. Rodwell marked the occasion by scoring two long-range goals, helping Everton to a 4–0 win.^[9] He scored his first Premier League goal in Everton's 3–1 win against Manchester United.^[3] At the end of the season Rodwell signed a five-year contract extension with Everton.^[10] Although Rodwell is primarily deployed as a defensive midfielder, he was regarded as having the potential to become a top centre back early in his professional career.^[11][12][13] During the second half of the 2009–10 season, Rodwell became regularly employed in more attacking midfield positions.^[14] Rodwell was sent off in the 23rd minute during the 216th Merseyside Derby on 1 October 2011 after making "what appeared to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez", according to the BBC.^[15] Everton lodged a successful appeal to the FA to have the penalty rescinded.^[16]

International career[link]

In December 2006, Rodwell captained the England Under-16 side to Victory Shield glory, following a 2–1 victory over Scotland.^[17] Four months later, he struck the first winning goal at Wembley Stadium for England in a 1–0 win over Spain.^[18] On 25 March 2008, Rodwell scored England U17's only goal as they drew 1–1 with France in a 2008 UEFA European U17 Football Championship qualifier.^[19] In March 2009, Rodwell earned his first U21 cap in a game against France^[20] and scored his first goal for the squad on 8 June 2009 against Azerbaijan.^[21] Rodwell earned his first start at U21 level during the 2009 European Championship in a match against Germany, scoring a goal and earning praise for his all-around performance in a defensive midfield role.^[22][23][24]

Rodwell made his senior England debut, replacing Phil Jones in the 56th minute of England's 1–0 friendly victory against Spain, in November 2011.^[25] He made his first start three days later, in a friendly against Sweden at Wembley Stadium, which saw Rodwell have a number of chances at goal. The game finished 1–0 to England.

Career statistics[link]

As of match played 13 March 2012.

¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Cup and Football League Cup.

International goals[link]

U-16[link]

Scores and results list England U16's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 April 2007	Wembley Stadium, London	Spain	1–0	1–0	Friendly

U-17[link]

Scores and results list England U17's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 March 2008	Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion	France	1–1	1–1	U-17 Euro 2008 qualifier

U-21[link]

Scores and results list England U21's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 June 2009	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes	Azerbaijan	7–0	7–0	Friendly
2.	22 June 2009	Örjans Vall, Halmstad	Germany	1–1	1–1	U-21 Euro 2009

Personal life[link]

Rodwell is the nephew of the former Blackpool winger, Tony Rodwell.^[26]

Honours[link]

Everton

• FA Cup runner-up: 2009

England U16

• Victory Shield: 2006
• The Algarve Tournament: 2008

England U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship runner-up: 2009

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jack Rodwell profile at the Everton website
• Jack Rodwell profile at the Football Association website
• Jack Rodwell – UEFA competition record
• Jack Rodwell career stats at Soccerbase
• Jack Rodwell at the Internet Movie Database
• Jack Rodwell profile with Premier League

v t e England squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Hart 2 Cranie 3 Taylor 4 Cattermole 5 Stearman 6 Onuoha 7 Milner 8 Gardner 9 Agbonlahor 10 Noble 11 Johnson 12 Muamba 13 Lewis 14 Walcott 15 Rodwell 16 Tomkins 17 Richards 18 Mancienne 19 Gibbs 20 Driver 21 Campbell 22 Loach 23 Rose Coach: Pearce

v t e England squad – 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Fielding 2 Mancienne 3 Bertrand 4 Muamba 5 Smalling 6 Jones 7 Albrighton 8 Henderson 9 Welbeck 10 Sturridge 11 Sinclair 12 Gibbs 13 McCarthy 14 Walker 15 Tomkins 16 Cork 17 Cleverley 18 Lansbury 19 Rodwell 20 Rose 21 Delfouneso 22 Wickham 23 Steele Coach: Pearce