Editing Brendon Batson (section)

==Personal life==
Married Pamela Hodgetts on the 20th September 2024. Batson’s first marriage was to Cecily, who died in September 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/west-bromwich-albion-legend-brendon-131869|title=West Bromwich Albion legend Brendon Batson speaks of late wife heartbreak|website=Birmingham Mail.co.uk}}</ref> Batson was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2001 New Year Honours]]<ref name=MBE>{{London Gazette |issue=56070 |date=30 December 2000 |page=14 |supp=y }}</ref><ref name=MBE*>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1092592.stm|title=Batson awarded MBE|website=BBC.co.uk}}</ref>
and [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2015 New Year Honours]],<ref name=OBE>{{London Gazette|issue=61092|supp=y|page=N11|date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=OBE*>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|title=2015 New Year Honours List|website=Gov.uk}}</ref> both for services to football.