THE man behind well-loved football game Football Manager is among the Haringey residents commended by the Queen in the New Year Honours List.

The popular game started its life as Championship Manager before Sports Interactive, where Miles Jacobson is studio director, signed a deal with Sega in 2004 to create the new Football Manager (FM) series.

The 38-year-old, who lives in Muswell Hill, was honoured for services to the computer games industry.

NSPCC fundraiser Giles Dominic St Richard Pegram, of Hornsey, will be awarded a CBE for services to the voluntary sector and Muswell Hill resident Sandra Horley has been awarded an OBE for services to preventing domestic violence.

The chief executive of charity Refuge has worked with abused women and children for more than three decades.

Also on the list is Stephen Lloyd Dunmore, of Muswell Hill, who is being recognised for services to the public and voluntary sector with an OBE.

He heads the BBC’s independent charity appeals advisory committee (AAC) and also held the post of chief executive of the Big Lottery Fund.

Others to be honoured include: Gillian Saunders, of Finsbury Park, secretary of the social security advisory committee, in the Department for Work and Pensions, and Paul Anderson, of Finsbury Park, who will receive the accolade for services to the arts.

He is the chief executive of the UK Centre for Carnival Arts.

Susan “Suzie” Constantinidies, of Hornsey, was honoured for services to Cypriot people. The executive committee member for the Cypriot Community Centre, in Wood Green, has volunteered hours of her time for her community.

Kristina Glenn, of Hornsey, was honoured for services to the community in the London Borough of Islington, Tottenham resident Elizabeth Gosling, the former manager of Looked After Children's Planning, London Borough of Islington, was commended for services to local government.

Highgate resident Thomas Peter Usborne, managing director of Usborne Publishing Ltd, was recognised for services to the publishing industry.