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We are off!! Time to celebrate what people have achieved for the year 😉
GT up for the big one this year, probably a good chance though Jimmy would get my vote too.
LY nearly fell out of her dress!!
Whose the Golfist?
(s)he’ll win.
Thomas just won Welsh SPOTY di he not boyo ? enuf’z enuf.
No golf and no Ronnie!
Nice speech from LY about some of those not getting as many mentions
Tyson Fury hands down. Doubt he'll win tho as spoty is a load of auld shite.
And not being nominated........
Just tuned in and they had a little section on sport in ROI, why do they do this? Is it broadcast in the ROI, I assume they can tune in if they wanted. There's not a section on French sport so why Ireland? Nothing against the place before anyone pipes up.
Part of the Good Friday Agreement involves including a bit of Shinty and Gaelic Football in SPOTY.
Good to see how Lewis Hamilton dragged himself out of the slums of Stevenage 😂
Might be a little behind on iplayer here but was that the Ireland Rugby Union team who are part of the UK's biggest Rugby contest this year and part of the Lions group?
Anyway take the whinging elsewhere 😉 , the young lad who won the award was one for the future.
the young lad who won the award was one for the future.
Very inspirational young man
They're aware we didn't win the World Cup, right?
Don't let facts get in the way 🙄😂
Good Ms Yarnold getting a mention in for 5 time World Champion Rachel Atherton and others who don't get full recognition on mainstream media.
So a list of contenders who are all winners at the highest level in 2018. Plus one bloke who hasn't won anything in 2018, who plays for a club team that haven't won anything in 2018 and for an International team that... well, haven't won anything in 2018.
Bring it on.
and they are dragging it on and on for the bloke who hasnt won anything
Be great if they could sort out her replica trophy. Is she the only one that they forgot
Interested to see how much the great british public think of cycling,what do you reckon,thomas third place? And coach of the year for coming forth in the easiest run in in world cup history,ha amazing
why has there just been a 20 minute section to celebrate a sport that we lost at?
Thought Gareth was a truly deserving winner of the coach award, I've been hearing a lot from professionals who have worked with him and those who have met him as he has worked up and changed the way we are developing young players in probably the most modest and understated way.
G vote done
Me too.
& lol at mr hutch.
What Mike said.
@ others. No, they didn't win the World cup. But they played well, they enthused a large part of the nation in a way they've failed to do for about the last 20 years, in a sport that is still the most popular sport in the country, with a group of players and a coach that deserve recognition.
The 3 Lions and Baddiel and Skinner might have been rather cringeworthy, but the sentiment is genuine. Don't diss it, it makes you look right churlish.
Forth.
As in go.
Fourth actually. You churlish thicky.
What Mike said.
@ others. No, they didn’t win the World cup. But they played well, they enthused a large part of the nation in a way they’ve failed to do for about the last 20 years, in a sport that is still the most popular sport in the country, with a group of players and a coach that deserve recognition.
The 3 Lions and Baddiel and Skinner might have been rather cringeworthy, but the sentiment is genuine. Don’t diss it, it makes you look right churlish.
I too agree with what Mike said.
With regard to your other comment, I was referring to a person, Harry Kane, in my post, not a team. By comparison to the usual criteria of having won something (OK, I know it's called Sports personality...) he has won nothing, either at club level or international level. When you consider all the other sports people that have won at the highest level and don't even get mainstream media recognition I churlishly believe it to be slightly skewed.
he has won nothing, either at club level or international level.
Golden Boot at the World Cup, it's actually quite an achievement.
The bit where they do a sad song with the montage of well known sportsters that have died this year always gets a cynical bastard like me.
I voted for Geraint and Dina.
He captained the England team to the semis and won the golden boot. No, he hasn't 'won' anything but it's still an achievement in the largest sport in the country and probably the world.
And I was addressing in general, not you specifically.
Golden Boot at the World Cup, it’s actually quite an achievement.
This is true. Our ability to take penalties has certainly improved and become an achievement 😉
The size of Tyson Fury 😂
Now reduced to pantomime with Tyson Fury...
he's come across pretty well there. I have warmed to him recently.
(genuinely, not saying that in case he lurks on here)
He's a big lad, isn't he. Talking about depression and mental illness in sport is hardly pantomime though.
Now reduced to pantomime with Tyson Fury…
dont like him, but he came over ok.
kane will win. british mentality.
I would love to have seen Rachel Atherton trying not to swear on live TV though....
But yeah if you can keep a dry eye for those who have left us this year your holding out. Many people to say goodbye to.
Looking back it's been a massive year for UK sport and something feels like it's changing, so many sports that nobody would have thought twice about a few years back are getting some recognition
Pleased for England Netball. They’ve had a great year.
Even if The Green Machine have really been THE team of the year.
Great to see the netball team get the win!!! My daughter is a player and stuff like this only serves to fuel her fire to win. Go girls!
But annoyed really as I cycled to France this year and did not get a mention.
Caher
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But annoyed really as I cycled to France this year and did not get a mention.
Fortunately, everyone that has had a mention has shown great humility.
C'mon Jimmy!!!!!
Go Geraint.
Spoiler alert...
mint
Good on G.
Well done G! Try not to lose that one...😉
Boom!
Wow! Fair play to Geraint! The ultimate athlete for me amongst a great group but I personally hoped Jimmy would win!
Mike drop?
i am shocked and so wrong. well done
Great to see the netball team get the win!!! My daughter is a player and stuff like this only serves to fuel her fire to win. Go girls!
Yeah 2 awards is a great thing, well done to them all.
From what I have watched I'd have voted for Alister Cook but then again milking it for 5 days was quite good 😉
Great humility from the young lad in Motorsport getting the last bit of the speech out 🙂
shocked, but not as shocked as G.
Well done to G, him and Jimmy were my votes so much dedication to the sport from both of them!!
George Ezra to round off anotjer thoroughly depressing spoty.. says it all really.
thoroughly depressing spoty.. says it all really.
Get miss marple on then misery, that'll cheer you up 🙄
I dunno - what depresses anybody about SPOTY? What exactly is one expecting that leaves one feeling so down about it?
The footballer and the motorsportster didn’t win. Surely not bad in a football obsessed country and we all know that driving a fast car isn’t a sport anyway so why feel so let down?
was that Queen Vic in the very short black dress with silver deatailing ,and thigh high black / charcoal leather boots?
So this century
There have been:
2 Footballers
3 Athletics
3 Tennis - well all the same bloke
4 Cyclists
Not bad really
"Sports personality? If they had a personality they would not need to do sports"
A quote from my wife
“Sports personality? If they had a personality they would not need to do sports”
A quote from my wife
Mmmm, hope you don't do any sports. If you do, you need to have a word... 😉
he won't get that trophy home in a jiffy
hmm , im disappointed mo farah didn't get it.
rOcKeTdOg
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he won’t get that trophy home in a jiffy
Let's hope he can hang on to this one....
Tyson Fury hands down.
Ever a weakness in a boxer.
Edit.
Nice one G. We don't get it here in Canada so I can't comment on the program as a whole or the other nominees/winner.
anotjer thoroughly depressing spoty
Billy Monger was natural and positive, as he always is, despite injuries that would have me sat in the bath sobbing.
He looks a cherub, but he's got tough all the way through him.
Well that was a relief, I had a horrible feeling that Mo Farrah, who is a gooner, was going to have to give a trophy to Harry Kane.
'Personality'? I think people are missing that really it's just a semantic way round calling it 'Sports Person of the Year' which sounds dull. And which in turn is because you can't call it 'sportsman or sportswoman of the year'. Anyway, let's face it, if the competition were really about 'personality', their actual achievements would be irrelevant.
And why should we expect people who happen to be very good at sport to have a personality anyway, other than being relentlessly competitive? But then as above, it's semantics, not an invitation to an existential debate over whether Harry Kane is made of plywood.
At least they did the right thing, even if it took 55 years
Geraint is a true winner.
Not just a true athlete, proper sportsman and all round good egg, he also has an actual personality.