Quote from: AV82EC on December 16, 2023, 07:45:21 PMQuote from: kippaxvilla2 on December 16, 2023, 07:39:33 PMSurely Villa must win team of the year.Next year after we've won the treble. England will probably win it for getting to the semi-finals of the Euros.
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on December 16, 2023, 07:39:33 PMSurely Villa must win team of the year.Next year after we've won the treble.
Surely Villa must win team of the year.
England goalkeeper Mary Earps has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023.Earps, 30, was the Lionesses' standout player as they reached a first World Cup final in the summer and was rewarded with the Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper at the tournament.She is the second women's footballer in succession to win the BBC award.England cricketer Stuart Broad was second, with world heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson third.Jockey Frankie Dettori, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett and golfer Rory McIlroy were also shortlisted for the award by a panel of experts, with the winner decided by a public vote.Who else was honoured at Sports Personality 2023?Helen Rollason Award: Fatima WhitbreadCoach of the Year: Pep GuardiolaTeam of the Year: Manchester CityYoung Sports Personality of the Year: Mia BrookesLifetime Achievement: Sir Kenny DalglishUnsung Hero: Des SmithWorld Sport Star: Erling Haaland
SPOTY is just shit and needs to be binned along with the Question of Sport.
Why was it on a Tuesday? It's meant to be on the Sunday between proper programmes coming to the end of their latest series and Christmas specials starting. The whole reason to watch it is default.I hate the modern world with its multi-channel, day-changing wokery.
Quote from: olaftab on December 20, 2023, 01:37:21 AMSPOTY is just shit and needs to be binned along with the Question of Sport.Correct, Aftab. If they actually picked personalities, it would be between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Tyson Fury every year.'Personality' doesn't mean somebody that most people feel roughly 5/10 about, without actually knowing who they are.
Who was on the judging panel?The industry panel for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year included former England footballer Ellen White, ex-hurdler Colin Jackson, Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds and ex-Scotland rugby international Chris Paterson.Sports journalists Charlotte Harpur (The Athletic), David Coverdale (Daily Mail) and Rob Maul (The Sun), were also on the 2023 panel, in addition to UK Sport chair Kath Grainger and broadcaster Holly Hamilton.Representing the BBC were director of sport Barbara Slater, head of TV sport Philip Bernie and Sports Personality of the Year executive producer Gabby Cook.