British sports personality of the year

[wpdavid]

Going back to the hits of 1981, did you hear about Wiggins + his guitar entertaining the SPOTY crowd with his rendition of the Jam's 'That's Entertainment' after the formal part of the evening? Apparently it's on the BBC website if you're interested.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bell one of the 10 nominated but Andy Murray will win easily.

Ben Ainslie
Ian Bell
Hannah ****roft
Mo Farah
Chris Froome
Leigh Halfpenny
AP McCoy
Andy Murray
Christine Ohuruogu
Justin Rose

 

[sledger]

Oh god, is it already time for this **** again?

 

[Furball]

Am I missing something? Why is Farah on that list?

edit: duh, World Championships. Pay attention at the back.

 

[Burgey]

Absence of Chris Lewis a travesty

 

[Goughy]

Am I missing something? Why is Farah on that list?

edit: duh, World Championships. Pay attention at the back.

He broke Cram's 28 yr old British 1500m record. That is/was huge.

To be fair, it is a better list than most. I actually know what 4 of them look like and recognise a couple of other names.

 

[sledger]

Lol @ the BBC showing Andy Murray on the big screen and revealing he was the winner prior to it being officially announced.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well it was probably the most obvious winner in the 60 years of the programme so it hardly spoilt it.

 

[sledger]

Well it was probably the most obvious winner in the 60 years of the programme so it hardly spoilt it.

True, but it was still funny. Pretty embarrassing from a production pov.

 

[grecian]

Didn't watch it, been watching Leon The Professional, was Ennis' arse featured at all?

 

[sledger]

A bit, but not enough.

 

[Jono]

Did Davey Boy Smith ever win this award?

 

[GIMH]

No.

 

[sledger]

He and the Dynamite Kid were nominated one year iirc.

 

[cpr]

SPOY may be seen as a joke, however its 'No Spandex' rules are not.

 

[grecian]

Rory wuz robbed, even if he is a bit of a scrote.

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah, I don't follow golf but wasn't his year like one of the best ever by anyone? Hamilton won a championship which basically consisted of two people.

 

[Scaly piscine]

**** Rory I was robbed. I've got a better personality than Hamilton as well.

 

[morgieb]

Yeah, I don't follow golf but wasn't his year like one of the best ever by anyone? Hamilton won a championship which basically consisted of two people.

2 majors IIRC, so it was up there.

 

[grecian]

2 majors IIRC, so it was up there.

Plus holding the money order in Us and Europe, plus winning the Ryder Cup, so yeah he's done okay.

****ing over Woz and saying he's Irish probably didn't help in a close-run thing though.