Sports personality of the year 2023

RaplhMilne said:

Nobody really interested in sport would watch or be interested in this pile of tosh. The Women’s football media led crap got their girl home. Meh…..

Its hardly ever been about sport, you remember when Man U fans got Sister in Law loving Ryan Giggs the award

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and narrowly lost, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

ME14addick said:

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

How many of the Charlton u18s can you name?

clb74 said:

ME14addick said:

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

How many of the under 20s who won the world cup can you name?

None, but that is a minor tournament in comparison to the senior team playing in a World Cup Final. There was major tv coverage of the whole tournament and was often in the news.

ME14addick said:

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?

ME14addick said:

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

We didn't lose on penalties. 

O-Randy-Hunt said:

Covered End said:

I find people very peculiar that you're called a liar because you haven't heard of Mary Earps. Why would you have heard of her/remembered her name if you don't watch women's football?

I couldn't tell anyone the name of England U21/U18 etc men's goalies but it doesn't make me a liar or anti U21/U18 men's football.

It simply means I don't have an agenda, which some find impossible to believe in "their world".
Most people do not view life as a political crusade. 

NB I just asked my wife to name an England woman's player. She couldn't. 
So I told her she was lying and anti women.

Don't worry Rothko, I've got this. Your wife is a fragile little woman. Absolute disgrace. 

Dear God………again🙄

clb74 said:

ME14addick said:

Covered End said:

ME14addick said:

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?

None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.

Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.

Should I be strung up because I'd never heard of Alfie Hewett until yesterday?

No.
Unless you were the one who said he’d only get the ‘sympathy vote’.

Covered End said:

As a massive sports fan may I ask who Mary Earps is? 

You’re not alone.

clb74 said:

ME14addick said:

Covered End said:

ME14addick said:

Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her. 

How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?

None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.

Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.

Should I be strung up because I'd never heard of Alfie Hewett until yesterday?

I’ve no idea who he is either . 

shirty5 said:

killerandflash said:

charltonkeston said:

Rothko said:

So many fragile little men on here, well done MEarps, well deserved. 

Its been a bit of a lean year but well done to her she has excelled in her sport. There's always going to be blokey comments unfortunately when it comes to the women's game.  I don't think she would taken the award in an Olympic year or most other years, though I did think Katarina Johnson-Thompson might of been in with a good chance and perhaps she would have won it if she had got gold at the Olympics rather than "just a gold" at the worlds. 
I think we should really treat SPOTY as a bit of fun and don't take too seriously, its a bit of telly with a vote from the viewing public on a Tuesday night. And maybe past its sell by date.

Agreed. The World Championship doesn't attract the same public interest as the Olympics, the viewing figures would have been much lower. And it's not as if it was her first WC or even a personal best.

Fatima Whitbread was BBC Sports personality of the year back in 1987 after winning her second gold medal (First back in Helsinki- 1983) in the World Championships in Rome that year

We were in the stadium to cheer what was our 1 and only Gold in that year's World Champs Track & Field events. 

It could have even been the final day.

stop_shouting said:

Have no issue with her winning as it was a public vote: would I have voted for her? Absolutely not. As ridiculous an award as when rusedski won it. It was dying anyway but this will be the end of SPOTY.

Me too, no issue whatsoever.
I simply asked who she was, even though I watched England Women's World Cup games and had forgotten her name in the last 6 months.

Mind you I had more pressing matters on my mind as did Beds.
Trying to ensure I remembered our goalie's name just in case it came up on CL, wasn't at the top of my list when you're concerned if you'll still be alive in a few years.

Mmmmm maybe because it comes across a wee bit mean spirited perhaps?

I don’t even think snooker or darts are sports but if one of those types won SPOTY I wouldn’t bother myself by commenting on a forum that I’d never heard of them because it’s a little bit demeaning to those who do like those types of things.

Add to that fact that it’s ’a women’ thing & it’s mainly men who have never heard of her (& neither has my Missus, so I must be right) it makes it even worse.

I’m just delighted that girls can now watch/play football & have their own football heroes to look up to.

I was forbidden to play until I left school & got stick for even watching men’s football. My hero was Sammy Lee 🙄

So just accept it’s a thing now, she won it, it ain’t going to change.

And thank feck for that 🍻