Woke BBC

[1966_and_all_that]

I see the French have just voted in tougher laws on migrants so they are not constrained by EU rules. We are constrained by namby pamby lefties like Starmer & Co.

Bollocks. The Tories still have a large, overall majority. The things constraining them are the Law, morality, Parliamentary Tory in-fighting and the incompetence of their front bench.

 

[Shootz]

So the last two SPOTY winners were Mary Earps and Beth Mead. Thoroughly deserved.

Shame that none of the following were deemed good enough to win it though

Stan Matthews
Bobby Charlton
Jimmy Armfield
George Best
Tom Finney
Stan Mortensen
Jimmy Greaves
World Cup final hatrick scorer Geoff Hurst

Maybe Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham will one day reach the level needed to win the SPOTY

to be fair the award didn't start until 1974 which would negate most of those suggestions...

 

[Lytham_fy8]

Someone told Keir that his party has to oppose everything the government proposes so I guess that makes him lefty. He's going to get a shock when he has to solve the country's problems himself. And so is everyone else.

I admire your optimism.

 

[tommytwojags]

to be fair the award didn't start until 1974 which would negate most of those suggestions...

But Chris Chataway won it in 1954

 

[tommytwojags]

Must the Woke BBC fixing the public vote for every single SPOTY award ever...

That must be it. Or maybe Mary Earps is a better keeper than Gordon Banks was.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

Who is Mary Earps?

gotta brother called wyatt. big guns shoots from the hip. ok . coral island.

 

[Threepeaksphil]

So glad I listened to the Gloucestershire Radio commentary on my team of 60 years rather that watching Sports Personality which sounded dreadful

 

[Fargo99]

Amazed Kevin Sinfield wasn't on the shortlist .
He would have been a worthy winner.

 

[Shootz]

But Chris Chataway won it in 1954

My bad, and on checking it appears Bobby Moore won it surprisingly in 1966!

 

[Lost Seasider]

Amazed Kevin Sinfield wasn't on the shortlist .
He would have been a worthy winner.

Probably why he wasn't on the list.

 

[straightatthewall]

Probably why he wasn't on the list.

It maybe because he's not actually been a professional sportsman for years.

 

[L’étranger]

Probably why he wasn't on the list.

You’ll no doubt be relieved to learn that woke champion and staunch socialist Sinfield was given a special award at last year’s event.