i thought for sure button would win it... shows the state of f1 when an englishman wins it two years running and neither win sports personality of the year.
haye to win it next year hen he becomes a proper world champion?
I thought it was strange as well. A lifetime achievement award, fine. But this was a pretty strong year - just look at the number of world champions on the short-list.
Awarded to the sportsperson "whose actions have most captured the public's imagination"
So what did Giggs do exactly to capture the public's imagination?
Exactly!
Actually he is a class act on the pitch - the joke is about all the idiot Man Utd fans who called the voting line just because...well he plays for Man Utd.
Actually he is a class act on the pitch - the joke is about all the idiot Man Utd fans who called the voting line just because...well he plays for Man Utd.
Originally posted by blade68 Historically the SPotY has always been a joke - it's mis-titled for starters!
I don't think anyone really thinks of it as a meaningful award.
Come on now it's not that bad. Maybe they should declare a void year or something when the year is so bad they have to resort to giving it to a royal, but I reckon it carries more weight than the nobel peace prize these days.
Originally posted by ElleEffSeee Come on now it's not that bad. Maybe they should declare a void year or something when the year is so bad they have to resort to giving it to a royal, but I reckon it carries more weight than the nobel peace prize these days.
Oh come on... it's garbage...what are the viewing figures? Who can remember who won it last year, or the year before?