sports personality of the year!

[Pavilionaire]

If gurning is a sport get your money on Dowie.

 

[Paddy B]

Darren Clarke will win by a country mile I am afraid. Sentimentality and all that

And the Europe Ryder cup team will win the team prize despite the achievments of Sussex CCC

 

[Pavilionaire]

Darren Clarke is a great story, but let's be clear about this - he's not even in the world's Top 20 golfers and has won f*** all.

The Ryder Cup team will, quite rightly, win the team category - I'd feel worse about this as a Sussex fan were it not for the fact that Mushy basically won us the league.

 

[Trufflehound]

While I would tend to agree Truff, I'd probably put it a smidge above Gurning though.

On second thoughts maybe I wouldn't

Gurning is one of the two great ancient martial arts of northern England - the other of course being Ecky Thump.






By God I'm glad I'm a southerner...

 

[n1 gull]

Darren Clarke is a great story, but let's be clear about this - he's not even in the world's Top 20 golfers and has won f*** all.

The Ryder Cup team will, quite rightly, win the team category - I'd feel worse about this as a Sussex fan were it not for the fact that Mushy basically won us the league.

I know what you're saying, but the award isn't ' the most successful sportsman award ' its personality and he showed fantastic guts/personality to play in the Ryder Cup and play bloody well.

Its a sad, but inspirational story and he should win.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I think personality is just another word for celebrity.

Former winners:

1954: Christopher Chataway (long-distance runner)
1955: Gordon Pirie (middle-distance runner)
1956: Jim Laker (cricketer)
1957: Dai Rees (golfer)
1958: Ian Black (swimmer)
1959: John Surtees (motorcycle racer)
1960: David Broome (show jumper)
1961: Stirling Moss (Formula One racing driver)
1962: Anita Lonsborough (swimmer)
1963: Dorothy Hyman (sprinter)
1964: Mary Rand (long jumper)
1965: Tom Simpson (cyclist)
1966: Bobby Moore (footballer)
1967: Henry Cooper (boxer)
1968: David Hemery (athlete)
1969: Ann Jones (tennis player)
1970: Henry Cooper (boxer)
1971: Princess Anne (three-day eventer)
1972: Mary Peters (pentathlete)
1973: Jackie Stewart (Formula One racing driver)
1974: Brendan Foster (long-distance runner)
1975: David Steele (cricketer)
1976: John Curry (figure skater)
1977: Virginia Wade (tennis player)
1978: Steve Ovett (middle-distance runner)
1979: Sebastian Coe (middle-distance runner)
1980: Robin Cousins (figure skater)
1981: Ian Botham (cricketer)
1982: Daley Thompson (decathlete)
1983: Steve Cram (middle-distance runner)
1984: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (ice dancers)
1985: Barry McGuigan (boxer)
1986: Nigel Mansell (Formula One racing driver)
1987: Fatima Whitbread (javelin thrower)
1988: Steve Davis (snooker player)
1989: Nick Faldo (golfer)
1990: Paul Gascoigne (footballer)
1991: Liz McColgan (long-distance runner)
1992: Nigel Mansell (Formula One racing driver)
1993: Linford Christie (100m sprinter)
1994: Damon Hill (Formula One racing driver)
1995: Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)
1996: Damon Hill (Formula One racing driver)
1997: Greg Rusedski (tennis player)
1998: Michael Owen (footballer)
1999: Lennox Lewis (boxer)
2000: Steve Redgrave (rower)
2001: David Beckham (footballer) HOW!? HOW!? HOW!?
2002: Paula Radcliffe (long-distance runner)
2003: Jonny Wilkinson (rugby union player)
2004: Kelly Holmes (middle-distance runner)
2005: Andrew Flintoff (cricketer)

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Gurning is one of the two great ancient martial arts of northern England - the other of course being Ecky Thump.






By God I'm glad I'm a southerner...

Is that martial arts or marital arts ?

 

[wigman]

Zara Phillips

 

[Pevenseagull]

I think personality is just another word for celebrity.

Former winners:

1954: Christopher Chataway (long-distance runner)

Roger Bannister must have been some kind of arsehole to have missed out that year

 

[London Irish]

I'd give it to Panesar, the cricketers did OK in the summer and he was the star of the show, or if you just wanted to be a bit more boring and focus on pure sporting achievement, Joe Calzaghe.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Roger Bannister must have been some kind of arsehole to have missed out that year

That is bizarre!

Although after a little research it appears he was a pace setter for Bannister AND he broke the world record for the 5,000m.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chataway

 

[Zesh Rehman]

in recent years theres always been 1 PERSON who has been deservent but this year there is no one !

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Will Phil Taylor actually get a mention for once let alone win it?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

1987: Fatima Whitbread (javelin thrower)