Sports Personality Of The Year 2013 [Discussion] 7:40pm Tonight

[Drew.]

1: Ben Ainslie: Ainslie was widely credited with turning around Team USA's fortunes in the America's Cup having been brought in as tactician with the hosts coming from behind to win the last eight races and pull off a remarkable come-from-behind victory.

2: Ian Bell: The Warwickshire batsman contributed significantly to a summer of Ashes success with three centuries and his series-leading 562 runs - scored at an average of 62.44 - was 144 better than his nearest rival.

3: Hannah Cockroft: Having been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours, Cockroft retained both her T34 100 metres and T34 200 metres titles at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon and won the T33/T34 100 metres race at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium with a stadium record time of 17.80 seconds.

4: Mo Farah: Farah continued where he left off in 2012 by winning both 5,000m and 10,000m world titles in Moscow, as well as breaking Steve Cram's 28-year-old British 1,500m record in Monaco in July.

5: Chris Froome: May lack the broader public profile afforded his Great Britain team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins but proved equally adept on two wheels by succeeding Wiggins as winner of the Tour de France.

6: Leigh Halfpenny: Halfpenny played in all three Lions tests in Australia in the summer and was named as player of the series, having already been voted Six Nations player of the year as Wales retained their title.

7: AP McCoy: The 2010 winner enjoyed another dominant year in the saddle, culminating in sealing his 4,000th career winner when his mount Mountain Tunes won at Towcester in early November.

8: Andy Murray: Ended Great Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles Wimbledon title when he beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Centre Court, having also previously lost in the Australian Open final to Djokovic.

9: Christine Ohuruogu: Ohuruogu bounced back from the disappointment of her silver medal in London by winning her second 400m world title in Moscow, pipping Amantle Montsho by the narrowest of margins.

10 Justin Rose: Finally made good on his early career promise by winning the US Open at Merion, overhauling five-time major winner Phil Mickelson to become the first English winner of the event in 43 years.

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[Drew.]

Pretty strong list, only one man can win it for me..

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[Black Dagger]

It's Andy's year.

But glad that Christine is in :love:

[Lee.]

Yeah, surely Andy will win it.

[Novo]

Murray has it in the bag

AP would be a great shout after this year but he already won it a few years back, Ainslie will be the GOAT nominee never to win it

please give the Overseas one to Adam Scott

[King Gizzard]

Ainslie pls

Don't mind Murray winning it, would be happy, but when is Ainslie ever going to win it

[Marc]

Murray without a doubt.

[Drew.]

1st: Andy
2nd: Farah
3rd: Rose/McCoy

[Jack_]

No Ronnie? Disgusting.

There's no point in watching though because this is only going to go one way and always was, but it'll be deserved

[Brother Leon]

Should cancel nominees process and just give it to Sir Alex tbh.

[Novo]

there will probably be a good half hour of the show dedicated to him, special award and all that jazz :idc:

[smudgie]

It has to be Andy
Some great sporting personalities we have there.

[Brother Leon]

there will probably be a good half hour of the show dedicated to him, special award and all that jazz :idc:

Should be for all the show and just give Murray 5 mins to get his award and speech :idc:

[MTVN]

Yeah obviously going to be Murray, boring

Think it'll be between Froome, Farah and AP for 2nd and 3rd, AP to maybe just miss out

[Shaun]

almost pointless the other 9 buying a suit/dress to wear there.

[Marc]

Tonight!

[Pete.]

Andy will own tonight

[Black Dagger]

Oh I forgot we had a thread, was going to make one.

Looking forward to it, even if the end result is obvious, love the montages :lovedup:

[Marc]

-expects some sort of Nelson tribute which isn't needed IMO-

[Alf]

Murray will obviously win it.

For me Farrah's achievement was better, and the fact he was snubbed and didn't even make the top three last year, i'd like him to win

Wigan Warriors for team of the year, they won the Super League and Challenge cup double, but i'm sure they'll find a team from a more popular sport to win that.

The late great Steve Prescott MBE for the Helen Rollason award would be a nice touch, but again, being in a sport like Rugby League will count against him.

[Brother Leon]

Mo should win, but Murray will.

[Pete.]

mo is a gimmick

[Alf]

mo is a gimmick
And also Britain's greatest ever distance runner.

[Novo]

Mo is a Gimmick for being a double olympic champion and World Champion in the last 2 years, okay then.

much more impressive then Murray's achievements

[Novo]

Murray isn't even going to be there tonight anyway.. staying in the states even though he has nearly completely recovered :idc:

[Alf]

The Scottish should be banned from voting, they're always patriotic when it comes to phone votes.

[Pete.]

mo is a gimmick because of his stupid m thing that he does. That does not shade his achievements which are great

[Novo]

Is Usain Bolt also a Gimmick then?

[Marc]

Mo shouldn't win. Andy should.

[Brother Leon]

Mo is a Gimmick for being a double olympic champion and World Champion in the last 2 years, okay then.

much more impressive then Murray's achievements

Basically this. Mo's achievements defy Murray's.

[Black Dagger]

The Scottish should be banned from voting, they're always patriotic when it comes to phone votes.

I'm English and would be voting Andy tonight, but I can't be arsed spending money, because it's obvs he'll win.

Hoping Christine is at least top 5.

[Black Dagger]

It's just depressing for Mo, he should have won last year, but had to contend with Murray's first slam, a british tour de france winner and the poster girl of the Olympics, and this year he's against Murray's Wimbledon win.

They'll be top 2 though.

[Drew.]

mo is a gimmick because of his stupid m thing that he does. That does not shade his achievements which are great

So most athletes and sportsmen and women are gimmicks then.

[Novo]

Murray achievements - Wimbledon Winner + Australian Open Runner up

Mo Achievements - 5000 and 10000m World Champion + 1,500m british record breaker

[Novo]

i bet they'll just be boring and give the Overseas award to Ronaldo

Hejnova would be my winner just for winning every single event she has competed in this year including the World Champs

[Headie]

Christine Ohuruogu :love:

She's my favourite athlete ever... she's so positive about athletics and getting other people involved. Hope she can somehow crack the top 3.

[Marc]

Overseas - Serena

[Black Dagger]

Christine Ohuruogu :love:

She's my favourite athlete ever... she's so positive about athletics and getting other people involved. Hope she can somehow crack the top 3.

I would love her to be top 3, I think it's out of reach sadly, and people will see the other achievements as bigger, her winning the 400m's was such a great moment though <3. Bless her!

[Novo]

Adam Scott or Hejnova maybe even Henrik Stenson

[Alf]

On at the same time as the Darts and Xfactor, well done TV schedulers'.

[BigSister]

*that*
although ill be watching SPOTY highlight of my year and cant wait for the tennis bit ^_^
If Andy doesnt win ill be more than happy for Mo although Tony mcoy could sneak in. Hoping for an andy mo christine top 3 though

[Headie]

I would love her to be top 3, I think it's out of reach sadly, and people will see the other achievements as bigger, her winning the 400m's was such a great moment though <3. Bless her!

I was on the edge of my seat watching her in the 400m final at the World Champs.

I hope they show the race in full tonight... after all it's only 50 seconds and it's unlikely she'll get much airtime tonight anyway.

[Drew.]

X Factor finishes 30 minutes before SPOTY so if you're watching both you shouldn't miss any of the main bits

[Black Dagger]

Who the bloody hell do they think they are showing Wigan winning the FA cup.

And who let John Newman be a thing?

[Novo]

Wiggo's suit :joker:

[Alf]

Poor old Sue Barker given the chop for a younger model (Gaby)

[Novo]

the vintage montage was an instant success as soon as Virginia Wade appeared

[Black Dagger]

I wondered where Sue was :sad:

[Novo]

**** sake, not this again.

[Novo]

this was the worst moment of 2013

[Black Dagger]

ngl I don't know half the people nominated.

[Marc]

I should be watching this instead of the WankFactor

[Black Dagger]

Leigh Halfpenny has just bored me to death.

Dedicate the rest of the show to Queen Christine to wake me up.

[Headie]

Did she just say that there's a 'Welsh Personality Of The Year'?

There should be a Scottish one then and an Irish one so Christine can get into the Top 3 instead of the predictable AP McCoy and Andy Murray.

[Alf]

I'm flicking between this and Darts
I've got Chisnall in an accumulator, he lost the first two sets, but has just won the third and big rocking Henderson is now tiering.

[Novo]

Big Ben, what a hero

[Black Dagger]

Sail being the montage music :worship:

[Headie]

I have no idea who half these people are, other than Christine, Mo, Hannah and Andy.

Top 4 plz.

[Novo]

You never heard of Big Ben last year when he took down the great Dane at the Olympics?, where have you been Fam?

[Black Dagger]

I don't know Justin Rose or Leigh Halfpenny, I know the rest. :laugh:

[Novo]

The next Jessica Ennis on the front row

[Black Dagger]

Hannah is so bloody lovely, she's obviously 10th in the votes though.

[Headie]

You never heard of Big Ben last year when he took down the great Dane at the Olympics?, where have you been Fam?

Oh yeah I've heard of him too.

Legit don't know the rest though.

[Headie]

I'm not even joking they better show Christine's FULL 400m race in her segment as well as mentioning her getting Sportswoman of the year this year.

It'll take like 1 minute of their time, it's the least they could do.

[Novo]

they are showing segments from all the contenders so they probably will

[Novo]

Nice little mention to the GOAT Adam Scott

[Novo]

Charley Hull :worship:

[Black Dagger]

I LIKE THIS SONG, WHAT IS IT? :mad:

[Novo]

Faldo wannabe

[Headie]

they are showing segments from all the contenders so they probably will

Needs to be the full race though, otherwise it feels like an anti-climax.

Every time you watch the race you think she's gonna lose when there's like 100m to go... even though you know she's gonna win :laugh:

[Novo]

she did that in 2008 as well

[Alf]

Well done Maggie and Joe

[Novo]

Well done Maggie and Joey

[Black Dagger]

They were bloody lovely. Bless their cotton socks.

[Novo]

wonder if they'll pay homage to Sir Henry Cecil

[Alf]

wonder if they'll pay homage to Sir Henry Cecil
I'm sure they will in the Horse racing section, and they usually do a roll of honor for those that have passed away.

I hope Steve Prescott gets mentioned.

[Black Dagger]

Cricket is the ****ing worst.

Where is Matt to confirm?

[Headie]

Can they get on to Mo & Christine plz.

I will laugh so hard it they give Andy the last spot just before the lines open to give him some more votes. Give it to Christine plz.

[Headie]

I hope I've not missed either of them, I've been flicking between this and XF.

[Headie]

World Champs this year :love: Loved them so much.

That reminds me, Adam Gemili should get a special mention.

YAYY CHRISTINE!

[Black Dagger]

OMFG CHRISTINE :lovedup:

[Novo]

Isinbayeva getting mentioned. one of the goat athletics :worship:

[Headie]

She looks AMAZING :love:

[Black Dagger]

Isinbayeva getting mentioned. one of the goat athletics :worship:

Silly homophobic twat she is, hope her pole breaks.

[Black Dagger]

She is stunning :lovedup:

TOP 3 PLEASE.

[Headie]

Who are those silly bitches yawning while Christine is talking about inspiring kids :suspect:

[Novo]

saw Gail Emms in the Audience before, good memories of watching her destroy all the Asian badminton players in 2004

[Headie]

Dina Asher Smith deserves to win this one tbh

[Novo]

**** sake, Charley Hull killed it at the Solheim cup and still didn't win

[Black Dagger]

Is she the shooter, I switched over lol

[Headie]

"Congratulations to all the others who were nominated for this award"

THE SHADE. THE SHADE OF IT ALL.

Dina's face said it all.

[Drew.]

Savage and Shearer at the front :joker:

[Alf]

Think Froome could make the top 3

[Novo]

Sir Henry Cecil we are not worthy

[Alf]

AP is a God

[Novo]

To bad he can't ride favourites though

[Alf]

Is Lendl in with a shout for coach of the year?

[Drew.]

Think Froome could make the top 3

wouldn't mind this

[Novo]

Is Lendl in with a shout for coach of the year?

Sam Sumyk

[Drew.]

God i miss the tennis

[Black Dagger]

There he is. Handsome man :lovedup:

Juan Martin for 2014 slaying tho please.

[Headie]

So the lines opening have been delayed due to Andy being late -_-

Just give him the award already.

[Novo]

imagine if Masha came up from behind now

" Come back to bed Andy, what are you doing! "

[Novo]

Vika <3

[Novo]

I marked out more then when England qualified for the World Cup then

[Black Dagger]

Marion :lovedup:

[Novo]

The Cobra!!!

[Drew.]

Vettels trophy collection is one of the craziest things i have seen

[Alf]

Dave Hickson Legend

[Marc]

so many dead people

[Alf]

Love you Prekkie

[Marc]

Vettels trophy collection is one of the craziest things i have seen

right? Caroline deserved that

[Shaun]

good ol' Fergie

[Marc]

definitely deserved! :worship:

[Drew.]

right? Caroline deserved that

all in good time Marcy

[Black Dagger]

I was waiting for this segment :idc:

[Marc]

John Newman really is amazing.

[Shaun]

rather puts keane's prattishness into perspective

[Black Dagger]

John Newman really is amazing.

Amazingly ****ing ****e.

[Novo]

**** sake Dion Dublin :joker:

[Marc]

sweet jesus :joker:

[Shaun]

oh jesus christ

also LOL @ moyes being there

[Drew.]

:joker:

[Black Dagger]

-switches off-

[Marc]

Amazingly ****ing ****e.

Ha, you.

[Black Dagger]

Ha, you.

Ha, at him singing live.

[Drew.]

The bloody hell is Becks

[Shaun]

don't need becks when you've got this guy

[Drew.]

Big Ron :love:

[Marc]

he picked up so good english when in manchester in 18 year old

[Black Dagger]

Oh here comes the 'RONALDO IS COMING HOME' stories from the press this week then.

[Novo]

would have been amazing if Djemba Djemba came on the screen instead

[Marc]

Sir Bob

[Shaun]

would have been amazing if Djemba Djemba came on the screen instead

:joker:

LK sitting at home furious, wondering where Pogba is

[Drew.]

would have been amazing if Djemba Djemba came on the screen instead

:joker:

[Marc]

move on pls

[Shaun]

aw, the booers :love:

[Alf]

1st Murray
2nd Farrah
3rd Froome

[Novo]

Mark Cavendish has got to be the biggest flop to ever win SPOTY

[Marc]

go on murray

[Alf]

Who?

[Marc]

surely it is written in the stars

[Drew.]

Oh wow..

[Marc]

he can't not be top 3

[Drew.]

Farah not coming 2nd or 3rd :(

[Marc]

Yeahhhh!! :D

[Drew.]

we all knew it was coming but still, amazing :worship:

[Marc]

:joker: she was just stood there with his trophy.. hardly surprising for him LOL

[Marc]

:worship:

[Headie]

Who got 2nd and 3rd... I missed it.

No Christine or Mo though I'm guessing :(

[Brother Leon]

Mo gets no respect. Not even top 3 when he should of won :joker:

[Marc]

:joker:

[Black Dagger]

Mo and Christine were robbed of 2nd and 3rd :mad:

LMAO MUZZA.

[Alf]

The Mobot snubbed again

[Drew.]

they better throw him in the pool

[Novo]

Murray called Martina the greatest tennis player ever, i think he is a WTA fan

[BigSister]

Surprised mo didnt even get top 3.

[James]

Here's the voting figures for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013:


Murray won Sports Personality with 56% of the vote. Full breakdown as follows:
Murray: 401,470
Halfpenny: 65,913
McCoy: 57,854
Mo Farah: 51,945
Ben Ainslie: 48,140
Chris Froome: 37,343
Hannah Cockroft: 26,151
Christine Ohuruogu: 13,179
Justin Rose: 9,833
Ian Bell: 5,626
Total votes: 717,454


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/25386015

[BigSister]

oooh thanks for that James

[Drew.]

Blimey, i knew he'd win but not by that much.. so close but yet so far for Mo :(

[Alf]

Here's the voting figures for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/25386015
Wow, that's a huge landslide.

[Legend killer]

The only actual Englishman came last FML

Bell should have won for the sole reason he is the only English cricket player who does not **** himself when Mitch looks at him

Also Murray winning ahead of Halfpenny U WOT M8. Winning a default Wimbledon title is not enough i'm afraid

[Novo]

What nationality do you think Ainslie is LK? Columbian?

[Black Dagger]

"default champion" -beat the #1 in the world- ok lk xxx

[Legend killer]

You tell me Novo as you seem to think Kp and Trott are British talent to name a few MICHAELJORDANLAUGHING.GIF

On top Ben should have placed higher to be fair


Andy had THE EASIEST DRAW IN HISTORY and until he finally exorcises the demon of his daddy Nadal on course to a slam he will continue to have an # i'm afraid

[Novo]

Not his fault Nadal couldn't get the job done against steve ****ing Darcy of all people

[Legend killer]

Bell had a better case then everyone of them

BRB ACTUALLY ENGLISH

BRB forget the poor decisions and weather single handily won the Ashes in England

BRB has faced Mitch like a man with a set of balls

As usual Cricket is overlooked

[Black Dagger]

cricket is boring as ****, bye.