Happy Face 29 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_rad...ear/6166600.stm Equestrian star Zara Phillips, golfer Darren Clarke, tennis player Andy Murray, plus boxers Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton are among the candidates. Cyclist Nicole Cooke, cricketer Monty Panesar, gymnast Beth Tweddle, darts champion Phil Taylor and Formula One's Jenson Button complete the list. The winner will be decided by a public vote during the show on Sunday night. Viewers can vote by phone or text throughout the programme, which is being broadcast from the NEC in Birmingham for the first time, and is live on BBC One from 1900 GMT. Seven men and three women are in the line-up, which boasts representatives from all four nations of the United Kingdom. Clarke is the current favourite with bookmakers after his emotional victory with the European Ryder Cup team just weeks after the death of his wife Heather. But the Northern Irishman has said he does not want to win the award on a sympathy vote, and the contest is expected to be one of the closest for years. At various stages of the last four months, Murray, Phillips and Panesar were rated favourites for the prize, which was won last year by England Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff. The shortlist was drawn up from a combination of online and postal public votes, newspaper and magazine editors and a BBC Sport panel of experts. In a year in which the England's national football and rugby union teams flopped, neither sport is represented. Comedian and cross-channel charity swimmer David Walliams, another former favourite, also misses out. The show, which will be presented by Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Adrian Chiles, is taking place outside London for the first time in the event's 53-year history. Some 3,000 tickets went on sale to the public in October and sold out in less than 50 minutes. In addition to the main honour, there will also be several other awards for top team, coach, overseas personality, young personality and lifetime achievement. The Helen Rollason Award will be given to someone judged to have shown courage in adversity, while the unsung hero honour goes to a volunteer who has made a real difference to a sports club or team. Forget Tony McCoy, champion jockey for a decade, who surpassed 2500 wins this year. Edited December 4, 2006 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Clarke's just going to win because his wife died tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44265 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Andy Murray ffs. Good player and a great prospect, but I've detected no trace of a personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44265 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Clarke's just going to win because his wife died tbh I'd sooner Clarke won it than any of the other names listed though. Zara Phillips?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Calzaghe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Clarke's just going to win because his wife died tbh And he's already publicly said he didn't want to be nominated and he'll be annoyed if he wins on the sympathy vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 He should have just withdrew from consideration completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30221 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Whos going to win Team of the Year? No one springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44265 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Ryder Cup team probably. Even though it's become something of a cakewalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30221 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Does it not have to be a British team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Can we vote for Bob Murray to win the Lifetime Achievement Award? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Was thinking last night how it would (in my opinion) be fun to wreck this BBC love-in, by contacting all football message boards and get everyone to vote for some ridiculous person e.g. Ben Thatcher. Just to finish off this embarrassing pile of crap, once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Was thinking last night how it would (in my opinion) be fun to wreck this BBC love-in, by contacting all football message boards and get everyone to vote for some ridiculous person e.g. Ben Thatcher. Just to finish off this embarrassing pile of crap, once and for all. The vote only counts for the top ten. Would be canny if the gymnast won though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 172 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Joe Calzaghe would get my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Was thinking last night how it would (in my opinion) be fun to wreck this BBC love-in, by contacting all football message boards and get everyone to vote for some ridiculous person e.g. Ben Thatcher. Just to finish off this embarrassing pile of crap, once and for all. I'm with you. No-one really deserves it this year, my vote would be David Walliams for swimming the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 haha Walliams, didn't think people were actually being serious when he was suggested but the mongo comment above proves otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Apparantly that Zara lass has done really well in the equestrian, I wouldn't know myself like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44265 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Apparantly that Zara lass has done really well in the equestrian, I wouldn't know myself like. It's not even a sport man. Give the award to the horse by all means, but not the toffy nosed fucker that's sat on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 haha Walliams, didn't think people were actually being serious when he was suggested but the mongo comment above proves otherwise. I only suggested him as no-one else has achieved much this year. You really are a twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Apparantly that Zara lass has done really well in the equestrian, I wouldn't know myself like. It's not even a sport man. Give the award to the horse by all means, but not the toffy nosed fucker that's sat on it. Aye thats true. Does she do the one where the horses just walk around? Horse racing is alright, but that one is just pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I really don't like the idea of a f*cking Royal winning anyway. They have enough privileges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I really don't like the idea of a f*cking Royal winning anyway. They have enough privileges. Not her fault she's a royal though is it? If she's good at what she does, she should get recognised the same way Joe Public would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30221 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 She might be decent at her sport but no one would give a fuck about it or her if she wasn't a royal, thats the only reason shes on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Yup, Britain has Andy Priaulx, 2 time World Touring Car Champion for the last 2 years yet the BBC didn't even give him a mention last year and it looks like no fucker will mention him again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 What about that bloke who won the world 'Scissor-paper-stones' championship in Canada the other week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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