sports personality 16 released for voting

tony who?

tony who?

tony mccoy not included when he hit 3000 this year truely shocking. is phil taylor in it....

horse racing is hardly a sport ffs

you're riding a horse

sea the stars should be in it too.

anyway, isn't he ineligible given he's irish?

pretty much the only people who appreciate mccoy are degenerate gamblers so hardly a good move from the bbc to include him

He's from Antrim

Indeed. King Tony should take it as a backhanded compliment he's overlooked by the flabby, semi hard on Daily Mail readers who bother with this guff. The word 'personality' also needs to be removed, as surely the BBC are lucky to have escaped being sued given some of the winners.

how hard can it be to sit on a horse and steer?

Shut it budgie

well said shaky

spot on shaky and canary

If you say that about McCoy then it is surely the same for Jenson Button...sit and steer.

Bunch of **ctards - this is the reason I no longer go on the horse racing forum.

also f1 not a sport...just sitting in a car steering....most of us do it every day

did he ever win the grand national in the end?

indeed crisp

spot on re formula 1 too

yes, mccoy should be excluded from the list as hoss racing is a minority sport. zara phillips was a worthy winner however.

I think that puddle jumping midget**Macarthur park even got a nomination one year, that's a joke.

:^0

Is Chrissie Wellington in the running for this?

if not why the feck not!!

canaryboy 30 Nov 19:19
did he ever win the grand national in the end?



canaryboy 30 Nov 19:19
indeed crisp

He was 2nd, with Piman on it.

andy murray shouldnt be there as he hasnt won a grand slam

And tennis is a minority sport

The Grand National is a handicap steeplechase and therefore a complete irrelevance.

The only time I've ever picked the 'phone up to vote for something was the year Tony McCoy came 3rd in SPOTY.
He was robbed of the title, as are most jump jockeys every year.

SPORTS PERSONALITY TOP 10
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

bit of a joke really imo...

almost as bad as Horse Racing and the laughable circus that is Greyhound Racing.

Jensen Button should not be included, but perhaps his motor car should.

Greyhound racing is a great sport.

David Haye, Straussy and Twaddle only worthy contenders imho.
Then again I dont recognise half the other names, Philips Idowu is a telly isn't it.?

never heard of half of em just shows the paucity of uk sport

A 'Japanese Import', even, Clarky!

LOL TT

whats thebetting is button odds on?

Perhaps it shows your own pitiful lack of sporting knowledge The Dragon. just a thought.

Have a word with yourself Fenners old son.

if thats the final list then it says it all about sport on the BBC and the muppets who vote for this silly award.

maybe Fenners maybe :)

Football is the largest spectator sport in the UK, for 'men'.

These 'men' who worship 11 gayers in shorts, also suffer from defective eyesight, as one half of the crowd always seem to be watching a different match to the other half. This is proved when one side is given a penalty, Half the fans cheer, but the other half question the referees eyesight and also insist that his parents are not married.


Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in the UK. The Sport of Kings, not tattooed skinheads who wear footie shirts at the age of 30+

never heard of 6 of em

THAT LIST IS AN UTTER DISGRACE.

nothing new thenthere Howdi

i have heard of all of them but only watch 4 of the sports involved

SPORTS PERSONALITY TOP 10
Jenson Button- F1 driver world champion
David Haye - world heavyweight champion
Phillips Idowu - long jumper or triple jumper not sure which.
Andy Murray - tennis player
Tom Daley - Olympic diver
Ryan Giggs - footballer

Andrew Strauss - cricketer ?
Jessica Ennis - Is she a pentathlete ?

Beth Tweddle - no idea
Mark Cavendish - no idea

I think Jessica Ennis has a chance.

gymnast
cyclist

Cavendish has arguably achieved more than the cyclist who won it last year!

It's for the year isn't it? Did McCoy get 3000 winners this year? Are the pro-McCoy boys saying he should be given an award for hitting a nice landmark? Of course he shouldn't. :^0

Him winning it would be tantamount to Giggs winning the most recent PFA Player of the Year award, just because some direction-less cûnts decided a few good games at his age made him a better player than the ones who actually did have a good season.

That was a joke of the highest order.

All that said, I really don't know who should win. Can we not just give it to Hoy again? :D

I didn't mean to offend The Dragon. I have heard of all of them.

Jenson Button - it was the car what won it. Car trundling has a big folllowing though. Top 3 for sure.
Mark Cavendish - cyclist won last year, this one more talented but no chance.
Tom Daley - 14 year old girls do not vote in sufficiently high numbers for SPOTY, no chance.
Jessica Ennis - won a world title in a minority athletic discipline, should have no chance but a nice looking lady. Top 3.
Ryan Giggs - deserves an award for the exemplary way he has played the game thoughout his career, but not just this year - no chance.
David Haye - beat an extremely large Russian tree - no chance.
Phillips Idowu - hopping skipping and jumping is not an elite event, no chance.
Andy Murray - a brilliant talent, won more titles this year than anyone else. Should win in my opinion but may have to wait until he wins Wimbledon next year. Unless the people who voted for Hoy get on the phone again. Top 3.
Andrew Strauss - more important this year than Freddie was when he won it, but not a big enough profile. No chance.
Beth Tweddle - gymnastics not a proper sport. No chance.

to go back to my original point...

why is Chrissie Wellington not here!

She is in a minority sport, but it is a proper sport in every sense of the word. World Iron Woman champion 3 years in a row, when she won the euro championship she was 90 secs behind the mens winner over the same distance! She is brilliant at what she does. Not a sport that last 90 mins... Iron woman contests lasts upwards of 7 hour, pain sweat and determination.

British woman truely great and better than any other woman in the world, be proud of her FFS instead of pushing her aside for (andrew Strauss!!!!! philips Idowu! seriously)

The only decent personality I can think of off the top of my head is Wayne Mardle...although he doesn't win much :-)

BJK every year the same. I gave up watching when Greg Rusedski won it despite winning absolutely sweet fa.

McCoy rides day in day out, like most jockeys, through pain barriers unknown to other sportsmen/women, keeping himself fit, half-starved and giving his all in every race he rides in , whether it be for a tuppeny 'appeny prize or for the biggest there is.

For that alone he should be rewarded as the SPOTY one year, on behalf of all jockeys (especially NH ones).

Spot on Tommy - and a fantastic ambassador for his sport too. Ten seconds after a 3 and a half mile chase he won on some reluctant rogue of a nag, breathing like a fat lass at altitude and some Channel 4 clown shoves a mike in his face and he still answers every banal question politely.

- not forgetting, he faces the possibility of death or serious, permanent injury every time he gets on a horse.
How many other sportsmen/women do that every day of their sports careers?

Exactly, HRH - and never even winces at the 'Ho ho ho' clown in chief!

Monica Seles?

Very funny, HRH!

Well said Tommy and your highness. I am absolutely gutted that we have not been given the chance to vote for McCoy. I rarely vote for anything on tv but I would have voted until the lines closed if he had been selected. How such nonenties could have been chosed over him I do not know.

*chosen*

Right - lets form a possie and storm the BBC cermony. Who's with me?

If we form a possie can I be Annie Oakley?

And do I get a gun?

Yes, and Tommy is Calamity Jane.

And who are you

Button will get it.

The BBC have invested so much airtime, cash and kudos in F1 - they want some payback

I'm The Lone Danger.

A range of newspapers and magazine sport experts determined the shortlist of 10 contenders for the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

They were collated into lists of 10 candidates, which are published below. Each name counted as one vote towards the final shortlist.

A public vote by phone will decide the winner during the show on BBC One, which is being broadcast from 1900 GMT on Sunday 13 December from Sheffield Arena.

The nominations are listed in alphabetical order by surname.

The Daily Telegraph
Stuart Broad
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

The Daily Express
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Tony McCoy
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
Bradley Wiggins


The News of the World
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Charlotte Edwards
David Haye
Tony McCoy
Wayne Rooney
Andrew Strauss
Phil Taylor
Beth Tweddle
Bradley Wiggins

Belfast Telegraph
Jenson Button
Jessica Ennis
David Haye
Tony McCoy
Rory McIlroy
Andy Murray
Wayne Rooney
Beth Tweddle
Andrew Strauss
Bradley Wiggins


The Daily Star
Jenson Button
Jessica Ennis
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Tony McCoy
Andy Murray
Wayne Rooney
Kelly Smith
Andrew Strauss
Phil Taylor

Sport Magazine
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Carl Froch
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Amir Khan
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

The Voice
Jenson Button
Charlotte Edwards
Jessica Ennis
Carl Froch
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Amir Khan
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss

Yorkshire Post
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Charlotte Edwards
Jessica Ennis
David Haye
Tony McCoy
Andy Murray
Gemma Spofforth
Andrew Strauss

The Evening Standard
Stuart Broad
Jenson Button
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Rory McIlroy
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
John Terry

The Metro
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Amir Khan
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

The Herald
Jenson Button
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Dario Franchitti
David Haye
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
Christine Wellington
Bradley Wiggins

The Observer
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Rory McIlroy
Wayne Rooney
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
Chrissie Wellington
Bradley Wiggins


The Star on Sunday
Jenson Button
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Chris Hoy
Phillips Idowu
Cristiano Ronaldo
Andrew Strauss
Claire Taylor
Phil Taylor

The Scotsman
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Jessica Ennis
David Haye
John Higgins
Jo Jackson
Catriona Matthew
Tony McCoy
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss

Daily Record
Jenson Button
Darren Fletcher
Andrew Flintoff
Carl Froch
David Haye
John Higgins
Catriona Matthew
Andy Murray
Wayne Rooney
Andrew Strauss

Scotland on Sunday
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
John Higgins
Phillips Idowu
Catriona Matthew
Andy Murray
Beth Tweddle

Mail on Sunday
Jenson Button
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Wayne Rooney
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
Bradley Wiggins

Sunday Telegraph
Stuart Broad
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss

The Times
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Charlotte Edwards
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

The Sunday Express
Jenson Button
Andrew Flintoff
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Rory McIlroy
Andy Murray
Jamie Roberts
Wayne Rooney
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

The Guardian
Stuart Broad
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Charlotte Edwards
Jessica Ennis
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle

MediaWales
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Gethin Jenkins
Jamie Roberts
Andrew Strauss

The Sunday Times
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Sam Davies
Charlotte Edwards
Jessica Ennis
Victoria Pendleton
Andrew Strauss
Claire Taylor
Beth Tweddle
Chrissie Wellington

The Independent on Sunday
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
Bradley Wiggins

Daily Mail
Stuart Broad
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
Bradley Wiggins

Zoo Magazine
Jenson Button
Jessica Ennis
Andrew Flintoff
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Kevin Sinfield
Beth Tweddle

So now you know which to boycott. And wtf is Zoo magazine?

thanks for that, luddite. I will bear that in mind when picking my next years SPOTY and I think I will phone and complain to my newspaper.

Sod complaining, just threaten them with your gun! McCoy should at least be in the top ten for the ride on Witchita Lineman at Cheltenham alone.

One difference between Button and McCoy

one has an accelerator ... the other has a whip

Sunday Telegraph
Stuart Broad

:D :D

The Star on Sunday

Cristiano Ronaldo

:D :D

not Henry then