BBC Sports Personality 2014 - Winner starting now

its a surprisingly good betting heat.  don't go near rory at those odds.  hamilton doing v well in all polls.

Rory should walk it by right and may well win, but not at that price.

Justice must be seen to be done, Rory all the way

Whoever the betting syndicates support wins this.

I pay f*ck all attention to celebrities lives. Is Hamilton married?? Should be shot if he is. He could prob hop up on whatever he wanted.

Rory on the other hand may thank God that he's rich and famous!!

Bale to come 3rd at 3/1 isnt a bad bet.  365 if u can get on.

CALLIT

WHAT THE FEC IS SUSAN BOYLE DOING IN FRONT ROWS?

HOPE RORY WINS IT BUT THINK THE brits WILL GET HAMILTON THE TROPHY

Hamilton is only squiring one of the wolds most beautiful women.  She can't get a ring out of him #shrewd

Hamilton won a two horse race with monotonous regularity.

McIlroy had to beat a hundred of the best golfers in the world in his two Majors.

Should be no betting but does either individual care.

Bale to come 3rd at 3/1 isnt a bad bet.  365 if u can get on    ..Ozy you can get 4.8 here if you fancy the bet

Cheers Frank, have covered with Pavey at evens.

I prefer the way Hamilton carries himself to McIlroy (and I've warmed to Rory), he takes things in stride, so for that reason I'd like him to win.

Anyone think Ronnie O'Sullivan might place?

He aint even in it, Neill.  Should be.

FAIR PLAY 40 YR OLD JOE PAVEY NICE STORY HERS

HOPE   BOD GETS MENTION ON HIS RETIREMENT GREAT RUGBY CAREER

If it is a personality bit, he surely should be. His post match interviews are becoming a bit of a highlight for me. "I was gone" last week v Trump.

On our own shores and in light of last night's events, watch out for Andy Lee on the 'personality' front in this coming year. The guy is a great talker and by a million miles the best ambassador the travelling community have ever or will ever have.

His next opponent is highly likely to give him the height of personal abuse, that is his form anyway, and I'm looking forward to see how Lee handles it, there could be some great moments.

One thing I'm not looking forward to is the likes of Pavee Point and Des Cahill crawling all over him.

I don't know if we do a version of Sports Personalitry, the production is probably **** and nobody knows when it is on if we do.

Looks like Rory getting the pimp slot or close to it,  Hamilton on early not helping his chances.

NEIL ANDY LEE DESERVES EVERYTHING HE GETS COMES ACROSS REAL DECENT LAD

Ronnie is a funny fuc ker alright.

Too true Norn, he has become very gracious in both defeat and victory as well Callit. I don't think he would have appreciated someone like Selby very much a few years ago. He and Trump should provide some good entertainment in the next few years.

IMAGINE RONNIE PLAYING ALEX HIGGINS IN HIS POMP BE FIREWOEKS AND INTERVIEWS BE SUM CRAIC

JEEZ CARL FROTCH BIRD SOME BABE

Rory 1.28 now  looking good

Lewis Hamilton @ 3/1 looks like a bit of value in  a 2 horse race. At least he has a personality.
Gary Linekar should have taken a sickie, he will hardly finish the show.

Rahael Cordingley ya, she is actually.

Rachael*, if they interview Froch, look out for the word warrior!

good vt this

NEIL  WAS AT BOXIN SHOW COVENTRY TEN YRS AGO THEY WERE QUEING FOR JOE CALZAGHE AUTO GRAPH SO I SLIPPED IN FRONT
HE SAID WERES YOUR PEN I SAID I WANTED A KISS OFF HIS BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND AS PAPERS DIDNT DO HER LOOKS JUSTICE SHE GAVE ME CRACKING KISS ON LIPS SWEAR I COULD FEEL THE BLOOD draining FROM ME

HE SAID HE SHOULD KNOCK ME OUT I SAID THE ID HAVE shoot HIM  BY FEC  SHE LAUGHED AND SAID THE IRISH MAKE BEST COMPLIMENTS AND SHE DESERVED A KISS GLAD I BEHAVED AND DIDNT GROPE HER ar$e

I STILL LAUGH AS WAS BIT SILLY BUT GALLON OF BEER GOT ME AMOROUS

I have yet to warn to Trump Neill. Think he is too thick to fully fulfil his potential. I had him backed at 40s for the WC when he was beaten in final by Higgins. I may feel differently about him had he won that! He certainly should have.

Hamilton 9/2 now

Hamilton 9/2 now

Lovely story Norn, not sure is Calz with the girl any more, I hear he is a bit of a man-about-town. You should look her up!

Reading the other threads callit, it appears Judd's head went a bit in that final early on and he was hitting the ball way too hard, when all was lost and the tension went, then he was better. He'd want to clean up his safety play as well. Ronnie misseed a few he never normally would so it might have been as much the champ letting too much off the gas.

I think I've read some stuff about Trump disrespecting inferiors in the early rounds of tournaments some time back. That was his first proper final since 2011 so it might have taken a few corners off him.

UNSUNG HERO IS GREAT AWARD    LOVELY LADY

NEILL THINK AFTER 30 YRS MARRIED ILL STICK WITH HER

Having virtually gone through that card yesterday, you certainly don't need my advice Norn. gl

NICE IF QUICK TRIBUTE TO BOD

sweet

Boom!

HAMILTON = THE brits OUT IN FORCE TONIGHT

Bit bonkers this result . Its the car .

he's an odious tw@t Hamilton. like a lot in his line of work.

I did warn you, Frank.

WD Oz.

Its the personality Kelly.

Its the British Sports Personality of the Year Norn.....ya would expect them to be out in force!!

Rory looked disgusted. Seemed genuineky surprised at not winning. He just doesn't have Tigers charm

Rory hit 1.1, a few around with red faces,the real sports fans know the real winner.

Rory second, even with the pimp slot, even with the bonus of a Ryder Cup segment, and second to a guy who isnt all that popular.....

I gather pimp slot means best position but anyone know the origin of this phrase.

CALLIT  YES IT WAS TONQUE IN CHEEK DIG AS IM NORTHERN brit .

WELL DUN WINNERS

FAIR PLAY GREAT SHOW COVERS LOT  SPORTS IN 2 HOURS

It comes from reality shows where they try to influence the result by placing their preferred act in the slot just before the voting lines open.  they 'pimp' that candidate.

At least that will scupper any remaining sentiment associated with who Rory plays for in the Olympics , although that is already sorted we believe .

Rory was rightly gobsmacked , but maybe the Irish influence in putting AP and Rory on the winners podium so close together as SPOTY rankles a bit . Wearing a Union flag helps gets votes too .

Genuine surprise here though , but no tears shed , its all a bit of a lark since most of us dont watch sport on BBC . Some punters got their fingers burned though I suspect .

Think it's time to ditch it tbh...

If Northern Ireland had got behind him, Kelly, he would have won easily.  They didn't for whatever reason.

Many of us have said it on here before, he is a figure who demands admiration rather than love.

THERES no accounting for the for  public vote, in 2012 Clare won the best team award for  the R.T.E irish sports awards;YET the irish boxing team won 4 medals in the London Olympics, they finished ahead of the USA, CHINA,JAPAN,and level with Cuba yet the public voted Clare,

FUNNY WAS ON FB  AND 4 GOOD SPORTS    M8S WERE WATCHING $HIT FACTOR AS WOMAN  CONTROL THE REMOTE THINK THEIR IS LOADS WHO WOULD VOTE BUT LIKE MYSELF CANT BE  AR$ED = AM I POSTING ON RIGHT THREAD

The voting numbers are small.  Northern Ireland small as it is, would have walked it, if anyway
commited to the cause.

Especially as Hamilton is not that popular himself.

I don't know how you can be surprised by that result. Hamilton was an obvious candidate. He was 6/1 towards the end of the show which was unbelievable in what was in effect a 2 horse race. He won his championship just over a week ago and is going out with a pop star personality. The voting public love  motor racing, thats why Nigel Mansell (twice) Jackie Stewart and Damon Hill have won spoty in recent years. Nick Faldo who I seem to remember was world no. 1 for nearly 2 years eventually won it. Golf is not a sport loved by the voting public.

SOMEONE TURN THE lights OUT ON THE IRISH FORUM

Hamilton was beaten in this before, as a World Champion, it was no gimme.  As was Button when world champion.

Also no golfer had the appeal and profile of Rory, with the added benefit of Ryder cup year.

heard on some radio show this morning that Rory got approx 125k votes and Hamilton got over 200k.  Hard to believe the odds were so far off the mark with a public vote.

Yes interesting Hamilton won by nearly 100,000 votes and Rory was 1.1 on here, no insider trading.

Those voting figures indicate to me that no one is really interested in this . Just wonder who was responsible for Rory hardening in from 1.2 to 1.1 while the phone in was taking place . He drifted back out to 1.21 towards the end .

Rory looked like a very frutrated golfer who sees his putt horseshoe out through 360 degrees when it was announced he had "won " second .

YES  Mordin the vote Compiler in the bbc is a very honest man[or women] or never heared of Betfair mobile. I belive  the only way to get sacked straight away as a BBC worker is if you have no T,V. licence.[ how true that is i dont know]

this thread was so funny, all the mugs that bet on rory. lewis hamiltons achievments where more deserving.
not only that 10 X more popular than rory, everyone likes hamilton. golf is one of the biggest turn offs
for people. suppose you forgot about the british public (most important variable), you wouldnt really know what they like any way, you know being in ireland.