Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and narrowly lost, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many of the under 20s who won the world cup can you name?
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many of the under 20s who won the world cup can you name?
Sorry , do I need to add the year they won the world cup?
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many of the under 20s who won the world cup can you name?
None, but that is a minor tournament in comparison to the senior team playing in a World Cup Final. There was major tv coverage of the whole tournament and was often in the news.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many of the under 20s who won the world cup can you name?
None, but that is a minor tournament in comparison to the senior team playing in a World Cup Final. There was major tv coverage of the whole tournament and was often in the news.
Why not? This is a football forum, and the game was a world cup final.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?
None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.
Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
I find people very peculiar that you're called a liar because you haven't heard of Mary Earps. Why would you have heard of her/remembered her name if you don't watch women's football?
I couldn't tell anyone the name of England U21/U18 etc men's goalies but it doesn't make me a liar or anti U21/U18 men's football.
It simply means I don't have an agenda, which some find impossible to believe in "their world". Most people do not view life as a political crusade.
NB I just asked my wife to name an England woman's player. She couldn't. So I told her she was lying and anti women.
I find people very peculiar that you're called a liar because you haven't heard of Mary Earps. Why would you have heard of her/remembered her name if you don't watch women's football?
I couldn't tell anyone the name of England U21/U18 etc men's goalies but it doesn't make me a liar or anti U21/U18 men's football.
It simply means I don't have an agenda, which some find impossible to believe in "their world". Most people do not view life as a political crusade.
NB I just asked my wife to name an England woman's player. She couldn't. So I told her she was lying and anti women.
Don't worry Rothko, I've got this. Your wife is a fragile little woman. Absolute disgrace.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?
None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.
Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.
Should I be strung up because I'd never heard of Alfie Hewett until yesterday?
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?
None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.
Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.
Should I be strung up because I'd never heard of Alfie Hewett until yesterday?
No. Unless you were the one who said he’d only get the ‘sympathy vote’.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
I can’t think of a better sports personality than Earps, even though there’s no standout winner. If I was to choose a more deserving sportsperson based on performance, I would choose Katarina Johnson-Thompson by a small margin.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and narrowly lost, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
It’s not strange at all if you don’t watch women’s football.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?
None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.
Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.
Should I be strung up because I'd never heard of Alfie Hewett until yesterday?
So many fragile little men on here, well done MEarps, well deserved.
Its been a bit of a lean year but well done to her she has excelled in her sport. There's always going to be blokey comments unfortunately when it comes to the women's game. I don't think she would taken the award in an Olympic year or most other years, though I did think Katarina Johnson-Thompson might of been in with a good chance and perhaps she would have won it if she had got gold at the Olympics rather than "just a gold" at the worlds. I think we should really treat SPOTY as a bit of fun and don't take too seriously, its a bit of telly with a vote from the viewing public on a Tuesday night. And maybe past its sell by date.
Agreed. The World Championship doesn't attract the same public interest as the Olympics, the viewing figures would have been much lower. And it's not as if it was her first WC or even a personal best.
Fatima Whitbread was BBC Sports personality of the year back in 1987 after winning her second gold medal (First back in Helsinki- 1983) in the World Championships in Rome that year
We were in the stadium to cheer what was our 1 and only Gold in that year's World Champs Track & Field events.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and narrowly lost, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
It’s not strange at all if you don’t watch women’s football.
I wouldn't post about something to say I have no knowledge of it personally. I couldn't name a single member of the English Six Nations winning Women's Rugby Union Team, but I wouldn't broadcast the fact. Oh bugger!
Think I'll see if Bad Santa appears on the schedules as that's always gets me in the festive spirit.
Btw, Earp's did save a penalty in the final to keep the game alive with us only 1-0 down, but the team were second best to Spain on the day.
Have no issue with her winning as it was a public vote: would I have voted for her? Absolutely not. As ridiculous an award as when rusedski won it. It was dying anyway but this will be the end of SPOTY.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many Charlton's women players can you name (honestly)?
None of them, but again the Women's World Cup was a big tournament with a lot of media coverage, Charlton women's team is not on the same scale.
Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.
14m people in this country watched the Women's World Cup final, there's no comparison in terms of the wider public interest with the Charlton women's team or the England U20s.
Have no issue with her winning as it was a public vote: would I have voted for her? Absolutely not. As ridiculous an award as when rusedski won it. It was dying anyway but this will be the end of SPOTY.
Me too, no issue whatsoever. I simply asked who she was, even though I watched England Women's World Cup games and had forgotten her name in the last 6 months.
Mind you I had more pressing matters on my mind as did Beds. Trying to ensure I remembered our goalie's name just in case it came up on CL, wasn't at the top of my list when you're concerned if you'll still be alive in a few years.
Mary Earps was in the England women's team that reached the final of the World Cup and lost only on penalties, she also won the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Strange that on a football forum so many have never heard of her.
How many of the under 20s who won the world cup can you name?
None, but that is a minor tournament in comparison to the senior team playing in a World Cup Final. There was major tv coverage of the whole tournament and was often in the news.
19.3m watched the 2022 World Cup final in the UK but I wouldn’t expect my mum to tell me who Argentina’s left back was.
Beds doesn’t watch women’s football, why’s that so hard for people to understand or accept 🤣
Mmmmm maybe because it comes across a wee bit mean spirited perhaps?
I don’t even think snooker or darts are sports but if one of those types won SPOTY I wouldn’t bother myself by commenting on a forum that I’d never heard of them because it’s a little bit demeaning to those who do like those types of things.
Add to that fact that it’s ’a women’ thing & it’s mainly men who have never heard of her (& neither has my Missus, so I must be right) it makes it even worse.
I’m just delighted that girls can now watch/play football & have their own football heroes to look up to.
I was forbidden to play until I left school & got stick for even watching men’s football. My hero was Sammy Lee 🙄
So just accept it’s a thing now, she won it, it ain’t going to change.
On the flip side, if people didn’t get so defensive and irate when someone states they’ve never heard of the favourite for the award, on the subjected thread, that be great as well 🍻
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Been pointless since Ryan Giggs won for being old.
This is a football forum, and the game was a world cup final.
Anyway, plenty of people must have heard of her, as she won the vote for Sports Personality of the Year.
Unless you were the one who said he’d only get the ‘sympathy vote’.
It could have even been the final day.
Think I'll see if Bad Santa appears on the schedules as that's always gets me in the festive spirit.
Btw, Earp's did save a penalty in the final to keep the game alive with us only 1-0 down, but the team were second best to Spain on the day.
I simply asked who she was, even though I watched England Women's World Cup games and had forgotten her name in the last 6 months.
Mind you I had more pressing matters on my mind as did Beds.
Trying to ensure I remembered our goalie's name just in case it came up on CL, wasn't at the top of my list when you're concerned if you'll still be alive in a few years.
19.3m watched the 2022 World Cup final in the UK but I wouldn’t expect my mum to tell me who Argentina’s left back was.
Beds doesn’t watch women’s football, why’s that so hard for people to understand or accept 🤣
I don’t even think snooker or darts are sports but if one of those types won SPOTY I wouldn’t bother myself by commenting on a forum that I’d never heard of them because it’s a little bit demeaning to those who do like those types of things.
Add to that fact that it’s ’a women’ thing & it’s mainly men who have never heard of her (& neither has my Missus, so I must be right) it makes it even worse.
I’m just delighted that girls can now watch/play football & have their own football heroes to look up to.
I was forbidden to play until I left school & got stick for even watching men’s football. My hero was Sammy Lee 🙄
So just accept it’s a thing now, she won it, it ain’t going to change.
And thank feck for that 🍻
On the flip side, if people didn’t get so defensive and irate when someone states they’ve never heard of the favourite for the award, on the subjected thread, that be great as well 🍻