England goalkeeper Mary Earps favourite to win Sports Personality of the Year 2023

Lionesses' goalkeeper Mary Earps is favourite to win BBC SPOTY tonight! Lionesses' goalkeeper Mary Earps is favourite to win BBC SPOTY tonight!
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Mary Earps from West Bridgford is the red-hot favourite to win the prestigious award

England goalkeeper Mary Earps is favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023 (SPOTY) tonight (December 19).

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The Lionesses star from West Bridgford in Nottingham is currently trending on social media, with fans cooing over the goalie.

England footballer Beth Mead picked up the prize for SPOTY last year and now Mary is an overwhelming favourite to win the public vote, which will be announced during the live show tonight.

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According to Odds Checker Mary has a 1/7 chance of winning SPOTY. Followed by English cricket player Stuart Broad at 13/1. (At the time of publishing).

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Both Mary Earps and Stuart Broad have links to Nottingham. Mary started her football career in Nottingham Forest's youth academy before making the switch to Leicester City in 2010.

Stuart began his professional career at Leicestershire; in 2008 he transferred to Nottinghamshire, the county of his birth and the team for which his father played. In August 2006 he was voted the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year.

Other sporting stars in the running include heptathlete Katarina Johnson Thompson and jockey Frankie Dettori, who recently did a stint in the I'm A Celeb jungle.

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Last week football star Mary was overjoyed as Nottingham Express Transit (NET) named a tram in her honour.

The Athletic has cited her as a "goalkeeper, brand, and icon" ahead of tonight's award ceremony. The sports journalism site also went on to describe her as "the Lionesses' moral compass and the best goalkeeper in the world".

Whichever way it goes tonight we're wishing both our sporting stars heaps of good luck! They are doing us and the county proud.

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