Piers Morgan leads complaints after Earps wins BBC Sport Personality of the Year
Piers Morgan lead the complaints on social media after England star Mary Earps won BBC Sport Personality of the Year on Tuesday night.
The Lionesses goalkeeper had been the overwhelming favourite to scoop the annual gong in Salford, as she followed tennis star Emma Raducanu and England team-mate Beth Mead in receiving the accolade.
The award furthered confirmed the growth of women's football with back-to-back winners, as well as Earps own soaring profile in recent years.
Earps, who was part of England’s victorious Euros squad in 2022, helped the Lionesses reach the final of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in Australia and New Zealand.
Despite Earps' role in England's World Cup run this year, some - including Piers Morgan - insisted that the Lionesses' star should not have claimed the award.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday, Morgan wrote: 'Trying to get my head around two of England’s women footballers winning BBC SPOTY in successive years… while male sporting superstars with great personalities like Rory McIlroy, Frankie Dettori & Ronnie O’Sullivan have never won it'.
Another angry user wrote: 'And World Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan didn’t win because….. Fair play to Mary Earps but there were 10 other players in that team. #SPOTY23'
'Can I ask why Mary Earps has won SPOTY? What’s she done apart from save a pen in a major competition????? BBC snobbery means deserved winners like Ronnie O’ Sullivan never get a look in,' one fan queried.
'#SPOTY being won by Mary Earps is a bit of a joke… they didn’t even qualify for the Olympics,' another user pointed out.
One user wrote: 'Of course Mary Earps won. What a joke. Completely undeserved #BBCSPOTY'.
'#maryearps wins #SPOTY23 for helping England win nothing. Oh
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