Women’s football star Mary Earps wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023

Women’s football star Mary Earps won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023.Source: BBC Sports Personality of the Year

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00:00 And the winner of the 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year is...

00:06 ..from Nottingham, Mary Erves.

00:09 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

00:11 Thank you very much. I'm very honoured and humbled.

00:16 For me, I feel like this is, you know,

00:18 the ultimate all-round sporting accolade.

00:20 And I think us as lionesses, and obviously United as well,

00:24 we've had an incredible couple of years.

00:27 But this is just... Yeah, wow.

00:29 It's not been the easiest journey,

00:32 and I definitely wouldn't be where I am today

00:34 without a number of incredible people in my corner.

00:37 So, finally, I just want to say thank you to them.

00:39 I'm so glad that I can bring some of my loved ones with me today.

00:42 I'm not going to look at them directly in the eye,

00:44 cos that will get a bit much.

00:46 And who've been with me through the really, really not-so-great times.

00:52 And, yeah, the last two years have been absolutely unbelievable.

00:57 I've done more than I could ever imagine,

00:59 and for that, I'm truly incredibly grateful.

01:02 So, thank you very much.

01:03 And to Ian Wilcock and Darren Ward, who are my goalkeeper coaches,

01:06 who are here tonight as well.

01:07 So, yeah, again, thank you so much to my team-mates, my coaches.

01:12 Wouldn't be here without you all.

01:13 I don't know what else to say, so I'm going to get off the stage

01:15 before I get the boot from Gary Lineker.

01:16 Whee!

01:17 (audience applauds)