EXCLUSIVE: Gabby Logan tells us all on Richard Keys, Andy Gray, sexism and women's football...
Gabby Logan has been at the heart of sports coverage in Britain for nearly two decades, using her vast knowledge of football, rugby and athletics to inform and entertain the public.
The former international gymnast is only the second women in history to present Match of the Day and has broken many glass ceilings in football, a sport which is is typically a man's world.
Logan on sexism in her career:
"Have people said things that could be construed as sexist to me? Yes. Does this happen in other industries? Yes. I don’t think the things that have happened to me are particular to football. There are other industries whether it’s the city or law or medicine or general attitudes in society that still harbour slightly negative attitudes that you wouldn’t tolerate in other industries but in football it seems to be allowed."
Logan on THAT Richard Keys and Andy Gray sexism storm:
"I think people were quite surprised in the wider society, people in football weren’t surprised, and people that worked in television weren’t surprised. What surprised us was how shocked people were outside of these industries and this gave us a jolt I think, as actually these things aren’t acceptable, this shouldn’t just be tolerated. We should be positively and actively seeking to eliminate them from peoples working environment."
The former international gymnast is only the second women in history to present Match of the Day and has broken many glass ceilings in football, a sport which is is typically a man's world.
Logan on sexism in her career:
"Have people said things that could be construed as sexist to me? Yes. Does this happen in other industries? Yes. I don’t think the things that have happened to me are particular to football. There are other industries whether it’s the city or law or medicine or general attitudes in society that still harbour slightly negative attitudes that you wouldn’t tolerate in other industries but in football it seems to be allowed."
Logan on THAT Richard Keys and Andy Gray sexism storm:
"I think people were quite surprised in the wider society, people in football weren’t surprised, and people that worked in television weren’t surprised. What surprised us was how shocked people were outside of these industries and this gave us a jolt I think, as actually these things aren’t acceptable, this shouldn’t just be tolerated. We should be positively and actively seeking to eliminate them from peoples working environment."
Logan on if the Premier League will ever have a female manager:
"No, I don’t think we will. You have to think how that person has to rise through the ranks either through lower league football and come through or implanted into premier league football and that is only going to happen if they play football; at the highest level. I haven’t known of any girls or women coming through, Germany, Brazil and America are arguably the best women football teams in the world, I haven’t known of any women playing for those teams, coming into management and the being fast tracked. I can’t see it happening."
Logan on whether women's football could ever be as big as men's:
"Unlikely because we are so behind the development of men’s football. Women’s football had a very flourishing period during the war because men weren’t playing football and loads of people went to watch women play football and then it got banned. If you ban a sport for 30 years or so its hard for it to flourish and grow. Women’s football has come from the furthest point on the back foot and has accelerated very quickly in the last few years and has grown enormously and now you can watch it on television and it has contacts and there is an element of professionalism. But it will take a long long time to get any parity and I don’t think it will because there are other women’s sports competing in that way as well."
"No, I don’t think we will. You have to think how that person has to rise through the ranks either through lower league football and come through or implanted into premier league football and that is only going to happen if they play football; at the highest level. I haven’t known of any girls or women coming through, Germany, Brazil and America are arguably the best women football teams in the world, I haven’t known of any women playing for those teams, coming into management and the being fast tracked. I can’t see it happening."
Logan on whether women's football could ever be as big as men's:
"Unlikely because we are so behind the development of men’s football. Women’s football had a very flourishing period during the war because men weren’t playing football and loads of people went to watch women play football and then it got banned. If you ban a sport for 30 years or so its hard for it to flourish and grow. Women’s football has come from the furthest point on the back foot and has accelerated very quickly in the last few years and has grown enormously and now you can watch it on television and it has contacts and there is an element of professionalism. But it will take a long long time to get any parity and I don’t think it will because there are other women’s sports competing in that way as well."
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