{"id":300526,"date":"2023-12-19T21:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300526"},"modified":"2023-12-19T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:25:16","slug":"mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Mary Earps forced Nike into a U-turn, told the Lionesses&#8217; rivals to f*** off at the World Cup and showed her lighter side as England&#8217;s &#8216;TikTok Queen&#8217;&#8230; the BBC SPOTY prize is now in the safest pair of hands<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mary Earps was announced as the winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Earps profile has soared following her heroics at the Women&#8217;s World Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s LAZY to criticise a team for setting up defensively. It requires intelligence, hard work, discipline and selflessness. Well done Man United &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mary Earps is best known for keeping the ball out of the net, but the England goalkeeper has completed a hat-trick on Tuesday by becoming the third successive female winner of the\u00a0BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>Earps 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\u00a0in receiving the accolade.<\/p>\n<p>The award furthered confirmed the growth of women&#8217;s football with back-to-back winners, as well as Earps own soaring profile in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Earps, who was part of England\u2019s victorious Euros squad in 2022, helped the Lionesses reach the final of the Women\u2019s World Cup for the first time in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old conceded just four goals during the tournament, keeping three clean sheets to ultimately claim the Golden Glove award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79098627-12880697-Mary_Earps_is_the_overwhelming_favourite_to_be_named_BBC_Sports_-a-1_1702988149564.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mary Earps has been named as winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/78856563-12880697-Earps_won_the_Golden_Glove_at_the_Women_s_World_Cup_but_couldn_t-a-4_1702988301825.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps claimed the World Cup Golden Glove after keeping three clean sheets at the tournament\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79098623-12880697-Earps_famous_foul_mouthed_Women_s_World_Cup_moment_came_in_the_s-a-3_1702988225667.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Her foul-mouthed Women&#8217;s World Cup moment became famous with fans after Earps reacted to saving a penalty during the Lionesses\u2019 1-0 final defeat to Spain in Sydney earlier this year<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>She was left powerless to stop Spain&#8217;s winning goal from\u00a0Olga Carmona in the 1-0 final defeat as the Lionesses fell at the final hurdle, but Earps had given England hope with a penalty save from Jennifer Hermoso.<\/p>\n<p>The save was made more memorable for Earps reaction having given a now famous foul-mouthed reaction, after being\u00a0\u00a0caught on camera screaming, \u2018F*** off!\u2019 to her opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A few people even had it tattooed on them,\u2019 Earps told Mail Sport. \u2018It was a really hard one to get my head around because I had no idea at the time that it had gone viral in that way. But when I got back, I realised it had become quite a thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m not sure my family were too impressed. They have not spoken about it much so that tells you what they really think of it. I had to try and convince my gran that it wasn\u2019t what I really said!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But the way I see it, football is an emotional and passionate game and they just caught me in a passionate moment. It was just the wrong time for the camera to zoom in on me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I wear my heart on my sleeve and it just spilled over into that. But I am not advocating for anyone to get it tattooed on them!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Earps passionate response led to its own\u00a0its own merchandise range, with T-shirts and mugs having been produced.<\/p>\n<p>While the latest range of\u00a0merchandise was inadvertent, the England and Manchester United star notably succeeded in forcing Nike into a major U-turn this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125303-12880697-image-a-5_1702988403680.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps&#8217; penalty save kept England in the game against Spain, but the Lionesses ultimately came up agonisingly short<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125373-12880697-image-a-6_1702988436948.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nike were forced into a U-turn and eventually began selling replicas of Earps&#8217; England kit, with the jersey selling out just five minutes after going on sale<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125427-12880697-image-m-10_1702988545079.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125425-12880697-image-a-11_1702988550723.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps celebrated confirmation her shirt would go on sale with her one million TikTok followers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125687-12880697-image-a-18_1702989051001.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>At club level, Earps kept a WSL record 14 clean sheets for Man United in the 2022-23 season<\/p>\n<p>In July, Earps took on the sportswear giant by criticising their \u2018hugely hurtful\u2019 decision not to\u00a0put her goalkeeper shirt on sale for a second tournament running.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been fighting behind closed doors. I\u2019ve been desperately trying to find a solution with the FA and with Nike,&#8217; Earps said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Unfortunately it\u2019s become very evident that is not possible and there\u2019s not going to be an acceptable solution for the young kids out there. On a personal level it\u2019s obviously hugely hurtful, considering the last 12 months especially.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A lesson I\u2019ve learned is that I should have made a public statement sooner maybe. I look back on it and I\u2019ve tried everything. I offered to fund it myself and my team-mates have been really supportive.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Earps decision to take on the public battle with Nike only increased pressure for the goalkeeper to deliver at the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nike eventually caved under public pressure, with a petition having been launched to demand the production of Earps&#8217; shirt. The green long-sleeved Lionesses shirt was ultimately released, only for it to sell out in five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Earps, who has been dubbed Mary Queen of Stops, believes the company have learned a lesson from the saga after claiming their initial decision was an &#8216;injustice&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On this topic, they know that they got this wrong and that&#8217;s why they&#8217;ve done this correction &#8211; a big company like Nike, they wouldn&#8217;t do that if they didn&#8217;t know it wasn&#8217;t right and that there was an injustice there,&#8217; Earps told Sky News.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125711-12880697-image-a-19_1702989171677.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps emerged from the international wilderness in 2020 to become England&#8217;s No1 goalkeeper<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125723-12880697-image-a-20_1702989302478.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England manager Sarina Wiegman recalled Earps in 2020 and installed her as first choice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125745-12880697-image-a-21_1702989371815.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps spoke about her journey when she won the\u00a0Best FIFA Women&#8217;s Goalkeeper Award this year<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They did the right thing and, really, I can&#8217;t thank the public enough for their support and, really, we wouldn&#8217;t be in this position without it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Earps has continued to deliver at club level throughout the year, as she secured the Women&#8217;s Super League for the 2022-23 campaign, keeping a record 14 clean sheets.<\/p>\n<p>She was also between the sticks as England were crowned winners of the\u00a0inaugural Women&#8217;s Finalissima, saving a penalty to help the Sarina Wiegman&#8217;s side win a shootout against Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Earps has secured a host of individual awards throughout the last 12 months following her displays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This included winning the Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper award for 2022 and being named in the WSL Team of the Season, while she also finished fifth in the Ballon d&#8217;Or.\u00a0Earps has already won the BBC Women\u2019s Football of the Year prize and was named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Her status in the game was reflected further when Arsenal made two bids surpassing the world record\u00a0\u00a3100,000 record fee for a women&#8217;s goalkeeper earlier this year, with both rebuffed by Man United.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/77197445-12880697-Charismatic_Mary_Earps_has_become_something_of_an_icon_over_the_-a-22_1702989582419.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps has built a fanbase with her charisma and exploits between the sticks for England<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/78968235-12880697-Mary_Earps_pictured_receiving_an_honorary_degree_from_Loughborou-a-23_1702989686104.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The England star was awarded an honorary degree from Loughborough University this month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/78968231-12880697-Earps_is_the_frontrunner_to_be_crowned_BBC_Sports_Personality_of-a-24_1702989712725.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps has previously spoken of the the importance of a year playing for German side Wolfsburg, which has led to her continuing to wear the No27 shirt at club level<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, with a show every Monday and Thursday this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The bids further highlighted the rise of the Nottingham-born shot-stopper, who first began playing football in the garden with her brother and father.<\/p>\n<p>Her early years in the game included playing for a\u00a0local team called West Bridgford Colts where she first started playing in goal.<\/p>\n<p>Earps then continued playing park football until moving to Leicester City&#8217;s centre of excellence aged 14 when she impressed in trials. She then joined Nottingham Forest aged 16 before soon switching to Doncaster Rovers Belles.<\/p>\n<p>Earps previously told how she used to be given a lift by teammates including one who drove all the way from Southampton and would pick her up on the way.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Earps was just moving onto her A-Levels, and worked in a cinema, a children&#8217;s toy shop, in two coaching roles and with her father&#8217;s business where she did telesales work for him.<\/p>\n<p>She made her debut in the Women&#8217;s Super League with Doncaster aged 17, before leaving school and going to Loughborough where she completed a degree in information management and business studies between 2012 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Earps received full-time goalkeeping coaching for the first time when she joined Reading in 2016, before moving on to join Bundesliga champions\u00a0VfL Wolfsburg in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Mail Sport last year, Earps described her time at Wolfsburg as &#8216;life-changing&#8217; both personally and professionally, which has led to her keeping the No.27 shirt she wore when she moved to Man United in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/78968219-12880697-A_look_at_the_tram_which_has_been_named_after_Mary_Earps_in_her_-a-25_1702989797679.jpg\" height=\"586\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A tram was named after Mary Earps in her hometown of Nottingham after a remarkable year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/78968189-12880697-Earps_is_pictured_with_players_from_her_childhood_football_team_-a-26_1702989846879.jpg\" height=\"594\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps is pictured with players from her childhood football team called\u00a0West Bridgford WFC<\/p>\n<p>Having been England&#8217;s third choice goalkeeper for the 2019 Women&#8217;s World Cup, Earps previously admitted questioning her future in the camp after being dropped by Phil Neville for a squad the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Earps had said she sank to the floor of her kitchen and cried after Neville named a squad with four goalkeepers, with her name absent from the list.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I got to a point where I felt I had sort of reached my limits,&#8217; Earps said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had given football a good go, but wasn&#8217;t quite good enough. I had responsibilities, I had a mortgage and it wasn&#8217;t adding up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After a two-year absence from the squad, Earps was recalled and quickly became a fixture under Wiegman, playing a pivotal role in England&#8217;s Euros success on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Her journey from the international wilderness to a leading role in the England set-up was highlighted in her acceptance speech at the FIFA Best Awards last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is for anyone who has ever been in a dark place,&#8217; Earps said when addressing the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just know that there&#8217;s light at the end of the tunnel. There&#8217;s only one of you, and that&#8217;s more than good enough. Be unapologetically yourself.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Earps has used the last line as a slogan as part of a &#8216;MAE27\u2019 brand of products, including\u00a0T-shirts and hoodies, which launched earlier this year as she dipped into the business world.<\/p>\n<p>While she has been laser focused on her football career, she has shown a lighter side having been dubbed as England&#8217;s &#8216;TikTok Queen&#8217; by her team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting over one million followers and 16.7 million likes, Earps has shared\u00a0fun videos featuring kangaroos, coffee-making and dances with her team-mates, as well as providing insight into her life as a goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>A recent clip also saw Earps punching the air after confirmation Nike were placing her England kit on sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125423-12880697-image-m-15_1702988579844.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125421-12880697-image-a-16_1702988586281.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps, centre, has shown her lighter side but sharing a series of TikTok&#8217;s with her team-mates\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79125661-12880697-image-a-17_1702988953309.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England manager Wiegman has described her first-choice goalkeeper as an &#8216;extrovert&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/12\/79126017-12880697-image-a-27_1702989930008.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earps followed England team-mate Beth Mead, right, in scooping the BBC&#8217;s SPOTY award<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly given the clips, Earps has admitted that she is a &#8216;big character&#8217; in the dressing room at Man United and England, with Wiegman telling the BBC that her first choice goalkeeper is an &#8216;extrovert&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has also credited her communication skills to singing and dancing as a youngster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I did a lot of dancing growing up which I think helped me,&#8217; Earps said. &#8216;When you&#8217;re doing a singing and dancing solo on stage to Pop Goes the Weasel, demanding your defender to go a little bit right or left doesn&#8217;t faze you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That set me apart at a younger age because quite a lot of goalkeepers felt a bit embarrassed to shout or communicate to their team but I was never really like that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A special end to the year has seen Earps receive an\u00a0honorary degree from Loughborough University and have a tram named after her in her home town of Nottingham.<\/p>\n<p>The SPOTY trophy has now found its way into the safest pair of hands with Earps voted as the 70th winner of the award ahead of\u00a0Stuart Broad,\u00a0Katarina Johnson-Thompson,\u00a0Frankie Dettori,\u00a0Alfie Hewett and\u00a0Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12880697\/Mary-Earps-Nike-Lionesses-World-Cup-England-TikTok-BBC-SPOTY.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Earps forced Nike into a U-turn, told the Lionesses&#8217; rivals to f*** off at the World Cup and showed her lighter side as England&#8217;s &#8216;TikTok Queen&#8217;&#8230; the BBC SPOTY prize is now in the safest pair of hands Mary Earps was announced as the winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Earps profile&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mary Earps forced Nike into a U-turn, told the Lionesses&#8217; rivals to f*** off at the World Cup and showed her lighter side as England&#8217;s &#8216;TikTok Queen&#8217;&#8230; the BBC SPOTY prize is now in the safest pair of hands Mary Earps was announced as the winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Earps profile&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-19T21:25:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mary-Earps-rise-from-the-England-wilderness-to-SPOTY-winner.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/\",\"name\":\"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner - Tell My Sport\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-19T21:25:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-19T21:25:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/\",\"name\":\"Tell My Sport\",\"description\":\"tellmysport.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner - Tell My Sport","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner - Tell My Sport","og_description":"Mary Earps forced Nike into a U-turn, told the Lionesses&#8217; rivals to f*** off at the World Cup and showed her lighter side as England&#8217;s &#8216;TikTok Queen&#8217;&#8230; the BBC SPOTY prize is now in the safest pair of hands Mary Earps was announced as the winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Earps profile&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/","og_site_name":"Tell My Sport","article_published_time":"2023-12-19T21:25:16+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mary-Earps-rise-from-the-England-wilderness-to-SPOTY-winner.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/","url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/","name":"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner - Tell My Sport","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-12-19T21:25:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-19T21:25:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mary-earps-rise-from-the-england-wilderness-to-spoty-winner\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mary Earps rise from the England wilderness to SPOTY winner"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/","name":"Tell My Sport","description":"tellmysport.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}