The First Half

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I was probably allowing myself to believe some of the things people were saying and perhaps I allowed myself to expect more than I should from situations. Her debut TV appearance was when she was chosen as the Leeds Rose for the 1991 Rose of Tralee competition. Logan was one of a small number of female sports presenters to have made the transition to terrestrial television. Anyone who has watched Logan host live sport with its unpredictabilites will know she’s good under pressure and as a former athlete, in good physical shape, so a reality TV show like BBC’s Freeze the Fear with ‘The Iceman’ Wim Hof would seem a good fit, but she could never have predicted how it would put her in touch with her more vulnerable side. Whether it's presenting the Olympics, dancing on Strictly or chatting to guests on her hugely popular podcast, Gabby Logan has been a much-loved broadcaster and a fixture in our lives for over 25 years.

On what she infers about others, rather than being specific, let’s just throw a load of mud - mixed with fanciful stories - and see what sticks. Some days I think it just makes him feel quite sad and he thinks about his friends as well, with Doddie, and Tom Smith - that was a big thing for him this summer.

But if I'd done that in my 40s rather than my early 20s, I probably wouldn't be married and living a settled life now. I wasn’t scared of the cold things because I thought I’ll just get warm after, but I was scared of heights. Whether it's the heart-breaking early death of her brother, her father's alcoholism, navigating sexism at work or the time she almost became the Rose of Tralee by accident, The First Half is an entertaining, absorbing, inspirational memoir which will make you laugh and cry. And also I was thinking about my kids and wanting to try and convey to them the sense of you will make mistakes and disappointing things will happen and you will come back.

Jacket Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps. Not that I’m going to go around getting myself into a deep transcendental state giving people messages from the other side, but I feel like we could all be a bit more connected.

After university, Logan began presenting on Metro Radio in Newcastle, and on Tyne Tees Television on their Tonight programme, from where she was offered a job as a presenter on Sky Sports in 1996. Richard Keys has referred an extract from Gabby Logan's memoir to his lawyers "with a view to proceeding with libel action" over what he describes as "wildly inaccurate allegations". And part of the reason I was awarded an MBE was for services to women’s sport and that absolutely thrilled me.

It’s quite a raw, exposing environment and it had been a long time since I had found myself so close to my emotions. Then you remember how bereft [you were] and how it would literally immobilise you on your bed for a day," she added to Radio Times Magazine.It took me a long time to work that out and it was very freeing when I decided I couldn’t do anything any more. After an itinerant early childhood following her father's soccer career around the globe, the family settled back in the UK. Many years before meeting her spouse, Gabby was in a relationship with a married Olympian ten years her senior. Because I helped Logan get started, I felt a responsibility to her so I tried to get Wakeling to renew her deal - a bit like I did when he decided to let Jamie Redknapp go.