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1. 1. M.E.N. Sport Editor Peter Spencer on his nominations for BBC Sports Personality

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 December 2011 For Greater Manchester sport, 2011 has been a vintage year. It has cemented our position as the nation’s sporting capital.

2. 2. Peter Spencer looks at the build-up to this year’s controversial BBC Sports Personality awards as MEN Sport writers pick out their favourites

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 December 2011 It’s become the most talked about BBC Sports Personality of the Year event ever ... and for all the wrong reasons. Unless you’ve been on another planet, you will know Thursday’s event – coming to you live for the first time from MediaCity at Salford Quays – has been hit by a torrent of negative headlines as the shortlist from which the public vote for the main award does not include any women.

3. 3. King Cav! Cyclist Mark Cavendish lands BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 December 2011 Sir Bobby Charlton, arguably Britain’s most famous sportsman, was among the first to hail king Cav. Charlton, who was at the sparkling BBC Studios in Salford’s MediaCity to present one of sport’s most prestigious awards to Mark Cavendish, paid tribute to the cyclist after he was named the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

4. 4. Manchester derby: Key battles

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 22 October 2011 MEN Sport's editor Peter Spencer considers where the Manchester derby could be won and lost.

5. 5. Dirty secret? More lilke BBC own goal

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2010 IT was the BBC programme that some say is about to wreck our 2018 World Cup bid. MEN Sport editor Peter Spencer reviews Panorama's documentary, Fifa’s Dirty Secret, broadcast amid much controversy.

6. 6. The private side of Big Mal

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 26 October 2010 Malcolm Allison's son David tells M.E.N. Sport editor Peter Spencer about life with Big Mal away from the headlines.

7. 7. What Fergie might have said...

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 March 2011 M.E.N. Sport editor Peter Spencer speculates on what the tight-lipped Sir Alex Ferguson might have said after the Reds' 3-1 defeat at Liverpool.

8. 8. Comment and video: About time we stopped ref tirades

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 03 April 2011 M.E.N. Sport editor and qualified referee Peter Spencer has his say on the new referee proposals.

9. 9. World Cup: We rate the TV pundits

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 June 2010 ITV1 funnyman James Corden is winning the World Cup battle of the TV pundits, according to M.E.N. Sport's Peter Spencer and James Robson.

10. 10. Damian lights path

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 June 2008 WITH a little help from the biggest names in world sport, author Damian Hughes is following his famous father ensuring the best of opportunities for young boxers at the Collyhurst and Moston Lads' Club.

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