Match of the Day host Gabby Logan is set to take on a new role later this month and the presenter has claimed that it is a career-long ambition
Gabby Logan has fulfilled a career-long dream by securing a fresh TV opportunity. The 52-year-old broadcaster has been working with the BBC since 2007.
Logan, daughter of iconic Welsh international footballer and manager Terry Yorath, was among three hosts selected to succeed departing Gary Lineker on Match of the Day this year. She divides presenting responsibilities with Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates.
The mum-of-two is wed to former Scotland rugby legend Kenny Logan and later this month she’ll be helming another programme she has long admired.
Ex-gymnast Logan is poised to present the BBC staple Have I Got News For You for the first time. This comedy quiz panel programme has been on air since 1990 and features participants responding to questions about the week’s most significant news events.
The Match of the Day host has previously appeared as a contestant on the programme but she will be commanding an episode broadcasting on November 21. She remarked: “I am thrilled to be hosting HIGNFY as it’s literally been a 20-year career goal.
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“I have watched and admired a stream of brilliant guest presenters add something unique and personal to the role. I was once a guest on Ian’s team but I am looking forward to trying to keep him and Paul in line this time.
“The biggest challenge will be remembering I’m there to do a job and not just sitting back and admiring their quick-fire wit and political observations.”
Logan has already reached a career milestone this year by presenting Match of the Day for the first time. After she fronted her debut programme in August she turned to social media with a candid confession.
“So last week I have to admit I was a little bit too nervous to take any pictures of my first MoTD of the season,” the presenter wrote on Instagram in the summer.
Logan had been sharing the screen with former Premier League stars Troy Deeney and Rob Green. She added: “I didn’t realise I was nervous until I literally felt my heart beating out of my shirt before my opening link.
“Week 2 and the nerves settled into a regular pre show (optimal) level. Heart rate normal. It’s a programme I grew up with so it’s always going to feel a bit surreal when that music plays.”
She credits her legendary father, who earned 59 caps for Wales, for her childhood connection with the programme. Logan stated: “When my dad was playing, it was the only way you could watch football on TV because there were very few live matches.
“That music would play every Saturday night because he would come home from work – playing in a match – and watch his match on Match of the Day. As a very little girl, hearing that music meant I was staying up late on a Saturday night.”
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