FOR Charlie Webster, the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year awards was the moment when she realised what a fantastic year it has been for women in sport: “I was sat behind Rory McIlroy thinking: ‘Please, the women’s team have got to win it. What they have done is exceptional’.”

Familiar from Sky Sports and as a presenter of the London 2012 Olympics, it wasn’t until Webster publicly quit her role as a patron of her beloved Sheffield United that the nation found out the depth of her convictions. She went on Newsnight to explain her decision after United’s high-ups let convicted rapist Ched Evans return to the club to train.

But we don’t talk about that issue — there is more to Webster than her thoughts on Evans.