The votes have been counted and King of Jockeys Noel Callow, and obscure Spanish football team SD Eibar are our November 2018 Hero of the Month.
Nothing like a good combination of charismatic long odds jockey and a football team that very few outside of the true sports nerd would know. Just the way we like it.
Of course these winners will go into the 2018 Hero of the Year, as we do the ultimate vote on the year’s biggest winners.
For now find out the who and why of November 2018 Hero of the Month.
November 2018 Hero of the Month Winners
SD Eibar
Why such a hero?
SD Eibar are a quintessential sporting team for The Gurgler. Small, obscure, and punch well and truly above their weight.
They have been in the top flight of Spanish football since 2014, and were lucky to survive their first season, as they finished in third last and were technically relegated. However financial problems for another club saw a reprieve, and they have hung around ever since.
The location of Eibar has only 27,000 people, the ground is the smallest in La Liga, from one view you can see just a hill with a few trees on it.
Their match against Real Madrid showed how much above their weight they can punch. They beat no less than the Champions League winner for the first time ever. And really pulled their pants down.
Hero Factor – 9/10
Noel Callow
Why such a hero?
Our favourite jockey of all time.
He doesn’t get many great rides, but is capable of riding a value winner for his fans and many punters.
Noel Callow is also a bit of a character, and we have even met the great man after his winning ride in the last on Melbourne Cup Day of 2006, when he signed our Best Bets book. Man of the people.
Known as The King, and we salute.
Hero Factor – 9/10
How the Voting Went
Other November 2018 Hero of the Month Nominations
FOX CRICKET
Why such a hero?
For the first time in a long time, the summer of cricket has rolled around and we haven’t hated it with five minutes.
Sure you have to pay for it, but any true sports nerd wouldn’t have it any other way.
You could get it for free, and enjoy Michael Slater later in the summer, but you could also do a lot of other things.
Not that Fox Cricket has been that much better than Channel Nein, nor has most of the cricket been great, but importantly they are not Channel Nine and that’s all that matters.
Hero Factor – Anything other than 9/10
Magnus Carlsen, and Fabiano Caruana
Why such a hero?
Didn’t know the Chess World Championships were on? And that reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana are locked in a tense record-breaking affair which has seen the first 10 matches of the 12 match series drawn.
Never before has this Championship been so close. And for making it all, let alone playing Chess for several hours at a time, we offer up a November 2018 Hero of the Month nomination.
The above was true at the original nomination time, the Chess World Championships were eventually won by Magnus Carlsen after 12 straight draws, and decided by rapid chess.
Hero Factor – 5/10
2018 Hero of the Month Honour Roll
Here are the monthly winners of the Hero of the Month so far.
February 2018 Hero – Adebayo Akinfenwa aka The Beast
March 2018 Hero – Peter Dasent aka Play School Piano Guy
April 2018 Hero – Billy Monger & Dean Repacholi
May 2018 Hero – Netta and Bishop Michael Curry
June 2018 Hero – Marco Trungelliti
July 2018 Hero – Lee Lin Chin
August 2018 Hero – no nominations – no winner
September 2018 – John Millman and Stubby Coolers
October 2018 – Ian Kiernan and Gibraltar Football
