Gabby Logan has spent much of her career trying to remain calm and neutral while football supporters around her completely lose their heads.
However, behind the professional presenter is a football fan with a club of her own. So, what football team does Gabby Logan support?
Gabby Logan supports Newcastle United.
Yes, the Leeds-born daughter of former Leeds United player Terry Yorath is a Newcastle fan. Football loyalties do not always follow the route you might expect.
Is Gabby Logan a Newcastle United Fan?
Gabby Logan has spoken openly about her support for Newcastle United and her fondness for St James’ Park.
Newcastle United also described her as a fan of the club when she became a patron of the Newcastle United Foundation in December 2018. Logan said at the time that the work of the Foundation made her happy to be a Toon fan.
She has also appeared in an Absolute Radio feature about the music connected to her life as a Newcastle supporter. The programme focused on her memories of the club and what makes St James’ Park special to her.
This is not, therefore, a case of someone being photographed once in a club scarf and immediately being added to a list of celebrity supporters.
Her Newcastle connection goes back decades.
Why Does Gabby Logan Support Newcastle?
Logan studied law at Durham University during the early 1990s. She also began working in local radio in Newcastle while she was a student, giving her strong links to the North East long before she became one of Britain’s best-known sports presenters.
Her support for Newcastle reportedly began during this period. A boyfriend at the time was a Newcastle supporter and introduced her to matches at St James’ Park.
Most university relationships leave behind a few old photographs and some questionable music choices. This one appears to have left Logan with a lifelong football club.
Her first Newcastle match is reported to have been a 1-0 Premier League win over Everton on 25 August 1993. It was a good time to start following the club, with Kevin Keegan building one of the most exciting sides in English football.
Newcastle finished third in the Premier League that season and were soon known as the Entertainers. Supporting them during the 1990s meant watching brilliant attacking football, dramatic title races and the occasional defensive performance best viewed from behind the sofa.
Why Doesn’t Gabby Logan Support Leeds United?
It would have been easy to assume Logan was a Leeds United supporter.
She was born in Leeds and spent part of her childhood there. Her father, Terry Yorath, was playing for Leeds United when she was born and had a successful spell at Elland Road. Logan also attended school and sixth form in the city.
On paper, Leeds looked like the clear favourite.
However, choosing a football club is rarely a sensible process. Family ties, where you grew up, your first match and the person who takes you to a game can all play a part.
Logan clearly has a close bond with Leeds as a city and with her father’s football career, but her own club is Newcastle United.
Leeds fans may feel they have been robbed on a technicality.
Was Gabby Logan at Newcastle’s 5-0 Win Over Manchester United?
One of Logan’s best memories as a Newcastle supporter must surely be the famous 5-0 victory over Manchester United in October 1996.
She is reported to have been at St James’ Park for the match, which has gone down as one of Newcastle’s finest Premier League displays.
Darren Peacock, David Ginola, Les Ferdinand, Alan Shearer and Philippe Albert scored as Newcastle swept aside Alex Ferguson’s champions.
Albert’s chipped fifth goal remains one of the best ways any footballer has ever added an exclamation mark to a scoreline.
Plenty of Newcastle supporters have had to sit through difficult afternoons since then. Having the 5-0 win in your personal match-going record is a useful reward for the tougher years.
Gabby Logan’s Life in Football
Football was part of Logan’s life long before she began presenting it on television.
As the daughter of a professional footballer and manager, she grew up around the sport. She later started her broadcasting career in Newcastle before working for Sky Sports, ITV and the BBC.
Her presenting work has included domestic football, the Champions League, major international tournaments and Match of the Day. She has also covered rugby, athletics and the Olympic Games.
That wide range means viewers may not always connect her closely with one football club. Unlike some former players working as pundits, she does not spend every broadcast reminding everyone who she once played for.
However, when Newcastle appear on the screen, there is a little more at stake behind the calm presenter’s expression.
So, Which Football Team Does Gabby Logan Support?
Gabby Logan supports Newcastle United.
Her support began during her university years in the North East and grew through visits to St James’ Park during the exciting Kevin Keegan period.
Despite being born in Leeds and being the daughter of a famous Leeds United player, Logan chose black and white rather than white, blue and yellow.
It may not have been the expected choice, but that is football. You do not always choose the club that makes the most sense.
Sometimes the club chooses you, although in this case a Newcastle-supporting university boyfriend seems to have helped.
