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Gabby Logan will lead Amazon Prime's coverage of Arsenal's Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid tonight as Mikel Arteta's side look to keep up their unbeaten start to the competition. The Welsh presenter will be joined at the Emirates Stadium by Gael Clichy, Theo Walcott and Clarence Seedorf, in the latest gig of her busy season so far. Having replaced Gary Lineker on Match of the Day alongside Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman , Logan has rarely been off our screens of late, also fronting the Women's Rugby World Cup and UEFA Women's Euros for the BBC . One of the most recognisable, popular and well-respected sports broadcasters in the business , the 52-year-old's career is continuing to go from strength to strength - but that is not to say that her journey to the top has been without its difficulties. Logan has spoken openly about the misogyny she faced at the start of her career, having landed her first job with Sky Sports at the age of 23. In her memoir, The First Half , she said she finds it hard to say she was subjected to discrimination, but admitted she was often "the butt of comments and scenarios" that her male colleagues may not have had to endure. In particular, she recalled one vile remark made by a "well-known" presenter towards her during her time at the broadcaster, one which she ignored but left her "dying inside". "Sky Sports was a tough school , but I find it hard to say I was subjected to discrimination," she said. "I was there because they wanted more women on screen, for a start, so there was an air of positivity to that. "I was occasionally the butt of comments and scenarios that my male peers might not have had to endure. As I wandered through the office one afternoon, one well-known male presenter shouted: ‘Oi, Yorath! [her maiden name]. How many Premier League footballers have you notched up on your bedpost?’ "At 23 years old, I lacked the verbal elasticity to knock him out with a witty retort," Logan added. "His gang of cronies giggled. I smiled and carried on walking. Inside, I was dying." However, it sadly wasn't the only offensive comment made towards the Six Nations host during the early years of her career, as she also revealed: "An older rugby league presenter stopped me in the corridor one day and said: ‘Your a*** is amazing right now, but sadly for you, it’s one of those a**** that will be by your knees when you hit 30.’ "‘Well you might find out – if you’re even still around when I’m 30.’ That was the best I could do." Despite her unpleasant experiences, Logan explained in the book that sports broadcasting was not an "island of filth" and she would have expected the same remarks to be made towards her wherever she was working, such was society's attitudes at the time. "To be clear, sports TV wasn’t an island of filth while the rest of the world and society circled around being virtuous," she said. "In the mid to late 90s, I reckon I would have seen and heard the same kind of idiotically sexist stuff if I were working in a top law firm or as a trader in an investment bank. "It was just a very male ego-driven environment. I am sure there were quite a few men there who also found the alpha atmosphere a bit too much. It was male-dominated behind the camera, too. The camera operators, sound technicians, statisticians, directors and producers were 90 per cent male. "It’s like turning round a tanker, isn’t it?," she added as she spoke about changing attitudes within her profession. "The first movement is very slow and it feels like nothing is changing, but you have to keep going, and then eventually the whole boat comes along, gaining momentum. "My attitude was, being there and doing the job, being visible and trying to be good at it, was as powerful as anything else I could do to speed up the change."
