Match of the Day host Gabby Logan once planned to move her family to France – and their reaction to the news shocked her
Gabby Logan has admitted that her family were completely shocked when she suggested spending a year living in France. The Match of the Day host is based in Buckinghamshire with her husband, former Scotland rugby player Kenny Logan, along with their two children, Reuben and Lois.
They settled there in 2013 after deciding to leave the hectic lifestyle of south-west London. However, after growing up with regular relocations, Gabby eventually began longing for a fresh environment once again. The rest of the household, however, was far less enthusiastic.
“I remember coming down for breakfast once when the kids were about 10 and I said, ‘Guys, I’ve had this really crazy idea but I think it could be really good. Let’s go live in France for a year,'” Gabby, 53, explained on the Second Act with Ateh Jewel podcast.
“[I told them] ‘the kids can learn French and I’ll commute to work.’ And honestly, you’d have thought that I had suggested we all join a commune in Ukraine or something.
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“Nope, they nearly started crying. Ken said, ‘People can’t understand me [in England] anyway,’ because he’s Scottish.”
Gabby later described how she and Kenny approach change and routine in very different ways because of their contrasting childhood experiences. “Kenny has a very different background to mine,” she said.
“He lived in the same family house until he was 24 when he first came to London to play for Wasps Rugby Club and that was his family farm house, he grew up as a farmer. So very, very different.
“We talked about my early adventures [of moving around], Kenny was very static – there was just this one place that he lived in. We were kind of opposites… So, the idea of change for Kenny is slightly different to mine.”
Gabby and Kenny tied the knot in 2001 and four years afterward they welcomed twins following IVF treatment.
A well-known figure on British television since the late 1990s, Gabby has appeared on Sky Sports, ITV and Channel 5, although she is most strongly associated with her long-running BBC career.
After joining the BBC in 2007, she went on to present coverage of the World Cup, FA Cup, Six Nations, Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. She additionally hosted football highlights programme Final Score between 2009 and 2013.
In 2025, she was announced as one of the fresh faces fronting Match of the Day alongside Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates. Logan had earlier filled in for former presenter Gary Lineker several times and had also hosted Match of the Day 2.
Kenny Logan, meanwhile, started his professional rugby journey with Glasgow Warriors in 1996 before moving to London Wasps the following year. While playing there, the winger made over 100 appearances and played a key role in Wasps winning the 2002/03 Premiership title.
He later returned to Glasgow Warriors in 2004 before ending his club career with London Scottish in 2005. Now aged 54, Logan also collected 70 caps for Scotland and represented the national side in both the Five Nations – now called the Six Nations – and the Rugby World Cup.
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