Gabby Logan has candidly shared that she once believed her television career had met its end after experiencing a setback when a former boss at ITV "sidelined" her. Presently, Logan is a prominent figure at the BBC and was recently announced as one of the trio set to take over from Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. Additionally, she's recognised as the face of the broadcaster's Six Nations coverage and, with almost three decades in the field, Logan stands as an esteemed icon in sports journalism. Her journey to success, however, has not been straightforward. The 51 year old, married to Scots rugby legend Kenny Logan , revealed that there was a point where she questioned her future in broadcasting and even pondered switching professions following a decision by her then-ITV boss to "demote" her during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Set to present England’s group stage clashes against Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago in Germany, Logan found herself unexpectedly supplanted by Steve Rider following a shake-up. Relegated to covering less prominent matches, she felt her confidence shatter, especially after being removed from coverage entirely and brusquely instructed not to return midway through the tournament, reports Wales Online . During her appearance on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast, Logan reflected: "I think I had a rough ride in my early thirties in my career, and I can't believe that's nearly 20 years ago. At the time, I thought it was going to be the end of my career." Reflecting on her career transition, Logan recounted: "When I was leaving ITV and given another chance by the BBC... because even in my early 30s, I felt I'd already had this really long career and I'd done loads of great stuff. I'd been at Sky to start off with and went to ITV and did loads of brilliant things. "But I kind of felt I was maybe going to have to shift and do something completely different, because I had a boss that wasn't really into me and wanted to slightly demote me. He took me off a World Cup in 2006." She detailed her challenging experience: "My kids were a year old and I was flying off to Germany, leaving my babies behind, going to the World Cup. [But] in the middle of the World Cup, he kind of sidelined me, and I came home with my tail between my legs." Recalling a particularly painful moment, Logan said: "I was due to do so many knockout games and he said, 'oh, just don't come back' basically. Go home and don't come back because I was due to go home for a few days. In between the end of the group stages and the knockout stages, there's always a couple of days off and I was going to go home because it was only Germany and the kids were a year old." The ordeal made her contemplate a drastic career move: "I remember being at home - we were doing up a house at the time, so we were renting a house in Barnes. It was a lovely day, it was gorgeous and the river was looking beautiful and the sky was blue." Reflecting on a pivotal moment in her career, the presenter recalled: "I just remember walking around the garden thinking 'Oh gosh, I love doing up houses, I'm just going to shift and go into property because that's what my mum does'. I was maybe 33 at the time and I thought maybe my law degree wasn't out of date and I could upgrade and go to bar school. I was really contemplating what to do next." Despite the initial disappointment, Logan acknowledged that leaving ITV turned out to be fortuitous as she joined the BBC later that year, which marked the beginning of a prosperous phase in her career. She described the transition as: "I was given an opportunity to go to the BBC, where I really felt I had to start again in quite a lot of ways," likening it to: "It was like I was going to a new school, in terms of proving yourself to the teachers and the other kids." Logan also reflected on the gender biases she faced, noting: "When I look back now, how much more misogynistic the angles were to these articles and how always whatever I was wearing or looked like was talked about with regard to my performance. It was never the same for a male colleague, they wouldn't talk about his suit." She concluded with a sense of resilience and gratitude: "There was a lot of that to deal with, and I think it definitely fortified me. Once I got that second chance, as I saw it at the time - somewhere that I'd always hoped I might work because of the BBC having the long history with doing the Olympics and various other things that I really wanted to work on - I felt really grateful, and also that I was going to not let this opportunity go."