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[Other Sport] Greatest English/British sporting moments ever





dangull

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Feb 24, 2013
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The last time England won in Australia? We normally get thrashed when we visit there.
 


Perfidious Albion

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Oct 25, 2011
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At the end of my tether
England's World Cup victory in 1966..... nothing compares or comes close.
Bobby Moore....:bowdown:

Nb I think that Torville and should be in the list. It was in the Olympics which makes it officially a sport . There scores were absolutely perfect too
 




Eeyore

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Apr 5, 2014
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Mo Farah. 5000m and 10000m gold medal runs on home ground.
 




Eeyore

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The last time England won in Australia? We normally get thrashed when we visit there.

2010/11 All three victories by an innings.
 
















Sussex Nomad

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Aug 26, 2010
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EP
Bob Willis saying it was a greater innings than Botham's 1981 149* ... I'll take his judgement.
 




Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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West west west Sussex
My favourite outlier in such conversations is:-

Men 4 x400 Relay win - Tokyo World Championships 1991.



 




Eeyore

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Half Time Pies

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Sep 7, 2003
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Lennox Lewis effectively beating Holyfield twice in 1999 to win the undisputed heavyweight championship, or his 2002 demolition of Mike Tyson which cemented his place as the best fighter of that era and one of the all time greats.
 






GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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Gloucester
Fully agree that it was one of the greatest English / British sporting moments ever. Just a shame it wasn't available on terrestial TV. I heard the final few overs on the radio as I happened to be in the car on my own and it was gripping stuff. My sports-mad kids, however, don't even know it happened and most likely never will, or will only have a passing interest measured in nano-seconds.

Non-terrestial TV coverage will strangle cricket in this country all the while heroics like today are not freely available for all to watch and marvel in. Shame.
You're lucky to have it in the car - on most car radios it isn't available!
 



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