I remember watching that on BBC on a midweek evening in 1992.
All poignant and happy memories, I seem to recall where I was each time.
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[Other Sport] Greatest English/British sporting moments ever
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I remember watching that on BBC on a midweek evening in 1992.
All poignant and happy memories, I seem to recall where I was each time.
And Platt's goal - one of the top non-Brighton football moments (along with Gazza's goal against Scotland).
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Maybe it was because of the age I was (15) but there seemed to be something magical about the Barcelona Olympics.....Sally Gunnell, Lindford Christie, Steve Redgrave and Chris Boardman with his futuristic bike designed by Lotus!
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And what about in 1980 when a British man won the European Championship in his chosen sport at odds of over 1,000 to 1. Can you name the man, and the sport that had to make a fundamental rule change such was the shock of his win?
Boxing:
Barry McGuigan beating the legend Predroza at Loftus Road in 1986.
Jim Watt beating Pitalua for the world crown at The Kelvin Hall, Glasgow in 1979.
Lloyd Honeyghan stopping the brilliant Don Curry in Atlantic City in 1986.
Alan Minter defeating Antuofermo twice for the WBC and WBA crowns.
Carl Froch’s destruction of favourite Bute, and then mouthy Groves in their rematch.
Covered on BBC or ITV for all to see. I loved watching boxing.
Barry McGuigan beating the legend Predroza at Loftus Road in 1986.
Jim Watt beating Pitalua for the world crown at The Kelvin Hall, Glasgow in 1979.
Lloyd Honeyghan stopping the brilliant Don Curry in Atlantic City in 1986.
Alan Minter defeating Antuofermo twice for the WBC and WBA crowns.
Carl Froch’s destruction of favourite Bute, and then mouthy Groves in their rematch.
Covered on BBC or ITV for all to see. I loved watching boxing.
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Some great boxing nights there although most of them before I started getting in to boxing!
I would add to that from the ones I watched:
Nigel Benn stopping the highly rated Gerald Mcclellan for the WBC title in 1995
Ricky Hatton beating one of the best pound for pound fighters at the time Kostya Tszyu in 2005
Joe Calzaghe comprehensively dismantling the IBF champion and hot American prospect Jeff Lacy in 2006
Tyson Fury beating lineal heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in Germany in 2015
And one from the past:
Randolph Turpin against all odds winning 9 clear rounds and beating all time great Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951.
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was too young for a lot of the greats but for me:
-all of the 2005 ashes. Such an incredible series with two elite teams going head to head, incredible atmosphere in the stands and it was on free to air TV
-Rugby World Cup final in 2003. I'm not even that into Rugby but it was very entertaining
-Cricket World Cup Final 2019. Such a dramatic match full of ups and downs
-So many 2012 and 2016 Olympics moments, both very successful for team GB but I guess it's the sports that we don't historically do well in- Mo Farah, Adam Peatty, Rebecca Adlington etc
I wouldn't put the 5-1 against Germany in there. Yes it was a great performance but it wasn't a comparatively great German side and it WAS just a qualifier. Had that game been in a tournament then maybe
-all of the 2005 ashes. Such an incredible series with two elite teams going head to head, incredible atmosphere in the stands and it was on free to air TV
-Rugby World Cup final in 2003. I'm not even that into Rugby but it was very entertaining
-Cricket World Cup Final 2019. Such a dramatic match full of ups and downs
-So many 2012 and 2016 Olympics moments, both very successful for team GB but I guess it's the sports that we don't historically do well in- Mo Farah, Adam Peatty, Rebecca Adlington etc
I wouldn't put the 5-1 against Germany in there. Yes it was a great performance but it wasn't a comparatively great German side and it WAS just a qualifier. Had that game been in a tournament then maybe
Having watched Stokes for the 4th time I'm currently using this thread to YouTube Jnr through our past glories.
Done the Rugby, and my 4x400m Relay favourite.
Currently doing Botham's Ashes, the commentary for Botham could easily be superimposed onto Stokes.
Might go for boxing next.
Done the Rugby, and my 4x400m Relay favourite.
Currently doing Botham's Ashes, the commentary for Botham could easily be superimposed onto Stokes.
Might go for boxing next.
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The only man ever to be world champion on 2 wheels AND 4 wheels - long time ago now and may never be repeated - John Surtees
Last English motorcycle grand prix world champion - Barry Sheene [WSB don't count]
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Trying to be objective, trying not to favour sports I like, trying to think of the impact on the nation and trying to keep it to moments, i'd rank them .....
1) Geoff Hurst completing his hatrick in the 66 final
2) Jonny Wilkinson drop goal
3) Ben Stokes winning runs
4) Super Saturday
5) Flintoff gets Kasprowicz in 2005
6) Gazza scores against Scotland
Loads of other brilliant sporting days have been mentioned, but none which profoundly affected the nation.
1) Geoff Hurst completing his hatrick in the 66 final
2) Jonny Wilkinson drop goal
3) Ben Stokes winning runs
4) Super Saturday
5) Flintoff gets Kasprowicz in 2005
6) Gazza scores against Scotland
Loads of other brilliant sporting days have been mentioned, but none which profoundly affected the nation.
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All time greatsSurely not.
Well if he is not an all time great then I would love to know what your criteria is?!
It was Harmison bowling. I think that's a rather dubious one TBH, it was a fantastic moment but it was tempered a bit by the umpire getting it wrong - if they'd had DRS then it would have been reversed.
I'd have said Ponting's run out at Trent Bridge and the way he subsequently lost it was far more iconic. As was KP's century at the Oval - that's when the Ashes were sealed.
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Anyone? Admittedly not a British triumph that many remember but nonetheless an incredible against the odds win. It is a proper sport that's also in the Olympics.
Sunday was exhilarating. But I think I'd go for the Edgbaston Test most of all. If we'd lost this test, we would have lost the Ashes 2019 - but we've held the Ashes for quite a few times since winning them back in 2005, even winning a series in Australia. The context at Edgbaston was different in that we hadn't won a series for ages - I think the Aussies had won 8 in a row. In fact, in most of those series we'd rarely won a test, except for dead rubbers. I think there was one series where we won the first test, but still ended up losing. If we'd lost at Edgbaston, it would have effectively been over for another series (two down with three to play) - which is why it was so very very important to win the match. More important than Sunday.
