The Best Sporting Moments You Have Witnessed

(24-03-2011 20:55 )malicious fan Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 20:53 )The Narcissist Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 20:08 )malicious fan Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 19:51 )The Narcissist Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 19:25 )malicious fan Wrote:  im a big athletics fan and jonathan edwards did 2 consecutive jumps over 18 metres in the world champs in 1995. very rarely do people get over 18 metres nowadays, so i can see his world record not getting beat for decades, hes already held it for 16 years now. also that year he jumped 18 metres 43 cm but it was over the legal limit so it didnt stand as a world record. theres not been alot of british sporting greats but he was deffo one.

Jonothan Edwards, what a Legend he is. One of the few british sportsman who excelled in the olympics of recent times. Great post, malicous fan

thank you son

(Sigh) And just when i thought we were past all that from yesterday. Oh well in keeping with the spirit of it, where is my child support money dad?

bookies!

Well then i am entitled to 99.9% of all winnings

I was there in 1994 when Frank Bruno beat Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium and they played land of hope and glory I was fucking proud to be English that night!

england v australia 2003 world cup in australia, 20 secs left johnny wilkinson, get in there!

(24-03-2011 21:07 )Charlemagne Wrote:  The best sporting moments are any time that a British team beat a German team at sport.... as a follow on to Winning the World Cup in 1966.

I remember when Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in 1999 to win the UEFA Champions Cup. And they were losing 1-0 going into injury time. They scored twice in two mins.

Then in the World Cup quailify match v Germany in Munich in 2001.
England went 1-0 before thrashing Germany 1-5. And Michael Owen scored a hat-trick.

But the best moment was when Great Britain played West Germany in the 1988 Olympic final at Men's Hockey (I'm not normally a hockey fan)
We had a top shooter in Sean Kerly and went on to win 3-1.
"Where, oh where were the Germans? And frankly, who cares?" screamed commentator Barry Davies as Imran Sherwani scored Great Britain's third goal to seal gold.

I've already forgotten about the last World Cup

there you go charlie.

i remember this as well, and it stood im sure of it. a bit controversial. pires and henry tried doing something similar and cocked it up

(24-03-2011 20:59 )The Narcissist Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 20:02 )bigguy01 Wrote:  harmisons bouncer to ponting at lords in 2005 ashes series, setting the tone for the rest of the series

gary pratt running out ponting in the same series

flintoff running ponting at lords 2009

flintoff's greatest over ever 2005

That Ashes test series was the best test series I have ever seen. I saw all those games live on channel 4. The drama was there in every single day of the 5 tests. The whole nation got into it, no wonder they called it Ashes fever. Great choice, really, very good, for one of the best sporting moments ever witnessed.

same here, i was having lunch when england won the edgbaston test on the sunday then played crikcet that afternoon even though my side lost it was a great. my side and the oppo were talking and drinking about the test. the scenes outside the old trafford test on the last day where 20000 people were turned away yet stayed. about 8m people watched the last day of the oval test highest viewing figures for c4 that year beating the big brother (shite programme ever) final.

(24-03-2011 20:59 )The Narcissist Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 20:02 )bigguy01 Wrote:  harmisons bouncer to ponting at lords in 2005 ashes series, setting the tone for the rest of the series

gary pratt running out ponting in the same series

flintoff running ponting at lords 2009

flintoff's greatest over ever 2005

That Ashes test series was the best test series I have ever seen. I saw all those games live on channel 4. The drama was there in every single day of the 5 tests. The whole nation got into it, no wonder they called it Ashes fever. Great choice, really, very good, for one of the best sporting moments ever witnessed.

What about Harmy's slow ball against Clarke - last ball of the day -Fantastic !

(24-03-2011 21:05 )The Narcissist Wrote:  

(24-03-2011 20:07 )lindor Wrote:  Great thread idea Narcissist!

Simple one for me really, even though as a sports fan in general there are loads of other truly great goosepimples moments I could recall! But I actually was at the 1999 Champions League Final, row 17 right behind the goal where all the drama took place. Sadly, it was just all-too surreal to comprehend at the time, such was the speed at which circumstances, and with it emotions, changed. I prefer not to look back but to move on so I seldom watch this, but whenever I do it does bring it all back

Thanks Lindor, the idea to make this thread just came to me suddenly lol. Anyway this one is for all you man united supporters out there, even though i am an arsenal fan, i have to say this was one hell of a sporting moment

Thanks for that Narcissist I was thinking of that one myself; I would have returned the compliment with every United fan's all-time favourite Arsenal goal, but Terence beat me to it in post#2

Here's another fantastic sporting moment, but for a change it's not a human being but a horse, namely Desert Orchid, who famously won the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup. This won't mean much to those of you who don't care for horseracing but this famous grey - the most popular non-human British sporting star ever, I'd guess, had everything against him that day - weather, going, track - but still showed the sort of bravery matched only by Bigguy's brilliant Derek Redmond clip earlier on this superb thread.

I can unashamedly admit that still cry everytime I see this clip, and am actually in tears as I type this

Yes I was there at this great sporting moment.
Carrow Road in the River End with my head in my hands, wishing that I had also been on the Sherry Trifle!!

Pure quality:



Lewis Hamilton winning the World Championships on the last lap, and the confusion that followed with both Hamilton and Massa thinking they had won:



Good thread idea