I'm sure we all have a few favourites, but, for me, hard to go past these 2 from Sydney 2000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQQt0eTknxY
Ian Thorpe, swimming 4, had won the 400m freestyle only an hour earlier.
...and this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTCnO5MXvoI
Mark
Now that's bringing back memories! Went to the stadium for events on two occasions, and my daughter was in the opening and closing ceremonies. :thumbsup:
( Lord ) Ian Botham 149
Leeds 1981
And efforts at Old Trafford Manchester and Edgbaston Birmingham including 5 wickets for 1 run
Wilis 8 wickets down the Kirkstall
Michael Vaughan and the team 2005
Stokes 135 Leeds 2019
2016 Rio
Team GB Women's Hockey Final for Gold
(My partner muttered )
Redgrave Pinsent
3rd consecutive Olympics rowing 2000
Sunderland beating Leeds, FA Cup 1973
Which Sunderland was that? What's his first name?
FA Cup - Terrible name for a prestigious competition. :D
Quote from: Bealman on July 10, 2025, 06:38:21 AMSunderland beating Leeds, FA Cup 1973
That never happened :no:
Oh wait a minute I was there!
England winning the world cup in 1966.
Did you get your hands on the commemorative postage stamp overprinted "England Winners".
I didn't :(
Quote from: Nbodger on July 10, 2025, 10:13:23 AMQuote from: Bealman on July 10, 2025, 06:38:21 AMSunderland beating Leeds, FA Cup 1973
That never happened :no:
Oh wait a minute I was there!
So was I :D
Given my moniker on here it has to be:
"Arsenal come streaming forward now in surely what will be their last attack. A good ball by Dixon, finding Smith, for Thomas charging through the midfield! Thomas, it's up for grabs now! Thomas! Right at the end! An unbelievable climax to the league season"
Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2, 26th May 1989
And I missed most of it because my wife had arranged a dinner party! Needless to say I do remind her of that at times..
Dave
https://www.facebook.com/trfcofficial/videos/%EF%B8%8F-on-this-day-in-1991-rovers-defeated-bolton-wanderers-1-0-at-wembley-in-the-thi/495823306207596/
34 years ago now. Blimey.
PW
Being at the IoM TT in 1978 when Mike 'The Bike' Hailwood made a come back after an absence of 11 years and won the Formula 1 TT Race on a Ducati - hugely emotional
I'm not really into athletics but I think mine is Jess Hill winning gold at the 2012 Olympics and the Super Saturday.
She was the face of the Olympics and had the whole country just assuming she would win gold which, being British, usually results in heroic failure.
Going into the final round, the 800m, she just needed to jog round to win gold but blew the field away in the home straight. 3 golds in 45 minutes in the Olympic stadium, great viewing.
This is a very difficult one.
As some will know I'm a Bristol City fan who has seen them play well over 1500 games in 60 years.
If I had to pick a match and moment it would have to be Mansfield Town 4 - 5 Bristol City in Nov 2002 (League 1 as it is now).
The moment would be Christian Roberts with the winning goal in the 95th minute.
It was one of those goals - a thirty yard screamer that you just knew was going in as soon as the ball left his boot.
As for the match it was an incredible finish. Mansfield led 4-2 in the 88th minute before City scored 3 times to win 5-4.
The roof nearly came off in the away end at Field Mill that afternoon as Roberts scored that winner.
It's niche, but this run by Danny Hart in the downhill mountain biking world championships is stunning, particularly the commentary, and the passion from (ex-world cup racer) Rob Warner.
Secondly (and in similar vein), Mark Cavendish's first stage win at the Tour de France in 2021. The most successful sprinter in cycling history, who'd had 5 years in the doldrums and suddenly (and arguably unexpectedly!) sprung back to the front. I particularly love how many other riders rush to congratulate him, and the pure emotion from Cav himself. The ITV commentary at the time was excellent, the commentators simply not knowing what to say, but I can't find that on YouTube.
Quote from: port perran on July 10, 2025, 01:38:20 PMAs some will know I'm a Bristol City fan .
Then you may not agree with one of my best football memories as a Brighton supporter. The match was awful, a penalty won it but it was a great day out at the Millennium Stadium and Brighton actually won a playoff - 30/5/04
Quote from: thebrighton on July 10, 2025, 03:32:22 PMQuote from: port perran on July 10, 2025, 01:38:20 PMAs some will know I'm a Bristol City fan .
Then you may not agree with one of my best football memories as a Brighton supporter. The match was awful, a penalty won it but it was a great day out at the Millennium Stadium and Brighton actually won a playoff - 30/5/04
It was indeed a dire game which from my point of view was soon forgotten.
The 1973 South African Grand Prix.
Mike Hailwood, on his second attempt and despite having been on fire himself, pulled Clay Regazzoni from his burning car.
Ever modest, 'Mike the Bike' afterwards said, "Any fireman would have done it."
He was awarded the George Medal, the second-highest British civilian award for gallantry.
With all good wishes.
John
PS Sadly, Mike Hailwood and his daughter were killed in a car accident quite soon afterwards. They were driving to get some fish and chips.
Quote from: Train Waiting on July 10, 2025, 09:06:16 PMThe 1973 South African Grand Prix.
Mike Hailwood, on his second attempt and despite having been on fire himself, pulled Clay Regazzoni from his burning car.
Ever modest, 'Mike the Bike' afterwards said, "Any fireman would have done it."
He was awarded the George Medal, the second-highest British civilian award for gallantry.
With all good wishes.
John
PS Sadly, Mike Hailwood and his daughter were killed in a car accident quite soon afterwards. They were driving to get some fish and chips.
Quite soon? I saw Hailwood at the Easter Bathurst Bike races in the late 70s (It was later than Easter 1976 because I didn't get my Nikon until later in the year) and I photographed him racing across the top. He died in 1981.
Mark
Well, Sydney 2000 keeps producing, even all these years later. Aussie Grace Kim (b Sydney 2000) won the Evian women's golf major on the weekend after producing an amazing eagle at the 18th to make the playoff, then a chip in birdie at the 1st playoff at the 18th to stay in it, and followed up with another eagle 3 on the par 5 18th, being the 2nd playoff hole. I know what her favourite moments will be.
Played the 18th 3 times for an eagle, birdie, eagle.
Amazing, Grace. :D
Dan Burns goal in the Carabao Cup Final this year for me. A lad from Blyth scored Newcastle's first goal at Wembley for 25 years and got us on the way to our first domestic trophy for 70 years.
After 50 odd years I'd honestly given up hope of the toon winning anything!
Cheers Colin
for me personally, there are several -
seeing Colin Mcrae and then Richard Burns winning the World Rally Championship.
Going to Twickenham to see Cornwall win the Rugby County Championship.
Joining thousands of other Plymouth Argyle fans in Plymouth to see the open top bus when we won promotion.
Best wishes
Simon
It was held before I was born, but the 1979 Daytona 500 is always a favorite. It's a race I can go back and re-watch often. First NASCAR race shown start to finish in its entirety (500 miles), and the finish itself was pretty wild. The full race is up on YouTube, along with one or two shows about it (The Day: 1979 Daytona 500 and Perfect Storm: 1979 Daytona 500)
There are a ton of moments at Daytona and Talladega that I would consider a favorite.
On the open wheel side, the 1982 and 1992 Indy 500 finishes are faves. It's weird how those two years are so similar to each other (race wise).
Boston RedSox winning the World Series in 2004.
This broke a drought of 86 years, a period known as the "Curse of the Bambino". Boston sold a player who was overweight, a heavy drinker &, reputably, something of a womaniser to the New York Yankees as they thought Babe Ruth was just about done.
The Yankees then went from a lacklustre team to one of the most successful teams in baseball history.
The curse had been such a part of Boston culture that when a "reverse curve" road sign on Longfellow Bridge over the city's Storrow Drive was graffitied to read "Reverse The Curse",officials left it in place until the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. After the World Series that year, the road sign was edited to read "Reversed Curse" in celebration before its removal.
The Red Sox's championship was prefaced by them overcoming a 3–0 deficit against the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the first and, as of 2024, only time an MLB team won a best-of-seven playoff series after losing the first three games.
I've got a couple or three ...
Franz Klammer winning the downhill at Kitzbühel in 1984. He was pretty much at the end of his career and wasn't looked at as a serious contender. When you watch the replay he's all flailing arms and legs, it seems impossible he didn't crash and his aerodynamics were terrible.
Chelsea winning the Champion's League against Bayern at their stadium in 2012. The final went to penalties, and despite going 1-0 down when Juan Mata missed Chelsea's first, Didier Drogba banged home the fifth to win 4-3. Great drama and we watched it in our local bar in LA with a bunch of other Chelsea fans.
This year, Rory McIlroy finally getting his Masters and completing the career Grand Slam.
As mentioned prior, Bob Willis and Ian Botham in the Headingley test in 1981. Mike Brearley gets props for getting Willis to switch ends early in the innings so he could bowl down the slope.
For sheer amusement value, Brian Moore being picked up by the touchline mic at helf-time against France at Twickenham in 1989. England were 6-0 up and Moore was clearly heard on live TV exhorting the team to "Give those blanks blank all". It worked, England won 11-0
I've got a few more, but those'll do.
Quote from: LASteve on July 31, 2025, 07:32:37 PMThis year, Rory McIlroy finally getting his Masters and completing the career Grand Slam.
Yes. As an individual achievement to be one of only 6 blokes to do it (so far), very impressive. I was willing him on. I thought Justin deserved it as well, but I wanted Rory to complete.
Mark