Favourite Sporting Moments...

Platy767 · July 10, 2025, 05:57:04 AM

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

Bealman · July 10, 2025, 06:15:28 AM

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.

crewearpley40 · July 10, 2025, 06:26:00 AM

( 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

Bealman · July 10, 2025, 06:38:21 AM

Sunderland beating Leeds, FA Cup 1973

Platy767 · July 10, 2025, 09:27:56 AM

Which Sunderland was that? What's his first name?

FA Cup - Terrible name for a prestigious competition.

Nbodger · July 10, 2025, 10:13:23 AM

Quote from: Bealman on July 10, 2025, 06:38:21 AMSunderland beating Leeds, FA Cup 1973

That never happened

Oh wait a minute I was there!

geofff · July 10, 2025, 10:22:40 AM

England winning the world cup in 1966.

joe cassidy · July 10, 2025, 11:00:47 AM

Did you get your hands on the commemorative postage stamp overprinted "England Winners".

I didn't

Bealman · July 10, 2025, 11:47:59 AM

Quote from: Nbodger on July 10, 2025, 10:13:23 AM
Quote from: Bealman on July 10, 2025, 06:38:21 AMSunderland beating Leeds, FA Cup 1973

That never happened

Oh wait a minute I was there!

So was I

Southerngooner · July 10, 2025, 12:01:05 PM

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

PennineWagons · July 10, 2025, 12:14:00 PM

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

Newportnobby · July 10, 2025, 12:55:28 PM

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

thebrighton · July 10, 2025, 01:06:23 PM

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.

port perran · July 10, 2025, 01:38:20 PM

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.

njee20 · July 10, 2025, 02:21:38 PM

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.