Ireland's Greatest Sporting Moment RTE 2

[magpie seanie]

The biggest omission from last nights show was John Tracey winning silver in the Marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Made all the better by Jimmy Magee's commentary as he came to the finish line. That was a great moment in Irish Sport and deserved to be on the list.
An Irishman coming anywhere near the medals in an Olympic marathon is probaly impossible nowadays.

Couldn't agree more. Jimmy Magee's commentary was the stuff of legend. Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck thinking of it.

[mouview]

80s was best decade for music and sport - maybe one inspired t'other?

[longballin]

Sure Darby's goal wasn't even voted the greatest Gaa moment of all time. How the hell could it be Ireland's Greatest sporting moment..
https://youtu.be/dQw2a7Ej_NU

Did you see what was phone voted number 1? Some aul point by Galway in 1998 All Ireland final they won easy, wasn't even the winning point. Phones west of the Shannon were red hot that nite 

[Tubberman]

Sure Darby's goal wasn't even voted the greatest Gaa moment of all time. How the hell could it be Ireland's Greatest sporting moment..
https://youtu.be/dQw2a7Ej_NU

Did you see what was phone voted number 1? Some aul point by Galway in 1998 All Ireland final they won easy, wasn't even the winning point. Phones west of the Shannon were red hot that nite 

Not in Mayo they weren't

[Rudi]

Focusing on the 1980s tonight.

Top 5 are;

- Barry McGuigan
- Eamon Coghlan
- Ray Houghtons Euro 88 goal
- Stephen Roche Tour win
- seamus Darby AI winning goal 82

No mention of Dennis Taylor's world championship win in 1985. Surely that's Ireland's greatest sporting moment of the 1980s?

For some folk Dennis Taylor would not be eligible.

Snooker is not a sport .

I agree, horse racing either.

[Esmarelda]

Focusing on the 1980s tonight.

Top 5 are;

- Barry McGuigan
- Eamon Coghlan
- Ray Houghtons Euro 88 goal
- Stephen Roche Tour win
- seamus Darby AI winning goal 82

No mention of Dennis Taylor's world championship win in 1985. Surely that's Ireland's greatest sporting moment of the 1980s?

For some folk Dennis Taylor would not be eligible.

Snooker is not a sport .

I agree, horse racing either.

Seriously? How do you define a sport?

[Syferus]

Roche's is definitely the greatest achievement, if not the greatest moment.

Michelle Smith should be the '90s winner so if that's the case.

Show me a rider who wasn't doping. Show me one in the 90s or 00s who didn't, actually. To compete you had to.

So if you want to make the case he's a cheat you'll have to show me the world class cyclists he was up against who didn't because there was few if any that haven't been implicated or rumours spread about. I think it's pretty obvious now that doping in that sport has been so prevalent that you have to have some perspective when judging achievements.

The Tour de France remains one of the greatest physical and mental challenges in existence and an Irish winner of it will always stand above most other achievements.

Roche was a legendary cyclist while Smith was someone who came out of nowhere and went back to nowhere after 96. Swimming is full of dopers too, but that's a story for another day. I'd say fair fûcks to her, but a few laps of a pool doesn't eclipse what Roche did.

so youre ok with Armstrong?

I'm not ok with how he treated his teammate and others, and he seems like a dick (a fascinating one, but a dick all the same) but I'm not going to sit here and pretend he didn't win seven Tour de Frances either, like the UCI want to do.

Cycling has been so drug-fuelled to try to throw out any achievements really misses the bigger picture. The UCI themselves aided and abetted it in many high profile cases.

There's a damn good reason they never retroactively awarded Armstrong's titles to other cyclists - they were doped to the gills too.

[tonto1888]

Roche's is definitely the greatest achievement, if not the greatest moment.

Michelle Smith should be the '90s winner so if that's the case.

Show me a rider who wasn't doping. Show me one in the 90s or 00s who didn't, actually. To compete you had to.

So if you want to make the case he's a cheat you'll have to show me the world class cyclists he was up against who didn't because there was few if any that haven't been implicated or rumours spread about. I think it's pretty obvious now that doping in that sport has been so prevalent that you have to have some perspective when judging achievements.

The Tour de France remains one of the greatest physical and mental challenges in existence and an Irish winner of it will always stand above most other achievements.

Roche was a legendary cyclist while Smith was someone who came out of nowhere and went back to nowhere after 96. Swimming is full of dopers too, but that's a story for another day. I'd say fair fûcks to her, but a few laps of a pool doesn't eclipse what Roche did.

so youre ok with Armstrong?

I'm not ok with how he treated his teammate and others, and he seems like a dick (a fascinating one, but a dick all the same) but I'm not going to sit here and pretend he didn't win seven Tour de Frances either, like the UCI want to do.

Cycling has been so drug-fuelled to try to throw out any achievements really misses the bigger picture. The UCI themselves aided and abetted it in many high profile cases.

There's a damn good reason they never retroactively awarded Armstrong's titles to other cyclists - they were doped to the gills too.

I kind of feel the same. He still had to put the hours in and do the training. It's not as if just taking the PEDs means you are automatically brilliant

[WT4E]

The biggest omission from last nights show was John Tracey winning silver in the Marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Made all the better by Jimmy Magee's commentary as he came to the finish line. That was a great moment in Irish Sport and deserved to be on the list.
An Irishman coming anywhere near the medals in an Olympic marathon is probaly impossible nowadays.

Couldn't agree more. Jimmy Magee's commentary was the stuff of legend. Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck thinking of it.

Not my era but just watched it - Maybe a silly question but why no black runners on the podium - Did they not compete in Marathons then?

[Owenmoresider]

The biggest omission from last nights show was John Tracey winning silver in the Marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Made all the better by Jimmy Magee's commentary as he came to the finish line. That was a great moment in Irish Sport and deserved to be on the list.
An Irishman coming anywhere near the medals in an Olympic marathon is probaly impossible nowadays.

Couldn't agree more. Jimmy Magee's commentary was the stuff of legend. Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck thinking of it.

Not my era but just watched it - Maybe a silly question but why no black runners on the podium - Did they not compete in Marathons then?

Don't care enough about the Olympics to know who won in the other years, but Ethopia were amongst the countries boycotting the US Olympics that year.

[lurganblue]

Focusing on the 1980s tonight.

Top 5 are;

- Barry McGuigan
- Eamon Coghlan
- Ray Houghtons Euro 88 goal
- Stephen Roche Tour win
- seamus Darby AI winning goal 82

No mention of Dennis Taylor's world championship win in 1985. Surely that's Ireland's greatest sporting moment of the 1980s?

For some folk Dennis Taylor would not be eligible.

Snooker is not a sport .

I agree, horse racing either.

Seriously? How do you define a sport?

Nah id have horse racing as a sport. Snooker is just a game though... like poker or darts.

[lurganblue]

80s was best decade for music and sport - maybe one inspired t'other?

That whole "new romantic" ballix rules the 80s out in terms of music IMO

[armaghniac]

That whole "new romantic" ballix rules the 80s out in terms of music IMO

Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me? Oh!

[Rossfan]

The biggest omission from last nights show was John Tracey winning silver in the Marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Made all the better by Jimmy Magee's commentary as he came to the finish line. That was a great moment in Irish Sport and deserved to be on the list.
An Irishman coming anywhere near the medals in an Olympic marathon is probaly impossible nowadays.

Couldn't agree more. Jimmy Magee's commentary was the stuff of legend. Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck thinking of it.

Me too.
Mind you a lot of people think Charlie  Haughley winning the Tour de France was up there too😀

[BennyCake]

The biggest omission from last nights show was John Tracey winning silver in the Marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Made all the better by Jimmy Magee's commentary as he came to the finish line. That was a great moment in Irish Sport and deserved to be on the list.
An Irishman coming anywhere near the medals in an Olympic marathon is probaly impossible nowadays.

Couldn't agree more. Jimmy Magee's commentary was the stuff of legend. Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck thinking of it.

Me too.
Mind you a lot of people think Charlie  Haughley winning the Tour de France was up there too😀