Historic sporting events....

Started by 5 Sams, February 20, 2009, 09:16:03 PM

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Aerlik

Steven Bradbury winning Australia's first ever Winter Olympic Gold medal in the short track speed skating when all around him fell and he just dandered over the line...sublime.

Cathy Freeman winning in Sydney in 2000.

Being on the Champs Elysee in 1987...Roche le Roi.

At the top of the Alp d'Huez (when him and Delgado were at it) I think that was the hill.

Wembley, May 1978 and Roger Osbourne writes his name into immortality among the Ipswich faithful

Somewhere in Europe three years later when Ipswich win the UEFA Cup.

Among the German fans when their fella Saxons (1990? Gazza etc) in the penalty shootout.
To find his equal an Irishman is forced to talk to God!

deaconblue

hampden park 1960 euro final real beat eintracht 7-3

Tonto

World Cup Spain '82

Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland

thewobbler

In rugby, seeing the myth become a reality in 1995, when Lomu basically spent the match walking over the top of England's back line.

Not entirely dissimilar, watching Maradona in his pomp vs England in 1986 would've been amazing.

I'd love to go back to the early Compromise Rules games and watch the rows ensue. The games in the outposts are the stuff of legend, and never seem to have been captured properly on film.