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Post by gazz on Apr 20, 2014 15:00:12 GMT
Mine is this:
What's yours?
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Post by sirroger on Apr 20, 2014 15:42:31 GMT
One of the following:-
Gordon Banks' save from Pele's goal bound header - still can't believe he saved even now
Taylor v Lewis in a semi-final match last year - darts, but not as we know it. Amazing viewing.
Beckham's one man show against Greece - now that day, he was superb
A special mention
Seeing George Best play for County - the greatest British footballer of all time (IMO)
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 20, 2014 17:43:15 GMT
World Cup win 1966
Olympic Games in GB 2012
Seeing (and hearing) Mansell win at Silverstone in his Championship year.
Open Golf finish at Lytham twice. Once David Duval and then Ernie Els (perhaps Freddie Flintoff will win it next time given the initials coincidence !!)
County finally win at Wembley.
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Post by Admin on Apr 20, 2014 18:03:44 GMT
In my life time...
England winning the Rugby World Cup.
The 2005 Ashes win.
The 2012 Olympics
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Post by gazz on Apr 20, 2014 19:27:48 GMT
World Cup win 1966 Olympic Games in GB 2012 Seeing (and hearing) Mansell win at Silverstone in his Championship year. Open Golf finish at Lytham twice. Once David Duval and then Ernie Els (perhaps Freddie Flintoff will win it next time given the initials coincidence !!) County finally win at Wembley. That is one hell of a hole you've put in your Bucket list, Lennie. Particularly the World Cup and watching those scenes where Nige was swamped with that amazing sea of fans. Mansell is one of the all-time greats, and one of a very select few that was truly respected by the greatest of them all, Senna, who you will also have seen racing that day. You lucky, lucky man. |
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Apr 20, 2014 19:28:54 GMT
london 2012 for me as well. that summer we'd already had the euros, wimbledon, bradley winning the tour, i took my mum and dad to the first day of the british open, and then......i've never watched so much sport in a fortnight before and never will again. the most fantastic thing for me as a brit, representing the modern british melting pot quite brilliantly - it was a wonderful representation of us to the world; as well as being a genuinely exciting feelgood world event.
...and then the ryder cup that autumn!
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 20, 2014 19:32:33 GMT
Mansell could have broken down on the first lap and he still would have won that day.
The crowd would have blocked the track and carried his motor around on their shoulders for 60-odd laps. There was a Mexican wave of noise following him around the circuit so you knew exactly where he was at any given time as we sat on Copse Corner waiting for him.
As for the golf - I shall be adding the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles to my Bucket List in September. Shame the World Cup win was only on the TV and in black and white !!
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Post by gazz on Apr 20, 2014 19:45:36 GMT
I still envy you regarding '66, matey, at least you were around to witness it!
That British GP win in 92 is the best of your choices for me though. 'Red 5' had come so close before, and to witness that victory and the scenes that followed in the year he finally won it must feel very, very special!
I can't see any Ryder Cup win topping the last one, matey, doing it for Seve in the Americans' own backyard was one of the best sporting moments I've ever seen on TV, I was totally engrossed all weekend, and it comes very close to Damon's title win in'96.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Apr 23, 2014 19:13:11 GMT
Lennie, I may need your advice! My better half has bought tickets for myself and Junior to the fourth day of the open this summer. Have you been and if so how do you recommend we spend the day?
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 24, 2014 8:33:15 GMT
Fourth day of the Open is always the busiest (obviously).
Get there early, use park and ride and we usually walk the course, plenty of crossing points, in the morning. You can usually find a grandstand to sit in for an hour or so if you want to watch the big names come through. Many food outlets in the village - but pricey. Depends how much walking you and Jnr. want to do. Par 3's are particularly good as you see the length of the hole played. Binoculars are very useful.
If you want be at the last hole for the finish you need to be in the free stand by about 3pm at the latest. At around 4pm they will shut down any entrance to it (usually full by then anyway). You can always watch the big screen if you leave it too late.
Make sure you cover you knees up if the sun is out when sitting down.
Brilliant experience, hope you enjoy it as much as we have done.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on May 11, 2014 21:39:46 GMT
good advice lennie. it was a grey day mostly when we went on the first day, but after ten hours of standing and sitting outside, my face was like a giant cherry afterwards, and peeling by the following day. a hat might not be a bad idea!
we went fairly early, in that we were getting to lytham by about eightish. the roads were absolutely gridlocked though and we didn't get onto the course until about half nine once we'd parked and got the park & ride. whether you're planning on staying over or travelling on the day, i'd think about maybe getting there (not lytham, obviously!) pretty early.
obviously it's different first day, but we did all our walking round in the morning, and then settled on a hole where the stand was full for tiger's breeze through, but emptied out as people followed him (a slightly bizarre sight, given the number of world class golfers on show). we then stayed there for a good few hours and of course you see everybody coming through. might be a useful trick, but depends where he is in the order.
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Post by offertonhatter on May 15, 2014 18:47:17 GMT
Like the others, in my lifetime
Rugby World Cup 2003. Epic.
1985 Ryder Cup at the Belfry. We get it back finally from the yanks
1981 Ashes series and that match with Botham and Willis.
1996 European championships semi final. If only Gazza's foot was one inch longer.....
2012 Olympics, all of it
2002 Commonwealth games in Manchester
1985 World Snooker Final. Dennis Taylor V Steve "interesting" Davis. It counts as Dennis was born in Northern Ireland so is British.
1992 F1. Il Leone - Nigel Mansell wins the title in the Williams. But mention must go to his debut season in the Ferrari where he won the first race. Trivia fact - Did you know Mansell was the last driver to be personally chosen by Enzo before he died?
2009 F1. Jensen Button was epic in the unfancied Brawn, blowing away everyone else
1976 F1. James Hunt and the battle to win in the most remarkable season ever.
1996 F1. The first son of a world champ, goes on to win the title - Damon Hill
2008 F1. Lewis Hamilton winning the title in Brazil on the last bend of the last lap of the last race. Ferrari and Massa thought they had it in the bag. :-)
I am sure I can think of more. :-)
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Post by gazz on May 15, 2014 19:19:56 GMT
Agree with you totally on Jense, Offy. His stunning drive from 14th to 5th to take the title in '09 was just superb, a real show of character from a driver whose path to the top was filled with setbacks. A genuinely nice bloke who just wanted to be a winner, and took a massive gamble (not to mention pay cut) to stay with the team after Honda pulled out, and thankfully he was.
Button crossing the line at Sao Paolo was a superb British sporting moment.
Speaking of London 2012, if anything ever beats Mo Farah's 5000m Gold complete with Steve Cram commentary for that sheer 'hairs on the back of the neck' feeling, it won't be in my lifetime. That was just phenomenal, from another genuinely nice bloke. More proof that good guys do win sometimes.
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Post by Admin on May 15, 2014 21:50:57 GMT
Only a minor one but Beckham's penalty in 2002 Vs Argentina and his free-kick against Greece to get to the World Cup was great.
The 5-1 win in Munich was special as well.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on May 15, 2014 21:54:22 GMT
'5-1: even heskey scored' was a great chant too!
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