Your Greatest Sporting Memories

Got a few…….being on the finish line at Sheffield, watching the peloton on the big screen, helicopters above, Gendarmes roaring in to peel off and allow Vincenzo Nibali to win a wonderful Yorkshire Stage of the 2014 Tour de France, along with hundreds of thousands of other Cycling fans.

Spending a day in a Race car on the Tour of Britain this time alongside the Peloton rolling along through Lake District coastline, waving to the crowds going through Carlisle, up and all around the Borders to the finish at Floors Castle, and then presenting one of the Stage Winners with his Watch (which he didn’t want, and my OH now owns). 

Working on Bramham Three Day Event, and meeting Mark Todd. Working as an event steward at a few BHS events, including the job of keeping David Broome happy and well plied with tea😁 Ditto Ian Stark, who brought the wonderful Murphy Himself to go through his paces.

Watching Desert Orchid fly up the field at full throttle at Middleham Open Stables Day, back when it was a huge event with Channel Four Racing. I even got to say a big hello to Red Rum, and to John Whitaker’s Milton.

Being at the Riverside when Middlesbrough thumped Manchester City 9-1, Sven Goran Ericsson’s last game in charge (sorry Pliers😁)

Watching in awe as the super cyclists (Jason Kenny, Laura Kenny, Wiggins, Cavendish etc…) did their stuff in the Manchester Velodrome.

 

Oh, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You WN    !!

And there was little old A B M looking for an early night -- not only going to spend the night dreaming of Half Century old Rugby Battles, but he'll waste oodles of good reading time watching re-runs of the whole affair again tomorrow.

Not complaining, mind you   just commenting  

I have two 

The first watching Neil Hodgson win the World Superbike Championship at Assen, that will always be my happy place when I feel down I just think back to his slow down lap wearing a hand made T-shirt saying Who's the Daddy paying tribute to the fact his wife had just given birth to his daughter Hollie 

The second is singing along to the National Anthem being played life by James Toseland in front of 100,000 fans at Brands Hatch not really a sporting moment but he did go on the win the race 

Happy memories

With those two little pals of mine,

Ramadhin and Valentine.

My 1st sporting memory. Very young, taken to Old Trafford cricket ground by my Dad to watch Lancashire play against the West Indies touring side. Don’t remember anything about the game, we were sat on the grass and could hardly see. But I do remember the very lively Moss Side lads singing that wonderful song, all through the game.

TTDA, I’m sure it was “only” 8 : 1 for ‘Brough, but maybe I’d lost count! 🙂🙂🙂

1st May 1976, little Bobby Stokes scoring the winning, and only, goal for Southampton in the Cup Final against Manchester United. Well maybe second to the World Cup win ten years earlier?

David

I stand corrected pliers, it was 8:1😁 We have had to live on that bit of glory for the last umpteen years. If only they could have beaten Chelsea last month😉 

Sorry to add to your "woes" Brian but another of my highlights concerned the England v Australia Ashes series of 1981, aka Botham's Series.

I was lucky enough to be at Old Trafford on the day he made a hundred, just after the miracle at Headingly. It was mighty impressive, especially as he was facing Lillee, Alderman and Lawson without any helmet protection. I remember him hooking Lillee for 6 off his own eyebrows. Goodness knows what would have happened if he had missed it.

Next test at Trent Bridge and we were at Old Trafford watching a Sunday league game but actually nobody was watching that as we were all transfixed to TMS on the radio as he poleaxed the batting of the Aussies. Even the players on the pitch were following the game via the crowd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBAPwkVNSBk

Some late night watching for you. Apologies.

More recent sporting moments definitely include Jason Kenny's Keiren Gold Medal ride at the recent Olympics just for sheer audacity. Never seen anything like it in all my cycling watching life. It will stay with me forever.

Wednesday 20th April, 7:35pm. I just won my A team crown bowls league match. The crowd of 25 didn't really say much and my cup of tea was pretty lousy, but the feeling was good.

The only real low point was a pair of old duffers going on about Liverpool and Everton football teams.

 

Colin

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There are many for me as I have seen many great Football & Rugby players, but the then greatest Cassius Clay beating Sonny Liston will be with me forever.