Your Greatest Sporting Memories

One of my most abiding memories was from October 2007.  It was a Saturday afternoon and I was on a narrowboat on the Oxford Canal and had moored up for the day to watch England and Australia in the Rugby World Cup semi finals.  Not long before the end of the match the TV cut out.  Thinking that the batteries were flat I turned on the engine to charge them up but the alternator had conked out and I couldn't get a new one fitted until the Monday. I didn't get to see the end of the match and didn't find out until Monday, whether Enlgand had won or not!  The most memorable was Red Rum winning his third Grand Naional, especially as at the time he was based not far from where I lived in Southport, so all of the town were rooting for him.

You just had to didn’t you, couldn’t leave it alone!🤬

Watching Newcastle Falcons move through the divisions and then becoming English Premiership champions at their first attempt in the 1997–98 season thanks in part to Sir John Hall. The squad included Rob Andrew, Pat Lam the late great Rugby League legend Inga Tuigamala, Doddie Weir, Gary Armstrong, the Underwood brothers, Alan Tait, John Bentley and, of course, Jonny Wilkinson. Fabulous years leading up to this but sadly not such a force today. Maybe they will get the better of London Irish tonight! I live in hope of better seasons to come.

At the age of 10 watching  Aston Villa v Man utd in the 1957 cup final on our 9 inch screen TV the house was of course packed with family and friends as it was for the coronation 4 years earlier  I can also remember our TV going away to be upgraded to receive the brand new ITV channel 

Amesford

               I would have probably been at that match with my Dad. He was a Villa fan and I was a Wolves fan. We didn't miss many home matches and saw many of the greats.

I remember my first time at Villa park in the Trinity road stand I was lifted up and passed down to the front of the stand so I could see the game 

I wonder if anyone will ever reference  Tyson Fury in this illustrious lineup?

Being at Twickenham in I think 1974 and seeing Mike Gibson score a try for Ireland against England. I seem to remember that the Fergus Slattery and Willie-John were also in the team. For England David Duckham, Fran Cotton and Tony Neary, but they were not good enough on the day. Fortunately I had been taken by a couple of Irish lads to the match!!