Boardsies decide: Best sporting moments (nominations closed, knockout ongoing)

Green&Red

5-4

gimli2112

Goran

Barney92

I'd go Goran too. There's something a bit more magical about it for me. Goran was a big underdog, a wildcard against a top ten player I think at the time.

jasonb

Goran for me too!

Green&Red

Goran goes through in a shock!

Green&Red

After we destroy Romania 0-0 we beat them on penalties

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One of the greatest comebacks of all time? And that corner

Green&Red

Tough one as Liverpool supporter but Italia 90 is probably the biggest Irish sporting moment ever, gets my vote

Necro

Italia 90 fo sho

ArnoldJRimmer

Has to be Italia 90, the nation held its breath....

Zaph

Italia 90. I'd say cardiac units up and down the country got a lot busier that day.

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Video for second one doesn't seem to be working which means people don't know what it is.

Thats me situation anyway but maybe it's because I'm outside Ireland or something.

Omackeral

Italia 90, don't even care what other one is :P

Rikand

Italian 90

quickbeam

Packy.

Yeah, video for the second isn't working. But still Packy.

Green&Red

Sorry, second was Liverpool v Barcelona

Anyway Dave O'Leary put them away

Green&Red

Two huge ones next

Leicester's PL win

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Usain Bolt's 100m world record at the Olympics

quickbeam

Probably won't win but I like a good underdog story so Leiceter for me.

Necro

Leicester as well for me.

Green&Red

Leicester for me also, great story

Collie D

Two huge moments and both must have had millions watching and hoping they’d happen. Tough one but vote goes to Leicester - we all love an underdog but to do it over an entire 38 game season rather than in just one match makes them the ultimate underdog story. If asked again tomorrow I would probably have a different answer.

Zaph

As much as I love Bolt, Leicester winning the PL is such a great, and unlikely story so they get my vote

OAOB

Two great sporting moments but in 20 years time i think we'll remember Bolt more than Leicester so i'll go with the fastest man ever

Rikand

Usain could have gone sub 9.5 there if he hadn't pulled up with 20 metres to go.

So for that reason I'll vote Leicester

Green&Red

6-1 to Leicester, just needs one more

MrKingsley

Bolt for me. Fastest man ever on the biggest stage

Omackeral

Leicester winning was the greatest long shot ever. 5000/1

Wins for me.

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Leicester, the ultimate underdog story.

Green&Red

Excellent Leicester are through

Green&Red

Last R2 match up


Two huge Irish entries next

Barry McGuigan's '86 title winning fight

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Robbie Keanes goal at the 2002 WC versus Germany

Green&Red

Robbie for me, it was such a huge goal and I have great memories of watching it

quickbeam

McGuigan. Have better memory of it though it was longer ago.

Collie D

Robbie

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Think Barry for this one.
Victory vs a draw.

hots

Keane for me

Electric Nitwit

Robbie Keane, personal choice as I loved that moment. Loved that whole world cup until the end of the Spanish match. Great way to get a good result, and it was important to do well after the debacle of his treacherous namesake

Green&Red

4-2 to the boys in green

Spook_ie

Got to go Robbie Keen it was just such an uplift after being behind

ArnoldJRimmer

Yeah, I'm gonna be biased here too. In the grand scheme of things, not a huge moment in the history of sport, but watching that goal with about 200 Irish people and my one German friend was pretty epic. Robbie it is

OAOB

Barry McGuigan for me

Zaph

Robbie Keane. Moments like that are why we watch football.

Green&Red

7-3 in the end

Green&Red

And we’re onto round 3 where sh!t gets serious. I’m reducing the threshold to 6 cause this is taking an age otherwise

Green&Red

Dennis Taylor's dramatic black ball win in 1985 against Steve Davis

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Ray Houghton's goal V England in Euro '88

Green&Red

Two Irish monsters but I think Dennis Taylor is probably the more universally remembered

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Green&Red wrote: »

And we’re onto round 3 where sh!t gets serious. I’m reducing the threshold to 6 cause this is taking an age otherwise

Could I be so bold as to ask can we get a summary of some sorts at some point?
Who has beaten who to get this far maybe, if it is possible to just paste from whatever tracking document you're using.

Spook_ie

Still has to be Dennis Taylor I remember staying on to watch the end even though I was supposed to be going somewhere, and remember, this was in the days when mobile phones were literally the size of "a Brick" and your mates likely didn't have one in the pub to tell them you were going to be late

Collie D

Spook_ie wrote: »

Still has to be Dennis Taylor I remember staying on to watch the end even though I was supposed to be going somewhere, and remember, this was in the days when mobile phones were literally the size of "a Brick" and your mates likely didn't have one in the pub to tell them you were going to be late

Euro 88. Not as big a fan of the snooker as everyone else seems to be - probably because we only had a black and white telly.

Spook_ie

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This is where I finally have to turn away from Taylor.

I have argued against Irish soccer results being special given that outside of Ireland, they largely get a meh response but Houghton's goal was massive for the country.
Our first game in our first international tournament, and to do this to the old enemy was just ground breaking for the country.

Ireland beating England gets the vote.

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Denis Taylor.