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

Green&Red

Spook_ie wrote: »

Jesse Owens I refuse to let anti English Sentiment detract from a great athlete by allowing Argentina and Maradona through at his expense.

Its got nothing to do with anti-english sentiment. The Argentines love Maradona, he's like a God there, the world cup was the biggest thing to ever happen their country and this was instrumental

Green&Red

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Electric Nitwit

Jesse Owens

There's very few sporting moments from before I was born that I'd say resonated with me, this is very high on that list. Truly iconic

Maradona was one decent enough dribble, but it's really nothing that special, and one bad call by the ref.

ArnoldJRimmer

Toughest choice yet. Both will be talked about for many many years to come. But I'll go for Maradona. absolutely iconic, particularly given the Falklands War was still at the forefront of everyones minds

champchamp

Maradona

MrKingsley

Yeah Jesse Owens for me. As I said in the first round match up this transcended sport for me. Wrote my LC history project on these Olympics. Maradona's solo goal was unreal but the HOG was pure cheating

Green&Red

6-4 Jesse Owens goes through

Green&Red

This will show how colloquial we are!


Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile

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ROG and co finally win a grand slam

Green&Red

Although I think I’ve voted against it In the previous rounds it’s Bannister for me

Spook_ie

Has to be Banister for me to, now if it had been Ireland's first GS in 1948 would have been a more difficult choice

Zaph

Roger Bannister. Teams can potentially win grand slams any time. There's only one "first person to break the four minute mile".

Electric Nitwit

Grand Slam

It's etched in my brain, it was us finally taking a step up

The four minute mile would have been broken a month later if Bannister hadn't done it

ArnoldJRimmer

Bannister, simply more significant in the grand scheme of things

Necro

Grand Slam that's an iconic moment right there and anytime rugby is even mentioned I instantly think of that specific drop goal

Tell me how

Bannister.

First of his kind.

Collie D

Bannister - everyone knows it and the fact it’s even made the list almost 70 years on says a lot. I just don’t think winning a few games in a row in an annual competition has the same significance.

quickbeam

Roger Bannister for the history.

duffman13

Bannister for me, ROG was one of those I'll never forget but it's kinda niche in comparison to the 4 minute mile

Green&Red

Bannister through

Green&Red

Leicester winning the premier league

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Nadia Comaneci and her perfect 10

Necro

Leicester for me. More iconic

Omackeral

Things like the Perfect 10 are subjective. It's opinion. Could've been a different score on a different day. Leicester winning a full campaign is just unreal. You can have a cup run that is 6 or 7 games and that's headline grabbing. Winning a league in that fashion is just another class. You can't take the foot off.

Leicester.

duffman13

Omackeral wrote: »

Things like the Perfect 10 are subjective. It's opinion. Could've been a different score on a different day. Leicester winning a full campaign is just unreal. You can have a cup run that is 6 or 7 games and that's headline grabbing. Winning a league in that fashion is just another class. You can't take the foot off.

Leicester.

I watched that video after voting against it the other day, it's unreal stuff! Amazing achievement but yeah I'd agree with you, the underdog story and the lack of expectation around that team was amazing.

Leicester aswell but only just

quickbeam

Tough one, but Leicester. For King Richard.

OAOB

Comaneci for me. 43 years since she got the perfect 10 and it's still remembered, i don't think as many people will be remembering Leicester in 2059

Green&Red

OAOB wrote: »

Comaneci for me. 43 years since she got the perfect 10 and it's still remembered, i don't think as many people will be remembering Leicester in 2059

I actually agree with this, Comaneci for me too

Green&Red

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Spook_ie

Vote for Comaneci scored the first 10.0 in the 1976 Olympics but like with Bannister's 4 minute mile, no one remembers the second to do the feat which was ironicly in the same Olympics by Nellie Vladimirovna Kim.

Tell me how

I'm going to go with Leicester here.
Really enjoyed their attitude and style that season.

Green&Red

5-3 to Leicester

MrKingsley

Comaneci for me. It was literal perfection

Zaph

Leicester. Comaneci's achievement was a huge thing, but she was already one of the best in the world when she did it, whereas nobody gave Leicester even the remotest chance of finishing in a Champion's League spot, never mind actually winning the league.

Green&Red

And thats Leicester through

Green&Red

Katie Taylor wins her gold at London 2012

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Robbie Keane's goal V Germany

Green&Red

Katie for me

Tell me how

Katie once again.

Top of the world, genuinely versus equalising goal in a group game of a tournament.

Necro

Katie fo sho.

Loved that Keane goal though

hots

Taylor for sure

Green&Red

Katie well on her way at 4-0

Spook_ie

Push this on Vote Katie because she's likely to batter me if I voted RK

Green&Red

Just needs one more

Rikand

Katie

Green&Red

There we go, and on into R4, I’ll get a tournament graphic up later hopefully

Green&Red

So first up in the quarter finals Two athletics from half a century ago

Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile

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Jesse Owens and his four golds at the Berlin Olympics

Green&Red

Bannister for me, possibly my first time voting for him!

Necro

Jesse Owens. Just resonates more with me despite me not being alive for either :pac:

quickbeam

Oh wow, a toughie! Owens.

OAOB

Two sporting events of huge significance but i'll go with Owens as it had athletic and social importance

gimli2112

Jessie, aside from the sporting achievement he also really annoyed Hitler

Green&Red

4-1.