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

duffman13

Owens for me!

Rikand

Jesse Owens

Green&Red

And he’s through to the semi’s!

Green&Red

IMO the weakest of the quarter finals

Bolt breaks the 200m record at the world championship

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Zidanes wonder goal in the 2002 CL final

Green&Red

Bolt for me

Necro

Bolt for me as well.

Barney92

Bolt for me too. As much as I loved that Zidane goal I think he has gone far enough and it's time for Bolt to take his place in the semi finals.

Zaph

Has to be Bolt. Nothing weak about that performance.

Rikand

Bolt for me

Zidane. Obscene execution.

Electric Nitwit

ZZ, purely because I think Bolt is more synonymous with 100m

That and the volley being fecking perfection

duffman13

Bolt but his 100m is better than both

Green&Red

And Bolt goes through 6-2

Green&Red

I’m going to post the last two quarters and we’ll run off the semis and final tomorrow

Green&Red

The three Irish entries will be down to two after this

Dennis Taylor wins the 1985 World Championship on the black

V

Katie Taylor's gold medal at London 2012

Green&Red

Lastly two huge soccer moments

Leicester upset all the odds and win the premier league

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Packie Bonner & Dave O'Leary

Green&Red

Katie and Italia 90 for me

quickbeam

Denis and Packie please.

Electric Nitwit

For very personal reasons, Dennis Taylor and Packie

Dennis Taylor just brings back such a happy memory of being allowed to stay up, my mum loving it, me getting really excited

And I'm distantly related to Packie. When he saved that I tried to somersault off the sofa. I failed

Necro

Katie Taylor. I think we're very close to this currently but it's often overlooked just what she has done for womens boxing in general.

And Leicester. Sorry Packie, but the Leicester story just cant be denied imo.

Zaph

Katie Taylor. Probably the biggest name in women's boxing and she's inspired the likes of Kellie Harrington to follow in her footsteps.

Italia 90. The Leicester story is incredible, but that penalty shootout is possibly the most iconic moment in Irish sport, certainly in Irish soccer.

Spook_ie

Dennis Taylor, such a well balanced final to go all the way to a last shot possible ( excluding a foul )

Leicester The dream of the underdog actually winning, comes true

Omackeral

Spook_ie wrote: »

Dennis Taylor, such a well balanced final to go all the way to a last shot possible ( excluding a foul )

Leicester The dream of the underdog actually winning, comes true

Agree with these.

Best Snooker final of all time, gripped everyone. Dennis Taylor

Take the green glasses of and what have you got? A 0-0 draw and a mediocre team beating a mediocre team on pens. If we're going on best sporting moments from a sporting POV, It's Leicester's PL win.

MrKingsley

Katie Taylor and Packie for me. Snooker and Leicester have gone far enough

Green&Red

Packie leads 5-3
Katie & Dennis tied 4-4

duffman13

Packie
Dennis

Met Packie once, the expression of never meet your heroes was made for him but what a moment.

Katie was Brilliant but Dennis is probably the most infamous game, frame, black ball in snooker

gimli2112

packie
katie

ArnoldJRimmer

Dennis and Packie, just cause its two class moments

Barney92

Packie and Katie for me. Wouldn't be against either losing but they're the two I'd go for as the better moments.

OAOB

Dennis and Packie

Green&Red

Packie goes through along with Dennis Taylor in probably the most contested tie to date

Green&Red

And we are onto the semi-finals, I'll make this first to 8 and post both together

Semi-final 1 - sees the two athletics come head-to-head

Usain Bolt breaks his own world record at the 2009 World Championships, a record which still stands

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Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics. Did you know that since he set the world record for the long jump it has been held by just three other people, Ralph Boston, Bob Beamon and and the current holder Mike Powell.

gimli2112

Jessie been hanging around for this now I can go about my day

The Nal

So Packie saving a peno was a bigger sporting moment than Ali Koing Foreman?

Or Maradonas goal against England?

Right.

Spook_ie

Flippin tough choice with this one

Owen's never to be repeated because of the world situation then?
Bolt's How much faster can a man go unaided?

Going to give it to Owen's.

Necro

Owens for me anyways

Green&Red

Semi-final 2 - Battle of the Irish


Dennis Taylor's World Champonship win in 1985, one of only two ranked events Taylor ever won

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Packie Bonner and Co.

hots

Bolt and Dennis Taylor

ArnoldJRimmer

Owens and Taylor

Necro

Packie for the other one for me. Sad Katie didnt get through

Green&Red

The Nal wrote: »

So Packie saving a peno was a bigger sporting moment than Ali Koing Foreman?

Or Maradonas goal against England?

Right.

So should we just not bother having a vote? Just take ur opinion?

Green&Red

Packie and Owens for me. If it was Bolts 100m record I'd probably have voted for it but it lost out to Leicester City

Spook_ie

Semi Final 2

Taylor How many matches can you remember going to the last ball of the last frame?
Packie Bonner, Yeah great but Ireland have been involved in other penalty shoot outs since

Sticking with Taylor

jasonb

Owens and Taylor for me

Electric Nitwit

Jesse Owens
- I'd vote for Bolt's 100m over it, I think, but the 200m isn't so iconic

Packie
- family vote again

Collie D

Owens and Packie

quickbeam

Jessie Owens and Packer Bonner.

gimli2112

packie

Tell me how

Jesse Owen's.
Significant because of location and society at the time while still being impressive in a sporting context

Packie.
Purely because of numbers watching and the sheer elation expressed at that moment.

Rikand

Usain bolt


I dont know how I feel the second one