Popular Post bickster Posted June 24, 2019 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2019 This is THE Ashes series... and I'm not apologising for the near two hour video 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sne Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Been fortunate to have had quite a few. Became interested in sport when I was about 4 or 5 y.o, early 80's. So my first sporting memories is Villa winning (honestly don't remember much but they were on the telly a lot and it stuck) and the same year (81) IFK Göteborg won the UEFA Cup and Färjestad their first Swedish championship (hockey) These clubs have stuck with me since. Both IFK Göteborg UEFA Cup winners 81 & 87 and 11 championship titles since 82 and Färjestad (champions 9 times) have been really successful over the years (unlike Villa) and due to them I've also come to support Calgary Flames (Stanley Cup title 89 with Håkan Loob) and Sampdoria due to Svennis and Platt. How much things stay with you is very much down to age I've found. For me nothing will trump the 1994 World Cup in the US where Sweden finished 3rd and won the Bronze. The 87 UEFA Cup title for IFK is right behind 87 was also the year Sweden won the Ice Hockey WC ahead of the Big Red Machine from the unbeatable Soviet Union in Vienna. Honorable mentions to Ingemar Stenamark, The Swedish Tennis and Table Tennis wonder during the 80's-90's J.O Waldner, Sampdoria 90/91, Gunde Svan, the 94 Olympic Ice Hockey gold, the 4th pace at the 92 Euro's in Sweden where I got to watch loads of fantastic games live. And of course the 2 times the team I played for won the local championship title when I was a teenager in Linköping, one of which we won the title on the final day of the season after beating the leaders 2-1 at home scoring 1 and assisting the other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2019 11th June, 1994. Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver. My cousin said "I've got tickets to a hockey match, It's kind of a big one". Game six of the Stanley Cup. Canucks 4 - Rangers 1. That Archie Gemmill goal against Holland. Rhona Martin - Salt Lake City, 2002. That five minutes at VP when Scotland were battering Switzerland one-nil and were heading to the knockout stage for the first time ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I think the last world cup was up there for me, England seemed to get some stunning weather just at the right time, the game vs Sweden on the Saturday mid afternoon in particular was an absolute belter sun out, on the piss, winning in the football, perfect storm it brought back a social aspect that I hadn't seen with England maybe since 2004/6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I think the last world cup was up there for me, England seemed to get some stunning weather just at the right time, the game vs Sweden on the Saturday mid afternoon in particular was an absolute belter sun out, on the piss, winning in the football, perfect storm it brought back a social aspect that I hadn't seen with England maybe since 2004/6 I was unemployed for the five weeks that it was on and started my new job two days after it finished. The most perfectly timed redundancy, barely missed a game! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 25/06/2019 at 00:22, bickster said: This is THE Ashes series... and I'm not apologising for the near two hour video That'd be one of mine. Others, 1978 World Cup. Steve Ovett beating Seb Coe in the 800m at the 1980 Olympics (shame he ballsed up the 1500m). Liverplop beating small heath on penalties in a League Cup final, listening to Tom Ross crying was romantically nourishing in the extreme. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 25/06/2019 at 00:22, bickster said: This is THE Ashes series... and I'm not apologising for the near two hour video Wish I was around to have witnessed that summer. Mid to late 80's for me were the golden age of (county) cricket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Xela said: Wish I was around to have witnessed that summer. Mid to late 80's for me were the golden age of (county) cricket Didn’t see any of it back then and not sure I’ve even seen any of it since (if any footage exists?), but Graham Hick’s 405 not out was the stuff of legend when I was heavily into cricket as youngster around that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 54 minutes ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: Didn’t see any of it back then and not sure I’ve even seen any of it since (if any footage exists?), but Graham Hick’s 405 not out was the stuff of legend when I was heavily into cricket as youngster around that time. Almost as good as Brian Lara's 501 not out 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: Didn’t see any of it back then and not sure I’ve even seen any of it since (if any footage exists?), but Graham Hick’s 405 not out was the stuff of legend when I was heavily into cricket as youngster around that time. I remember hearing about in on the news that evening. It was what made me a Worcestershire fan! Add to the fact they had Botham, Radford and Dilley as well and the ground was/is a lovely quintessential English ground, made them far more appealing than Warwickshire to me. I always found Edgbaston a bit 'corporate' when I used to go there, which to be fair it is! Its a test match venue. Worcester was just a far more relaxed/friendlier place. It was always Hick I aspired to be when I used to play cricket as a kid, with my Duncan Fearnley 405* bat! Even though I looked more like a 13yo Mike Gatting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Xela said: It was always Hick I aspired to be when I used to play cricket as a kid, with my Duncan Fearnley 405* bat! Even though I looked more like a 13yo Mike Gatting! Did a photo shoot with Hick around 20 years ago for a brochure I was designing at the time (might have been for Worcester CC?) I remember him being a very friendly chap. Alas as I'm not much of a cricket fan it was 'just another day at the office'. Edited July 1, 2019 by Designer1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 1966 World Cup 2012 Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 24/06/2019 at 18:03, Mandy Lifeboats said: Mornington Crescent World Championship 1994. The UK player was in nidd and all the laterals were blocked. The Germans amazingly missed the open flank and played Marylebone. Amazing stuff. What a victory. Villatalk really should have a Mornington Crescent thread. I am sure we have many amateur players on here. We had one, some years back. I'm up for another game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 47 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Almost as good as Brian Lara's 501 not out The funniest thing about that is that Warwickshire CCC had a nightmare making merchandise commemorating the event because Levi Strauss holds the trademark for "501" on clothing. They were surprisingly popular that summer. Certainly in my little corner of Warwickshire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 26 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Did a photo shoot with Hick around 20 years ago for a brochure I was designing at the time (might have been for Worcester CC?) I remember him being a very friendly chap. Alas as I'm not much of a cricket fan it was 'just another day at the office'. His niceness was arguably one of the reasons he failed at test level - lack of a killer instinct. That, plus the huge pressure put on him when he made his debut - hailed as the saviour of english cricket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 24/06/2019 at 18:03, Mandy Lifeboats said: Mornington Crescent World Championship 1994. The UK player was in nidd and all the laterals were blocked. The Germans amazingly missed the open flank and played Marylebone. Amazing stuff. What a victory. Villatalk really should have a Mornington Crescent thread. I am sure we have many amateur players on here. Should have taken the number 27, presuming that Breeching's law of bustitution is in play in the 2019 rules. Takes about a quarter of an hour, I did it myself on Saturday. (But I'll play. I kinda checked out when Humph died but I'm probably the forums biggest TFL nerd and won't be able to resist...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Another event I never mentioned which I have fond memories of. 1992 cricket world cup. Remember listening to a number of the games on the radio in the early hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Redgrave winning his fifth Olympic gold ... think I rowed the last 400m with him in my living room as the Italians closed in , don’t think any sporting event has ever had me that absorbed and nervous which for a sport like rowing says something Murray winning the US open would be another one ... Wimbledon is closer to home and more iconic but the mental toughness to demolish Djokovic in that 5th set after so many lost finals , in the US was just superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 44 minutes ago, The_Rev said: Should have taken the number 27, presuming that Breeching's law of bustitution is in play in the 2019 rules. Why are you assuming Beeching's Law was in play? It was an INTERNATIONAL match. You can't be in nidd if Beeching Law is in play. It's amateurs like you that make this game a farce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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