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There used to be a programme that did tbis in the 1980s and you would hope your favourite moment would come up - but it rarely did.


So now with youtube we can see again pretty much any sporting moment. What is yours? Post it here.


I'll start:

Archie Gemmell's 1978 world cup goal against Holland

Short Version



Match Highlights...(Souness, Dalglish, etc)

1978 Scotland Holland brief highlights

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> And I remember staying up to see this:

>

> Ben Johnson drug assisted Olympic win



i hope that you don't think that i'm picking on you (having had some differences of opinion elsewhere) but i don't think that was the olympic final. i think that this was - 9.79:


Mick Mac Wrote:

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> And then there's the most incredible climax to an

> English league season

>

> Arsenal Liverpool 1989

>

> Michael Thomas late goal 1989


totally agree with this one - amazing


one of my favourite moments of 09, despite not supporting either team


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGhZ456rJAE&feature=related

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Another boyhood idol. The King of the world. The

> absolute greatest of all times.

>

> Muhammed Ali


Yes Jah - Great boxer, great entertainer and a better poet than Cantona.


I always remember the line from Harry Carpenter: "I can't believe it, he's won the title back at 33!"


Who did he lose the title to 3 times? Frazier was one I think?

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Jah Lush Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Another boyhood idol. The King of the world.

> The

> > absolute greatest of all times.

> >

> > Muhammed Ali

>

> Yes Jah - Great boxer, great entertainer and a

> better poet than Cantona.

>

> I always remember the line from Harry Carpenter:

> "I can't believe it, he's won the title back at

> 33!"

>

> Who did he lose the title to 3 times? Frazier was

> one I think?


I was at the fight, well live at the cinema. It was Harry Carpenter and Ali was 32. He was stripped of the title for refusing to fight in the Vietnam War in 1967 when he was in his prime and untouchable. He never lost the title to Frazier. He beat him twice and lost in the first fight which was to try and regain his title after his ban. Lost his title to Leon Spinks and Ken Norton after susbseqeuntly having his jaw broken in the first round but beat them both to regain his titles.

I've obviously only seen it all by replays, but have watched a lot of Ali, and Frazier, and personally I prefer Frazier. Not saying he was better than Ali, but I found him more exciting to be honest.


Ali also showed the flaw in his character by the way he spoke about Frazier, calling him the white mans hope and all that bollix, especially considering that Frazier helped Ali get his license back!


The 3rd fight was a draw in my eyes, in that Ali has stated that he'd asked for his gloves to be cut off after the 14th, which would have made Frazier winner (Frazier was begging his trainer to let him fight on, but it was stopped because he was basically blind).


Ali was funnier though.


Don't want to dis the great sportsman that Ali was, but as a man, he acted like a bit of a cock at times.

It was all part of the hype to sell tickets and put fear in his opponents. I thought he did it in a very entertaining way but when other people do it these days they do look a bit of a cock.


NB: Frasier wouldn't have been able to lay a glove on him in '67. He was too fast. Three and a half years out of the ring is a very long time in boxing. Also, I thought Ali won the first fight in '71. He was robbed of that one.

Obviously stevenage coming from 2-0 down at half time to win 3-2 in the 89th at the first ever competitive final at the new wembley, the morning after huguenot's stag do and the morning my wife agreed to marry me was a sporting moment for myself, doubt it's on youtube though.

Keef Wrote:

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>

> Don't want to dis the great sportsman that Ali

> was, but as a man, he acted like a bit of a cock

> at times.



I dare you to say that to his face (well not now obviously, he's ill)

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