The best five sporting events you've attended and the five you wish you had?

[big nuts]

Attended
1. Hereford vs Brighton 1997 relegation decider.
2. Sussex vs Lancashire 2006 50 over final at lords.
3. Joe calzaghe vs jeff Lacey 2006 masterclass from Calzaghe.
4. England vs Tunisia 1998 world cup group match
5. Hatton vs Pacquiao - only six minutes but amazing to see a big fight in Vegas.

Wish I had attended
1. Ali vs foreman rumble in the jungle
2. England vs Australia day 5 Oval 2005
3. England vs Germany 1966
4. England vs Australia 2003 rugby union world cup final.
5. Nadal vs Federer 2008 Wimbledon final.

Would have also loved to see a 100 metres final either when Jesse Owens won or bolt 4 years ago.

 

[Rugrat]

Too difficult the 5 but 1

Attended: 2001 Monaco Grand Prix with all the trimmings as a guest of Jaguar racing
Wished: 1966 World Cup Final

 

[emphyrian]

BHAFC vs Donny at the Amex. Our homecoming and my 5 year old sons first ever football match.
WWE Raw tour high fived triple H and Stone cold Steve Austin as they came down the entrance ramp. Also got spat at by Molly Holly
Jacksonville Jags vs Green Bay Packers in Jacksonville 2010
NY Mets vs ? 2008 crap match but the last sporting event my Dad and I had together. Got a mexican wave started and taught my section of the crowd some BHAFC style songs.
BHAFC vs Rushden and Diamonds FA cup. Didnt actually attend but watched the match in Amsterdam. Got absolutly bladdered and ended up teaching a bunch of Ajax fans our songs. We all sang our hearts out in the pub. At the end of the game they took me to the Ajax arena and paid for me to see a match, then taught me their songs.

wished: Anything at the Olympics this year
BHAFC vs Man URE FA cup 83

 

[dookieno8]

Attended
1) UEFA Cup Final 2008
2) Scottish Cup Final 2008 (Personal Reasons)
3) Scottish League Cup Final 2008
4) FC Nordsjaelland Vs Queen of the South 2008
5) Paralympics 2012

Wished I attended
1) Scottish Cup Final 2002
2) Rangers Vs East Stirlingshire 2012
3) Olympics 2012
4)
5)

Will have a better think and come back

 

[Storer 68]

Attended
1 - First game at Falmer
2 - men's 100m final of the Olympic games 2012
3 - World Cup semi final 1990
4 - Ashes tests in australia 2002-3 and 2006-7
5 - FA Cup final 1983
5 -
Wished I'd attended
1- 1966 world cup final
2 - Hereford Utd v BHA 1997
3 -

 

[rudeboy]

1)my top one us open tennis, flushing meadows. 3 years ago.(just the whole experience),2) brighton pre season tour to portugal 1988. the one i wish i had gone to england rugby world cup win in oz over the convicts themselves.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

top 3 attended
1. Donny game
2. womens 400m final 2000 Olympics
3. mens 400m final 2000 Olympics

top 3 I wish.
1. 66' World cup final
2. 83 FA cup final
3. Hereford v BHA

 

[pasty]

Crikey, this thread has just made me realise I've only ever been to about half a dozen or so professional sporting events that didn't involve either BHA or SCCC, and of those, only 1 wasn't football (touring cars at Brands)!

So, top 5 attended are all Albion
First game back in Brighton at Withers
First game at Amex
Hereford
Anfield 2-2 FA Cup draw
FA Cup semi final

Top 5 wish I had been
1983 Cup Final - first match (was at replay)
1979 Promotion match at Newcastle
ANY winning away ashes series
The "Super Saturday" in the Olympic Stadium
1966 World Cup Final

 

[The Original]

Attended
1) Hereford v Brighton 1997
2) Paralympics 2012 'Thriller Thursday' (Jonnie Peacock 100m, David Weir 800m, Hannah Cockcroft 200m)
3) Olympics 2012
4) England v India 2009 - Twenty20 WC
5) Brighton v Ipswich 1991

Wished I attended
1) Brighton v Man Utd 1983
2) England v Germany 1990 (Turin)
3) Germany v England 2001 (Munich)
4) Olympics 2012 - anything at the velodrome
5) Australia v England 2003 (RWC)

 

[Lankyseagull]

Attended:
1. Australia v England, 5th Test at the SCG, Day 1, January 1999 - Darren Gough's hattrick (the remaining days were just not as exciting!). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

2. England v Poland World Cup Qualifier, 8 September 1993, a crowd of 70,220 - allegedy the loudest ever crowd at the old Wembley Stadium. Stuart Pearce's free kick for the third goal was probably the hardest I've ever seen a ball kicked live. 1993 (September 8) England 3-Poland 0 (World Cup Qualifier).avi - YouTube

3. The Paralympic Closing Ceremony - not exactly a sporting event, but something that I don't think will ever be beaten as a live event in this country in my lifetime.

4. Hereford v Albion 1997. Agony, Despair, Ecstasy & Relief all crammed into 90 minutes. Oh, and there's only one Mayor of Ledbury!

5. The Open, Sandwich , Final Day (twice). The world's best golfers doing things that I could only dream of on a golf course.

Wished I had been at:
1. 1966 World Cup Final.
2. The Monaco Gand Prix 1992. Mansell all over Senna in the last few laps. Perhaps better seen on the TV. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
3. England v Scotland Euro 96.
4. Benn v Eubank, 18 November 1990. Remember going to watch the Albion at West Ham the day before, the atmosphere between the two sets of supporters was fantastic with us supporting Eubank & them Benn.
5. Newcastle v Brighton, 1979. THAT Promotion!

 

[enterprise]

Top attended
1/ BHA v Hereford 1997
2/ Tingle Creek Sandown 2004 Moscow Flyer v's Azertyuiop v's Well Chief
3/ British Lions v's Oz in 2001 in Brisbane (more brits than convicts and a great time) Pity about the next 2 games!
4/ England v's Oz 2003 RWC
5/ Been to every one of Frankel's wins to date


Top 5 wishes

1/ Germany v's England 2001
2/ Any Hatton fight abroad
3/ Day 5 Ashes at Oval 2005
4/ Any visit to the Olympic Stadium in 2012
5/ 1966 world cup final

 

[matthew]

Lee Chong Wei - Lin Dan Olympic badminton final i attended - watched by 1.5bn people!

Would love to have seen India v Sri Lanka world cup final (cricket)

 

[Deleted User X18H]

1) The 1983 Football Association Challenge Cup Final
2) Brighton & Hove Albion vs Doncaster Rovers Amex Stadium Falmer Brighton 6/08/2011
3) Hereford United vs Brighton & Hove Albion 3rd May 1997 Edgar Street
4) The 2010 Football Association Challenge Cup Final
5) 2004 Grand National , Aintree/ 2006 Epsom Derby

Wishes,

1) 1910 Charity Shield Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
2) 1966 World Cup Final
3) 1977 Grand National
4) 1990 World Cup Semi - Final England vs West Germany
5) 2012 Olympic 100 Metre Final

 

[Lethargic]

Attended
1983 FA Cup Final
1979 England vs Scotland at Wembley
Hungarian Grand Prix when Damon Hill lost on the final bend
Wimbledon tennis Bjorn Borgs final game


Wish list
World cup final 1966
Rugby world cup 2003

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

1. Semi final 1983 arguably my greatest day out ever
2. Greyhound derby finals 1997 Some Picture incredible dog 2002 Allen Gift owned by a friend and trained by another superb night and 2005, 2006 Westmead Hawk for excitement
3. Shergar winning the derby 1981 but probably for what happened after
4. 1962 my first Albion game v Barnsley standing on a crate in the chicken run
5. 2010 Sussex Cup Final after nearly 30 years of owning dogs had one in a major race final and at my local track

1. Any stage of this years Tour de France never ever thought a British winner
2. Desert Orchid 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup loved the horse
3. Eubanks Benn 1990 only because went to all his early fights before he went hatstand
4. 2001 Germany v England watched it at Wimbledon dog track (had a dog running) but would have loved to been there
5. Any fight of Cassius Clay/Ali

 

[hart's shirt]

Attended
1. 1983 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Manchester United 2 (Wembley)
2. 2001 Germany 1 England 5 (Munich)
3. 2001 Gentleman's Singles - Ivanisevic v Rafter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 (Wimbledon)
4. 2002 England 1 Argentina 0 (Sapporo)
5. 2004 Chris Hoy's first gold in 1km Time Trial (Athens)

Wished
1. 1966 England 4 West Germany 2 (Wembley)
2. 1954 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minute mile (Oxford)
3. 1964 Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston (Miami)
4. 1933 Bodyline series (Adelaide)
5. 1936 Jesse Owens 4 Olympic golds (Berlin)

 

[big nuts]

Attended
1. 1983 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Manchester United 2 (Wembley)
2. 2001 Germany 1 England 5 (Munich)
3. 2001 Gentleman's Singles - Ivanisevic v Rafter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 (Wimbledon)
4. 2002 England 1 Argentina 0 (Sapporo)
5. 2004 Chris Hoy's first gold in 1km Time Trial (Athens)

Wished
1. 1966 England 4 West Germany 2 (Wembley)
2. 1954 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minute mile (Oxford)
3. 1964 Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston (Miami)
4. 1933 Bodyline series (Adelaide)
5. 1936 Jesse Owens 4 Olympic golds (Berlin)

There is a quality book I think by David Frith about the Bodyline series called Bodyline Autoposy. Really interesting read the whole series was highly controversial and went all the way up to government. Douglas Jardine really was a ruthless captain described as 'having pathological hatred of Australians'.

 

[big nuts]

I think it would have been really interesting to go back around 100 years and watch jack Johnson become the first ever black heavyweight champion of the world he won it in Sydney Australia against Tommy Burns either that or the original fight of the century against former champ James Jeffries. The discrimination Johnson took throughout his life was amazing. My favourite sports book is unforgivable blackness which describes in great depth how much hatred there was towards African Americans in the deep south. It's amazing Johnson avoided lynching in view of his lifestyle choices.

 

[Kumquat]

Brighton Ipswich last day of the season 1991. 5th day at the oval 2005 to see us get the little urn back too. Those were special. The big miss... Edgar Street. Broken ankle, unemployed. My fortunes have always coincided with the albions.

 

[nomoremithras4me]

Difficult to choose 5 but here we go

Attended in fav order;

1983 Cup Final v Man U
1983 Quarter Final v Norwich
2011 Home v Donny
1983 Semi v Wednesday
2008 v Man City (daughters first game, got her hooked)


Would love to have been in attendance for;

1966 World Cup Final
1997 v Hereford away
1983 v Liverpool away
1979 v Newcastle away
2009 v Southampton away (beginning of the Gus era)