[Other Sport] Greatest English/British sporting moments ever

[Sussex Nomad]

Would have preferred just English but the Olympics team are British... been a few and today in the Ashes was one of them, what would you add or subtract from this?

1954 - Roger Bannisters 3 minute mile
1966 - England World Cup
1980 - Seb Coe, Steve Ovett
1981 - Botham's Ashes
1984 - Daley Thompson
2003 - England Rugby World Cup
2012 - Olympics Super Saturday
2019 - England Cricket ODI World Champions
2019 - Stokesy's never to forget victory over the Aussies

 

[DumLum]

Would have preferred just English but the Olympics team are British... been a few and today in the Ashes was one of them, what would you add or subtract from this?

1954 - Roger Bannisters 3 minute mile
1966 - England World Cup
1980 - Seb Coe, Steve Ovett
1981 - Botham's Ashes
1984 - Daley Thompson
2003 - England Rugby World Cup
2012 - Olympics Super Saturday
2019 - England Cricket ODI World Champions
2019 - Stokesy's never to forget victory over the Aussies

Where are Torvell & Dean?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Where are Torvell & Dean?

Never saw prancing about dancing on ice as sport... sorry.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I did miss one though...

2013 - Andy Murray, Wimbledon.

 

[studio150]

Would have preferred just English but the Olympics team are British... been a few and today in the Ashes was one of them, what would you add or subtract from this?

1954 - Roger Bannisters 3 minute mile

Wow Sir Roger still holds the World Record after 65 years, amazing

 

[Bry Nylon]

Would have preferred just English but the Olympics team are British... been a few and today in the Ashes was one of them

Fully agree that it was one of the greatest English / British sporting moments ever. Just a shame it wasn't available on terrestial TV. I heard the final few overs on the radio as I happened to be in the car on my own and it was gripping stuff. My sports-mad kids, however, don't even know it happened and most likely never will, or will only have a passing interest measured in nano-seconds.

Non-terrestial TV coverage will strangle cricket in this country all the while heroics like today are not freely available for all to watch and marvel in. Shame.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Wow Sir Roger still holds the World Record after 65 years, amazing

Yeah love a pedant when you hit the wrong key... well spotted.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Fully agree that it was one of the greatest English / British sporting moments ever. Just a shame it wasn't available on terrestial TV. I heard the final few overs on the radio as I happened to be in the car on my own and it was gripping stuff. My sports-mad kids, however, don't even know it happened and most likely never will, or will only have a passing interest measured in nano-seconds.

Non-terrestial TV coverage will strangle cricket in this country all the while heroics like today are not freely available for all to watch and marvel in. Shame.

Not sure many more would have watched the Botham match at Headingly on terrestrial to be fair.

 

[lawros left foot]

The entire 2005 Ashes series. Wonderful cricket, each game close, and went nearly to the wire.

 

[dangull]

I did miss one though...

2013 - Andy Murray, Wimbledon.

And Murray's 1st grand slam win the US Open

 

[Sussex Nomad]

The entire 2005 Ashes series. Wonderful cricket, each game close, and went nearly to the wire.

Can't believe I missed that, it was on my mind to add it and totally missed!

 

[lawros left foot]

Another possible

Germany 1 - England 5.

Maybe?

 

[Weststander]

The entire 2005 Ashes series. Wonderful cricket, each game close, and went nearly to the wire.

The brilliant Simon Jones and his reverse swing. Unplayable.

 

[hart's shirt]

2000 - Steve Redgrave's 5th Olympic gold medal

 

[Sussex Nomad]

The brilliant Simon Jones and his reverse swing. Unplayable.

I wouldn't put that down as a greatest sporting moment but he was unplayable and a joy to watch. Shame his career was cut short by injury.

 

[Invicta]

Today totally belongs on the list. Amazing!

 

[dangull]

Another possible

Germany 1 - England 5.

Maybe?

It was just a group qualifier game though. Beckham's dramatic injury time free kick against Greece in the same group was maybe more important.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Maybe people other than Liverpool and Spurs fans will be talking about those two semi finals in years to come?

 

[Weststander]

Red Rum’s third National victory in 1977.

Desert Orchid’s Gold Cup win in 1989.

Tour De France - Wiggins first win.

Lewis Hamilton overtakes on the final corner of 2008 F1 season to win his first title.

Tony Jacklin winning the British and US Opens, following years of us being also-rans at golf.

 

[Weststander]

I wouldn't put that down as a greatest sporting moment but he was unplayable and a joy to watch. Shame his career was cut short by injury.

I didn’t mean that was a moment, just part of that amazing England team.