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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 7:37:06 GMT
Not necessarily the best, but who are you favourite sportsmen across all sports.
Athletics.....British Daley Thompson, Worldwide Usain Bolt
Rugby U or L....British Rob Andrews...Worldwide Jonah Lumu.
Boxing..British either Benn or Calzhage, Worldwide either Hearns or Pacquiao.
Footy...British PETER CROUCH...Worldwide George Best.
F1...British Hunt the Shunt...Worldwide Senna.
Golf..British Justin Rose...Worldwide Tiger Woods.
Cricket...None of em...Conna stand Cricket.
Snooker...Jimmy White...Don't really know any foreign players TBH.
Darts..Phil Taylor...Worldwide..Barny...
Ladies Beach Volley Ball....Love em all.
Tennis.. Henman...Worldwide..Federer
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Post by felonious on Oct 12, 2017 7:40:41 GMT
Eddie the eagle.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 8:05:49 GMT
Ray Reardon really nice chap....as a youngster I was at the tyremens club overlooking Shelton bar, pissing about on the bar billiards table (not knowing what I was doing) and up steps mr reardon. He spent quite some time with me... taught me how to play.  Barry sheene henry cooper great aftershave 🤡 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 8:10:05 GMT
Football....Brit- probably Crouch/ World Paolo Maldini
Cricket.... v difficult...batsman Brian Lara/Clive Lloyd (both W. Indies), bowler Shane Warne, w'keeper Adam Gilchrist
Cycling....Chris Froome
Rugby Union....Sean Fitzpatrick (NZ) - can't stand Rugby League
American Football....John Elway/Dan Marino - can't decide between the two
Motorcycling....Carl Fogarty (WSB) and Mick Doohan (GP)
Rallying.... Ari Vatanen and Hannu Mikkola
Not really into many other sports.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Oct 12, 2017 8:33:16 GMT
Ray Reardon really nice chap....as a youngster I was at the tyremens club overlooking Shelton bar, pissing about on the bar billiards table (not knowing what I was doing) and up steps mr reardon. He spent quite some time with me... taught me how to play. Barry sheene henry cooper great aftershave 🤡 Bet not many on here remember The Tyremens! My dad worked at Shelton Bar and used to drink there. I was going to say Barry Sheen as well. Also liked Ed Moses and Alberto Juantorena, two of the earliest athletes I can remember. As a teenager, boxing took over and Marvin Hagler was the man. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 8:44:39 GMT
Ray Reardon really nice chap....as a youngster I was at the tyremens club overlooking Shelton bar, pissing about on the bar billiards table (not knowing what I was doing) and up steps mr reardon. He spent quite some time with me... taught me how to play. Barry sheene henry cooper great aftershave 🤡 Bet not many on here remember The Tyremens! My dad worked at Shelton Bar and used to drink there. I was going to say Barry Sheen as well. Also liked Ed Moses and Alberto Juantorena, two of the earliest athletes I can remember. As a teenager, boxing took over and Marvin Hagler was the man. My dad worked at Shelton bar and played table tennis for the team in the canteen opposite the bar entrance (that junction was about a foot deep in coal slurry) we always popped in tyremens before heading home  I nearly put Marvin haggler too  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 9:05:28 GMT
Denis Smith.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 9:26:30 GMT
Ray Reardon really nice chap....as a youngster I was at the tyremens club overlooking Shelton bar, pissing about on the bar billiards table (not knowing what I was doing) and up steps mr reardon. He spent quite some time with me... taught me how to play. Barry sheene henry cooper great aftershave 🤡 Was torn between the 2 TBH, met Ray 100's of times. Went to school with his kids, and was big mates of his son Darren, went to their house loads of times, Ray was an awesome guy. Jimmy, in my opinion, rescued snooker as a spectator sport, and also met him loads of times here in Pattaya, had a few beers with him a couple of months ago, fucking hell he can drink, mainly Baileys.... |
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Post by wagsastokie on Oct 12, 2017 9:47:34 GMT
Ray Reardon really nice chap....as a youngster I was at the tyremens club overlooking Shelton bar, pissing about on the bar billiards table (not knowing what I was doing) and up steps mr reardon. He spent quite some time with me... taught me how to play. Barry sheene henry cooper great aftershave 🤡 Was torn between the 2 TBH, met Ray 100's of times. Went to school with his kids, and was big mates of his son Darren, went to their house loads of times, Ray was an awesome guy. Jimmy, in my opinion, rescued snooker as a spectator sport, and also met him loads of times here in Pattaya, had a few beers with him a couple of months ago, fucking hell he can drink, mainly Baileys.... Not negating its alcohol but baileys doesn't take a lot drinking The bloody stuff is like drinking cream mind you doesn't go well with cider curdles like hell |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Oct 12, 2017 9:57:10 GMT
Alex Higgins.
Viv Richards,Michael Holding,Adam Gilchrist.
Desmond Douglas.
Thomas Hearns,Marvin Haggler,Roy Jones Jr.
Alan Jones,Ayrton Senna.
Mcenroe,Ivan Lendl.
Maradona,Zidane,Messi.
Phil Taylor,Gary Anderson.
Frankie Fredericks,Michael Johnson.
Eric Gundersen.
Hannu Mikkola.
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Post by Mendicant on Oct 12, 2017 10:25:40 GMT
Alex Higgins. Viv Richards,Michael Holding,Adam Gilchrist. Desmond Douglas. Thomas Hearns,Marvin Haggler,Roy Jones Jr. Alan Jones,Ayrton Senna. Mcenroe,Ivan Lendl. Maradona,Zidane,Messi. Phil Taylor,Gary Anderson. Frankie Fredericks,Michael Johnson. Eric Gundersen. Hannu Mikkola. Hagler v Hearns... that first round was phenomenal. |
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Post by Mendicant on Oct 12, 2017 10:41:04 GMT
Maradona, Zidane, Beardsley
Calzaghe, Juan Manuel Marquez
Lance (yes, that Lance), Claudio Chiappucci, Chris Hoy
Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor, Johnny Manziel aka Johnny Football
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Post by yeokel on Oct 12, 2017 10:57:35 GMT
Daley Thompson - The greatest British athlete ever?
Brian Jacks - Always impressed on Superstars.
Andy Murray - Not as much of a wanker as he's made out to be.
Barry Sheen - Saw him race many times. Great rider, great personality & great smell.
Nigel Mansell - Can't think why, but always liked him.
Alex Higgins - He woke snooker up and made it entertaining.
Muhammad Ali - No explanation required.
John Lowe - Seemed pretty cool at the time.
Giant Haystacks - I liked him when I was a kid.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Oct 12, 2017 11:18:29 GMT
Now, Itoje & Farrell in Rugby Union
Jimmy Anderson and Moen Ali in Cricket
.. as a kid, Brian Lara was an idol of mine in Cricket.
Football wise, Del Piero and Zidane were my fave players growing up watching Italian football. Not a cool thing to say as a young Stoke fan but I pretty much tried to copy David Beckham so he must've been one of my faves back in the day also.
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 12, 2017 15:30:25 GMT
Football ..... platini was one of my favourites as was Karl Heinz rumminiga
Rugby ...... Dean Richards , Gerry guscott ,
Athletics .... Sally gunnell ,
Boxing .... haggler was amazing when he cut minter to shreads the first time I saw him
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Post by drjeffsdiscobarge on Oct 12, 2017 17:24:43 GMT
Alex Higgins. Viv Richards,Michael Holding,Adam Gilchrist. Desmond Douglas. Thomas Hearns,Marvin Haggler,Roy Jones Jr. Alan Jones,Ayrton Senna. Mcenroe,Ivan Lendl. Maradona,Zidane,Messi. Phil Taylor,Gary Anderson. Frankie Fredericks,Michael Johnson. Eric Gundersen. Hannu Mikkola. Hagler v Hearns... that first round was phenomenal. If you look up the word 'brutal' in a dictionary, it just says "see Hagler v Hearns round 1". Pretty sure the word 'slugfest' was also derived from that round! Wouldn't have looked out of place if it had actually occurred outside The Place on a Satday night and both were wearing Burtons fleck suits rather than shorts! Fucking awesome! |
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Post by Mendicant on Oct 12, 2017 17:36:21 GMT
Worth another watch surely. I don't know what was more vicious, the punches or the looks they were giving each other.
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Post by woodstein on Oct 12, 2017 18:12:10 GMT
* Crikit- Sir Geoffrey Boycott
* Footy - Sir Gordon Banks
* F1 - Graham Hill, Nigel Mansell and the inspirational Alex Zanardi (who lost his legs but made a comeback and won gold medals in Paralympics.)
* Tony Sibson! (boxing)
* Athletics - Sonia Lanaman (cos I liked her name!)
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I nearly put Marvin haggler too 
