Ireland's Greatest Sporting Moment 1962-2012

[Julio_Geordio]

What about that international rules match where the dog ran onto the pitch. That was great.

[Julio_Geordio]

Made them his bitches in the air and on the ground

[tallback]

@Bandage

Excellent points by @myboyblue and @Fagan_ODowd earlier. I don’t place much, if any, store on supposed sports where you can’t be engaged physically by an opponent. Be that a direct challenge in a sport like hurling, football or boxing or even something like tennis, running or cycling where an opponent can overpower you or lay down a physical challenge. I’d therefore rule out moments in some admittedly skilled activities like snooker, golf and such like as they really don’t compare to achieving the zenith when under physical duress.

Take out 1) minority sports such as badminton, rowing and lady boxing; 2) bespoke agri-business showcases like horse racing and equestrianism; and 3) professional networking events masked as sporting activity like rugby football and there’s actually not much left aside from the aforementioned activities.

You really went to a lot of effort to get the true TFK anti-rugby cohort (@dodgy_keeper and his buddies) to throw you an oul like there

[mikehunt]

@Julio_Geordio

Made them his bitches in the air and on the ground

It was a gem of a play. Wins the pelanty, cuts three down in a manner Zorro would be proud of. He calms down, nails the pelanty and flakes again.

[Bandage]

I don’t regard a 30-second 2 or 3 paragraph post as a lot of effort, bro.

[Tim_Riggins]

@Fagan_ODowd

In my lifetime the biggest days sport, the sporting event that had the biggest impression on the nation, in terms of clearing the streets was the Romania match in 1990.

Beating England in Stuttgart in 1988 was a bigger achievement and probably the best performance by an Irish team in any code.

The best individual achievement was Ronnie Delaney’s gold medal because it was in the blue riband event of the Olympics.

Michael Carruths gold medal comes next. Then John Treacy’s silver medal and then his victories in the two cross country world championships.

Roche and Taylor’s victories are diminished some what by being in minority sports.

McIlroys run of major was commendable but again it was in a minority sport/non sport

Doherty’s win was a high point in Victorian parlour games

Golf is as popular, if not more so, than boxing worldwide by every conceivable metric. Why describe one as minority (forgetting about the non sport aspect) and the other not so? Particularly as the Olympics Boxing is amateur and even if one takes the attitude that amateur and pro boxing are very different, you still take a huge pool of available athletes out of the fray- you basically have Cuba, Ireland and Russia where amateur boxing is highly valued.

[backinatracksuit]

Golf isn’t a sport mate, seriously, it’s a great game and the top players are very impressive but not a sport, I’m kind of with @Bandage on this.
Why did you leave Barry McGuigan out of your comprehensive list @Fagan_ODowd?

[Gman]

leaving aside your actual rankning of top Irish events, I was confused about this little titbit

@Tim_Riggins

4. Munster v Leinster (rugby football) 2009 Heineken Cup- still the record sports attendance at Croke Park, Sexton telling ROG who is boss

is that a supposed dig at Agri Games or what was your point here?

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Tim_Riggins

@Fagan_ODowd

In my lifetime the biggest days sport, the sporting event that had the biggest impression on the nation, in terms of clearing the streets was the Romania match in 1990.

Beating England in Stuttgart in 1988 was a bigger achievement and probably the best performance by an Irish team in any code.

The best individual achievement was Ronnie Delaney’s gold medal because it was in the blue riband event of the Olympics.

Michael Carruths gold medal comes next. Then John Treacy’s silver medal and then his victories in the two cross country world championships.

Roche and Taylor’s victories are diminished some what by being in minority sports.

McIlroys run of major was commendable but again it was in a minority sport/non sport

Doherty’s win was a high point in Victorian parlour games

Golf is as popular, if not more so, than boxing worldwide by every conceivable metric. Why describe one as minority (forgetting about the non sport aspect) and the other not so? Particularly as the Olympics Boxing is amateur and even if one takes the attitude that amateur and pro boxing are very different, you still take a huge pool of available athletes out of the fray- you basically have Cuba, Ireland and Russia where amateur boxing is highly valued.

25 World's Most Popular Sports (Ranked by 13 factors)

[Copper_pipe]

Iceland beating England in the Euro 2016 last 16

[Ashman]

Funny enough in Euro 88 the performance against England was our worst showing . England had a pile of second half chances but Lineker and co kicked the ball at Packie who just made himself big .

That England team were well beaten by CCCP and Netherlands thereafter .

The ROI best showing was against a fine Russian team where we drew 1-1 and were most unlucky not to win .

[Ashman]

Probably in GAA the success of the Derry Gaelic team in 1993 , the Offaly hurlers from 1980 to 2000 and Leitrim’s Connaught win in 1994 are remarkable when one considers playing populations .

[balbec]

For me the great moment of Euro 88 was Ronnie Whelan’s goal. You could argue that the England win was a fluke but when that goal went in the thought was “fuck we’re in this”!

[Tassotti]

Shiteball and stick fighting are not eligible

[balbec]

That’s a pretty fair summary.

[anon32894817]

Nate Diaz knocking the shit out of Conor McGregor

[Ashman]

It wasn’t a fluke . England weren’t great and we did enough .

[backinatracksuit]

Ah no mate, it was a very lucky win, perhaps it would have went differently if we weren’t defending a lead after 6 minutes but on the balance of play 7-1 to England was about right.

[mikehunt]

The Apres Match take on the match with Barry Davies on commentary is great stuff

[mickee321]

@tallback

@Bandage

Excellent points by @myboyblue and @Fagan_ODowd earlier. I don’t place much, if any, store on supposed sports where you can’t be engaged physically by an opponent. Be that a direct challenge in a sport like hurling, football or boxing or even something like tennis, running or cycling where an opponent can overpower you or lay down a physical challenge. I’d therefore rule out moments in some admittedly skilled activities like snooker, golf and such like as they really don’t compare to achieving the zenith when under physical duress.

Take out 1) minority sports such as badminton, rowing and lady boxing; 2) bespoke agri-business showcases like horse racing and equestrianism; and 3) professional networking events masked as sporting activity like rugby football and there’s actually not much left aside from the aforementioned activities.

You really went to a lot of effort to get the true TFK anti-rugby cohort (@dodgy_keeper and his buddies) to throw you an oul like there

very little build up to this weeks round of AIL fixtures pal, is it usually this low key?