Your first sporting memories.

running in the 60 metre sprint as a 4 year old in the school sports, coming near the finish line, looking over my shoulder and realising I was going to win! 35 years later still have that gold medal at home.
Mikey Sheehys goal in the 1978 AI final against Dublin, pure class....

Barry McGuigan beating Pedroza in 1985 to win the World Title.

Wouldnt be a big boxing fan but remember sitting at home with my Dad and Uncle watching the fight with everyone going crazy when he won.

:rolleyes:Oh here we go

irish-stew wrote: »

Unfortunate as it may be, Heysel is still a sporting memory, as is Bradford, Hillsborough, and Munich.

K-9 mentioned it, but just as a memory, which is what the subject is, your the one who included the smily which appeared a paragraph later, and questioned his thoughts on it.

I didn't ask in my OP memorys that you were proud of, just memories, I only decided in mine to includ major world events. I dont remember Heysel my self, but only the repercussions of it. I remember Hillborough and being numbed by it, it was one of the first disasters I remember seeing on the TV, and which the repercusions continue today.

He obviously edited for a reason, if it was a mistake the poster would have said so. His response clarifies the reason so I wouldn't bother. Strange, strange post and I've read a fair few!

K-9 wrote: »

He obviously edited for a reason, if it was a mistake the poster would have said so. His response clarifies the reason so I wouldn't bother. Strange, strange post and I've read a fair few!

The smiley face was in the original post after the poster mentioned all his sporting memories, I found that quite odd, I'm not getting into a debate about heysel so forget about it and get back onto people's sporting memories.:)

Cork winning 1989 AI.

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Euro 88' v England.Remember crying when we get knocked out by Holland.Been a football since then and can safely it's ruined my life!

That sounds awful.

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

The smiley face was in the original post after the poster mentioned all his sporting memories, I found that quite odd,

Fair enough, don't why you didn't bother to say that earlier instead of a sarcy reply.

I'm not getting into a debate about heysel so forget about it and get back onto people's sporting memories.:)

No, you wanted to get a dig in first, then forget about Heysel and get back to an enjoyable thread.

Anyway irish-stew said what I'd say. I feel about as much guilt as somebody with a very loose connection to those "supporters" could, some whom weren't even club supporters but from other English clubs. I'd have huge sympathy for the victims though.

Niki Laudas crash at the Nurburgring (I think, I was only 3-4 years old when it happened so it may be a re-run I remember seeing). I vaguely remember watching the 1976 European Championship final with the great penalty in the shoot-out. Again I was young so it may have been a re-run.

I definitely did watch the 1979 FA Cup Final on the day, a neighbour knew Ashley Grimes who played for Utd. I cried like a baby when Alan Sunderland scored in the last minute. My family are all die-hard Reds and my obsession started for real that day. I also remember coming home from a party in a schoolfriends house in 1980 to be told that Utd had been beaten 6-0 by Ipswich and that Gary Bailey had saved two penalties........

Standing on the terraces with my father in various falling down LOI grounds around Dublin in the early 80's

Too young to remember exact match

K-9 wrote: »

Full marks for making your point on this thread, a discussion would obviously be wasted anyway when you couldn't even have the manners to explain your earlier mistake without being sarcy.

It wasn't a mistake but seriously, the thread is being ruined for everyone else by bickering. I'm out.

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

Seriously lads, build a wall and get over it.

:eek: What a strange analogy given the stadium! Classy stuff.