Reeling in the Noughties: 2005

kfallon

King Kieren Fallon starts off his career as retained rider for Coolmore by riding both the 2,000 & 1,000 Guineas winners at Newmarket in May

handsomecake

the best of the northern hemisphere get their arses handed to them as a new star is born........his name is daniel william carter.

mrmemoriesman

Reeling in the Years 2005: what we can expect tonight:

-Death of Pope JPII and Pope Benny takes over
-Murder of Robert McCartney by IRA members in Belfast and his sisters' campaign for justice
-IRA ends armed campaign and decommissions
-Blair wins third term for Labour on much reduced majority. DUP wipeout in NI with Trimble losing seat
- Delores McNamara wins loads cash in Euromillions
-Eddie Hobbs and "Rip Off Republic" show
- Riots in French suburbs
- All Ireland Hurling Cork beat Galway; Tyrone bt Kerry in football
- Bertie Ahern comes out of the closet and announces he's a socialist
- Hurricane Katrina blasts New Orleans, with the poor taking refuge in the city's SuperDome
- London wins the 2012 Olympics. Suicide bomb attacks in London the following day on July 7th
- Live8 concert and the Make Poverty History campaign of Bono and Geldof
-The Danish cartoon crisis over caricatures of Mohammed appearing in newspapers
-Darfur war in Sudan


Any ideas on that year's music? PLEASE PLEASE no U2 or James Blunt