Famous Foreign People in Irish Sport

kfallon

I was just saying to me sister in law in bed this morning that nobody in Ireland with a passion for sport (and some without) will forget the name Ochigava for the rest of their life. It got me thinking of non-Irish people who will forever be associated with Irish Sporting Memories (good or bad). A couple spring to mind such as:

Daniel Timofte: He's the Romanian guy who rather politely passed the ball back to Packie Bonner during THAT penalty shoot out in 1990 in Genoa. Here he is today
http://www.mesagerulhunedorean.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/11-x-1-daniel-timofte.jpg

Gary Mackay: scored the winner for Scotland against Bulgaria in 1987 for a shock Scotland victory in Sofia that ensured Ireland qualified for Euro '88. Will never have to buy a pint in Ireland for the rest of his life.

I can think of a few more but I'll give someone else a go :P

Mods, I know this is not a Sport forum but can we leave it here as there is no general sport forum to put it into, thanks in advance!

Lollers

Schillaci.

AEDIC

' It got me thinking of non-Irish people who will forever be associated with Irish Sporting Memories'

Jack Charlton

Fritzl Funderland

Henry. now to get the popcorn

Father Damo

On a world stage even foreigners who know sod all about football know where Henry lies in our minds.

Lister1

kfallon wrote: »

I was just saying to me sister in law in bed this morning

Keeping it in the family I see.....!

Fritzl Funderland

Anders Frisk - gave us 2 penos v Spain at WC 2002

starbelgrade

Jason McAteer.

Super-Rush

kfallon wrote: »

Mods, I know this is not a Sport forum but can we leave it here as there is no general sport forum to put it into, thanks in advance!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Bassfish

kfallon wrote: »

I was just saying to me sister in law in bed this morning

You were in bed with your sister in law? Fair nuff!!

Super-Rush

Ray Houghton and Ray Houghton.

keano_afc

The Romanian runner, Szabo. Beat Sonia in Syney in 2000. I'll never forget her.

theoneeyedman

AEDIC wrote: »

' It got me thinking of non-Irish people who will forever be associated with Irish Sporting Memories'

Jack Charlton

Sean of o halpins mammy....

Bassfish

For Munster fans: Neil Back
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TAfepsoVPtQ

kfallon

Super-Rush wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Ah sure you may as well leave it here now

Juan Hernandez Sierra - the guy Carruth defeated in '92

Janet Evans - the sore loser, the one who was the annoying geebag at Atlanta as the country basked in glory....turns out she was right tho

and following on from that:

Michelle Smith's husband - whatshisface De Bruin :pac:

Fritzl Funderland

the 3 Chinese girls who beat Sonia in 92. No idea their names or where they are now

FloatingVoter

Tony Cascarino

deman

Tony MacCasscarino

doughef

Delgado... Tour de France 87

(I think,.. didnt google)

starbelgrade

Brian O'Driscoll

flyswatter

I'd say Timofte has had a few fish suppers over the years, looks like a Mafia boss now!

kfallon

Fritzl Funderland wrote: »

the 3 Chinese girls who beat Sonia in 92. No idea their names or where they are now

Mary, Brigid and Breda I think their names were! :pac:

Cienciano

Fritzl Funderland wrote: »

the 3 Chinese girls who beat Sonia in 92. No idea their names or where they are now

One of them still has the 10,000m world record. No one has come within 22 seconds of it, and that's nearly 20 years ago. And she was recently inducted into the IAAF hall of fame, a few athletes (paula radcliff being one) was saying it's a disgrace, it's one of the most obvious dopers in the world. Her coach was banned 10 years back after a load of his athletes tested positive.

ronjo

Eusebio Pedroza who Barry McGuigan beat at Loftus Road and Stevie Cruz who he never should have fought in the heat of Vegas

MonkeyTennis

Eusebio Pedroza

Duckworth_Luas

Eusebio Pedroza, the great Panamanian featherweight who Barry McGuigan beat at Loftus Road, London back in the 1980s.

mikemac1

The All Blacks in 1978

Matt Cooper and a lot of other fans never shut up about a meaningless exhibition game which Munster won

I woz there........

Fritzl Funderland

Spanish boxer (i think) who knocked out bernard dunne in first round

Duckworth_Luas

Andrzej Jezierski!

Fritzl Funderland

Contepomi

flyswatter

Graeme McDowell.

Duckworth_Luas

Fr. Romeo Sensini

ballsymchugh

martin johnson. forever to be known as one hell of an ignorant prick by most people in ireland.

nbar12

Thierry Henry you handball cheating prick

foxyboxer

Giovanni Trappatoni.

Brian017

Ronan O'Gara!!

dilallio

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima
The Brazilian marathon runner who was shamefully attacked by nutter Niall Horan during the 2004 Olympic marathon competition while in the lead.

Mr. CooL ICE

mikemac1 wrote: »

The All Blacks in 1978

Matt Cooper and a lot of other fans never shut up about a meaningless exhibition game which Munster won

I woz there........

My dad missed it because my sister was being born. He never lets her forget that!

mikemac1

Nicolas Cruz from Cuba

Trained the Irish boxers back in the nineties when Carruth and McCullough were winning medals

I don't know what he is doing nowadays

Dyr

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nicolas Cruz from Cuba

Trained the Irish boxers back in the nineties when Carruth and McCullough were winning medals

I don't know what he is doing nowadays

He's still knocking around Ireland doing white collar boxing camps and suchlike i think

nbar12

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nicolas Cruz from Cuba

Trained the Irish boxers back in the nineties when Carruth and McCullough were winning medals

I don't know what he is doing nowadays

he's on the run in America for smuggling thousands of Cuban cigars into the country

Dyr

I'm reading everyone of these names in Jimmy Magee's voice :mad:

Felexicon

Fritzl Funderland wrote: »

Spanish boxer (i think) who knocked out bernard dunne in first round

Kiko Martinez was his name.

Chris Eubank has to in there from his epic fights with Steve Collins

Dyr

Who remembers Sanyo Music Centre and Sanyo Technology?

Technically Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins weren't Irish so they qualify.

Seanchai

Eusebio Pedroza (1985), Steve Davis (1985) and, most of all, Pedro Delgado (1987).

I remember Eusebio Pedroza, who was beaten by Barry McGuigan in 1985. I also remember McGuigan being sponsored by Irish Permanent: the people's choice, "Thank You very much Mr Eastwood" and his father singing Danny Boy. It was a great night, tarnished by McGuigan's later whinging against Barney Eastwood and most of all by McGuigan abandoning Ireland and taking out British citizenship. Yes, he won a great fight, but what a myopic idiot.


Another famous one is Steve Davis, who while brilliant always seemed to be unhappy. I remember about 20 people at home watching the snooker World Final between him and Dennis Taylor, who always seemed to be happy. Davis was widely considered the best player in the world, so we didn't expect Dennis to win. The match seemed, to my young eyes, to go on forever into the early morning. I remember they did all these snooker tricks as a show beforehand and they were fascinating.

But when Taylor finally won, it was absolutely brilliant in the dark, emigration-filled days of 1985. Unlike today, of course! Ahem.

Most of all, who could forget Spain's Pedro Delgado. What an absolutely amazing sportsman. When Stephen Roche beat him to win the Tour de France in 1987 it was extraordinary. It went on so long that everybody in the country knew all about Pedro Delgado by the end of it.

It was, and remains, amazing that a country of 5-6 million people could produce somebody to win the premier competition of a genuinely worldwide sport. To me, Stephen Roche's victory is still the greatest by any Irish person in international sport - easily up there with the Olympic gold medals, and far surpassing any Irish soccer or rugby victories.

kfallon

foxyboxer wrote: »

Giovanni Trappatoni.

And don't forget Manuela either

Seanchai

Bambi wrote: »

Technically Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins weren't Irish so they qualify.

How did you work this out?

Wacker The Attacker

Seanchai wrote: »

Eusebio Pedroza (1985), Steve Davis (1985) and, most of all, Pedro Delgado (1987).

I remember Eusebio Pedroza, who was beaten by Barry McGuigan in 1985. I also remember McGuigan being sponsored by Irish Permanent: the people's choice, "Thank You very much Mr Eastwood" and his father singing Danny Boy. It was a great night, tarnished by McGuigan's later whinging against Barney Eastwood and most of all by McGuigan abandoning Ireland and taking out British citizenship. Yes, he won a great fight, but what a myopic idiot.


Another famous one is Steve Davis, who while brilliant always seemed to be unhappy. I remember about 20 people at home watching the snooker World Final between him and Dennis Taylor, who always seemed to be happy. Davis was widely considered the best player in the world, so we didn't expect Dennis to win. The match seemed, to my young eyes, to go on forever into the early morning. I remember they did all these snooker tricks as a show beforehand and they were fascinating.

But when Taylor finally won, it was absolutely brilliant in the dark, emigration-filled days of 1985. Unlike today, of course! Ahem.

Most of all, who could forget Spain's Pedro Delgado. What an absolutely amazing sportsman. When Stephen Roche beat him to win the Tour de France in 1987 it was extraordinary. It went on so long that everybody in the country knew all about Pedro Delgado by the end of it.

It was, and remains, amazing that a country of 5-6 million people could produce somebody to win the premier competition of a genuinely worldwide sport. To me, Stephen Roche's victory is still the greatest by any Irish person in international sport - easily up there with the Olympic gold medals, and far surpassing any Irish soccer or rugby victories.

Apart rom winning the world cup nothing will ever surpass Italia 90 ever

SEPT 23 1989

Jack Charlton,no one else comes close

Wacker The Attacker

Wim Kieft. The Bollocks

Seanchai

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Apart rom winning the world cup nothing will ever surpass Italia 90 ever

They won shag all, and the soccer tactics were horribly defensive! They only made it to the quarter finals. Stephen Roche actually won the premier race of a genuinely world sport, racing. Arguably, the Tour de France is one of the toughest competitions of any sport. He won. He didn't just win a place in the last 8. Given the enormous money invested in cycling in France, Spain, the US and Italy this was unique in Irish sporting history.