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Most embarrassing Irish sporting moment?

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  • #32
    MathDebater
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    Meilani Nutritious Spectrum wrote: »
    Jesus yeah I was on holiday in Youghal when that was on, went to the toilet, came back and he was on his hole!

    Fair play to him though he came back to win a World Championship on the same day that the Irish rugby team won the grand slam.


  • #33
    Collie D
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    MathDebater wrote: »
    Fair play to him though he came back to win a World Championship in a fight that was voted fight of the year on the same day that the Irish rugby team won the six nations championship.

    Indeed. Got knocked oh his arse twice and took a good hiding in the tenth I think. Looked well beaten and dead on his feet in the next and then an amazing comeback in the last. Great performance and balls shown that night


  • #34
    arayess
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    charles haughey stealing the limelight when stephen roche won the tour de france was fairly cringeworthy


  • #35
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Willie Casey vs Guillermo Rigondeaux, as a Limerick man I was so happy to see Willie get beaten :D:D


  • #36
    Dtp1979
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    Didnt ireland lose 4-0 against some shjt team like Cyprus a few years ago?


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  • #37
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #38
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Didnt ireland lose 4-0 against some shjt team like Cyprus a few years ago?
    5-2 to Cyprus, Euro 2008 qualifier.


  • #39
    Berserker
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    I think the non-event game versus England brought up a potential candidate, as pointed out to me by an England fan after the game. Irish fans in the South Lower booing GSTQ, for whatever reason and they then proceeded to boo Raheem Sterling for his continuous refusal to sign a new contract for their beloved Liverpool.
    KevIRL wrote: »
    Michelle Smith and the refusal afterwards in certain quarters here to accept her guilt.

    Was she ever officially done for it? I know that she still has the medals and is still listed with the honours.
    KevIRL wrote: »
    Also the Fields of Athenry at the end of the 4-0 hammering by Spain

    A very good shout.
    Meilani Nutritious Spectrum wrote: »
    Willie Casey vs Guillermo Rigondeaux, as a Limerick man I was so happy to see Willie get beaten :D:D

    Willie 'Big Bang' Casey, you mean. That was in Citywest, wasn't it?


  • #40
    Zebra3
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    Lot of competition for this one.

    Morons protesting outside the French embassy. Grown men, ffs!!!!

    John Delaney throwing his tie in the crowd in Moscow(?).

    The Gah desperate for attention and money in 1991 ordering a replay in the Dublin-Meath game after somebody had won the match.

    Ireland fans demanding an award after Euro2012 for something or other.

    Irish fans booing some player against Denmark years ago because they thought he played for Rangers. (He didn't).

    Irish fans booing an England player because he might leave their favourite (English) club.

    Working class people jumping on the rugby bandwagon. Sad.

    John Delaney.


  • #41
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Lot of competition for this one.

    Morons protesting outside the French embassy. Grown men, ffs!!!!

    John Delaney throwing his tie in the crowd in Moscow(?).

    The Gah desperate for attention and money in 1991 ordering a replay in the Dublin-Meath game after somebody had won the match.

    Ireland fans demanding an award after Euro2012 for something or other.

    Irish fans booing some player against Denmark years ago because they thought he played for Rangers. (He didn't).

    Irish fans booing an England player because he might leave their favourite (English) club.

    Working class people jumping on the rugby bandwagon. Sad.

    John Delaney.
    What happened there?


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  • #42
    Zebra3
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    Meilani Nutritious Spectrum wrote: »
    What happened there?

    There was a mistake made by one of the officials during the match so the Gah ordered it to be replayed.

    Big cash windfall for the Gah and loads of publicity which they felt was badly needed after Italia90 the year before.


  • #43
    not yet
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    G Mac talking in that fcuking mid-Atlantic accent..


  • #44
    sonofenoch
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    The Fields of Athenry, full stop.


  • #45
    Aidric
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    Not a single moment but the GAA's insistence on replays is a continuing embarrassment.

    The fact that they also haven't taken the timekeeping duties off the referee is ridiculous.


  • #46
    Berserker
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    Forgot about the episode where a certain sub-section of the population almost went berserk when Rory hinted at declaring from Team GB in the upcoming Olympics.


  • #47
    buckwheat
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    There was a mistake made by one of the officials during the match so the Gah ordered it to be replayed.

    Big cash windfall for the Gah and loads of publicity which they felt was badly needed after Italia90 the year before.

    No there wasn't. :confused:


  • #48
    keith16
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    Meilani Nutritious Spectrum wrote: »
    Ireland got beat 6-0 by Germany in 2012.

    It was 6-1 :):(


  • #49
    MikeSD
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    England women hammering us at rugby world cup.


  • #50
    salmocab
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    the 60 nil loss to NZ was the morning of my wedding, every time I look at the wife I have to think of that game.


  • #51
    osarusan
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    Irish fans booing a player in an international match (think he was Austrian) because he played his club football with Rangers. There are a couple of angles to that cringe.

    FAI refusing to allow the Limerick Barcelona game was another one. In fact, the FAI would be prominent on any list.


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  • #52
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    osarusan wrote: »
    Irish fans booing a player in an international match (think he was Austrian) because he played his club football with Rangers. There are a couple of angles to that cringe.

    FAI refusing to allow the Limerick Barcelona game was another one. In fact, the FAI would be prominent on any list.
    Me and my brother spoke about the Barcelona game this morning. The FAI just didn't want Limerick soccer getting lots of money as Limerick and Dublin both have the best Youth leagues in Ireland. Limerick getting more money would allow for better facilities etc.


  • #53
    PizzamanIRL
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    KevIRL wrote: »
    I disagree

    Oh no you didn't.


  • #54
    PizzamanIRL
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    In general, the whole "You'll never beat the Irish!" chant at sporting events. I know it's not meant to be taken literally, but still.


  • #55
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #56
    osarusan
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    Meilani Nutritious Spectrum wrote: »
    Me and my brother spoke about the Barcelona game this morning. The FAI just didn't want Limerick soccer getting lots of money as Limerick and Dublin both have the best Youth leagues in Ireland. Limerick getting more money would allow for better facilities etc.

    FAI wanted to host Barcelona themselves, and said as much at the time.

    Limerick would not have made much money, as it would have cost a million quid to get Barcelona. We would have covered costs and got great publicity, but it would not have been a windfall of any kind.


  • #57
    Collie D
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    Patww79 wrote: »
    The Irish Open golf not even being in Ireland.

    The Irish Golf Union like most Irish sporting bodies covers the whole island.


  • #58
    Hammer Archer
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    There was a mistake made by one of the officials during the match so the Gah ordered it to be replayed.

    Big cash windfall for the Gah and loads of publicity which they felt was badly needed after Italia90 the year before.
    Yeah, that never happened.


  • #59
    foxy farmer
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    PLAN B in Croke Park at an all Ireland final a few years back. Stewards trying to keep people in the stands by holding up some plastic mesh was a joke to say the least.


  • #60
    salmocab
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    Meilani Nutritious Spectrum wrote: »
    Me and my brother spoke about the Barcelona game this morning. The FAI just didn't want Limerick soccer getting lots of money as Limerick and Dublin both have the best Youth leagues in Ireland. Limerick getting more money would allow for better facilities etc.

    Can you explain what happened here, only have the vaguest of recollections of it happening.


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  • #61
    Whosthis
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    salmocab wrote: »
    the 60 nil loss to NZ was the morning of my wedding, every time I look at the wife I have to think of that game.

    Grounds for divorce.


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