Been thinking of doing this for a while and thought WHAT THE HELL.. Here are some SPORTING MOMENTS that i think are abit or were SHOCKING at the time and not in any order!
May 14th 1988, Will go down as arguably the biggest ever upset in domestic English football history. As Wimbledon Football Club beat the all conquering almighty Liverpool FC.
It was the newly-crowned League Champions in Liverpool taking on the South West London side Wimbledon. And the only 3 things to do with Wimbledon that people could tell you about when asked about the place
Was, it had a very famous Greyhound track, Was home to The Wombles (wiki it..or ask parents) or even more famous than them 2 put together, it had World famous Tennis tournament Wimbledon at SW19. Things have changed nowadays, But at the time not many could tell you of many Wimbledon players in their squad compared of course to the Liverpool side. As you had the likes of Grobberlaar, Hansen, Houghton, Barnes, Beardsley and Aldridge.
Every pundit and fan thought this was a fore gone conclusion, But as always in football..it`s a funny old game!
The game it`s self was mainly Liverpool knocking at the door of the "Dons" the whole way through. But the League Champions just couldn`t find a way past the defence or Dave Beasant in goals. Liverpool then put the ball in the net, only for the referee to rule it out, as he`d blown already for a free kick for the Reds bizzarely enough!
But as the half time break was approaching Wimbledon had a corner whipped in and Lawrie Sanchez glanced a header to the far post and to the shock of everyone even themselves maybe, Wimbledon was beating the Mighty Liverpool at Wembley!
2nd half was agonising for the Wimbledon supporters and made worst when a challenge by Goodyear on Aldridge resulted in a Penalty for Liverpool. So John Aldridge stepped up himself to take the penalty, Only for Dave Beasant to guess right and push it round the post as Aldridge sank to his knees in dispair and became the 1st player to Miss a Penalty at Wembley in a Cup Final. Liverpool kept the pressure on attacking and pushing for the goal to equalise but it was too late, The ref blew and Wimbledon were crowned FA CUP champions of 1988!
Carl Froch faced off against Jermain Taylor, The Cobra was coming into this fight as Champion having beaten Jean Pascal for the vacant WBC super-middleweight title in his last fight in one bruising encounter. So was making his 1st title defense over in the states in the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, USA. Taylors pre-fight mouthing off about "Who`s Carl Froch?" during every press conference he gave, as he said himself and boxing fans didn`t know who he was.
So as the fighters got it on, it was Taylor who was the aggressor and put Froch down in the 1st Round. And credit to Froch he keep coming back and though he was behind on points the whole fight he was giving his best.
Taylor it seemed look odds on to take the title off the Cobra and make sure the belt stayed in the US. And was was getting Cocky as well as it went on.
But Froch wasn`t a champion for no reason, So as the fighters entered the final round, Taylor seemingly was already planning his next fight and ready to celebrate. Froch dug deep and started a comeback, catching Taylor alot and now Taylor seemed to being running out of gas, So was trying to survive the last round and avoid Froch hitting him.
But the Cobra had him staggering now and Froch was looking for the punch to put him down, He caught him and the ref seemed very leninent on his 10 count. But Froch had him in Massive trouble and the fight was Stopped by the ref eventually as Froch barrage of punches was connecting and he could defend himself and shocked the whole crowd that was there and people watching the fight too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcGdQdoUbc Froch late COMEBACK.
2002 Saw the New England Patriots take on the St. Louis Rams in front of 72,922 people at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans at SUPERBOWL XXXVI (36). As the unfancied New England outift was tipped to be blown out of the water by the Rams christened "The Greatest Show on Turf".
The Patriots would go into this Game with a Rookie Quarterback in the name of Tom Brady who had took over the duties of quarterback, As 1st choice QB Drew Bledsoe has sheared a blood vessel in his neck against the NY Jets in Week 2.
Strange fact about the the Patriots was this was their 3rd visit to a Superbowl and on each time they reached the Superbowl it has always been in New Orleans.
New England came out aggressive and wasn`t giving the major favourites in St Louis a sniff, The Pats took a 7-3 lead mid way through the 2nd Quarter with touchdowns by Isaac Bruce and David Patten giving New England a shock half time lead of 14-3.
The 3rd quarter Patriots kicker Adam Vinateri kicked a Field goal to increase the lead to 17-3.
With the Rams in trouble and 4th & Goal, Rams QB Kurt Warner fumbled the ball which led to Tebucky Jones running a 97yd Touchdown making it 23-3 or so he thought. As the Referee gave a Penalty for Holding and so St Louis was given another chance from the 1yd line, to which Warner sneaked over the line to get his side back in the ball game,making it now 17-10.
The Rams had come to live in the 2nd half and responded well tying the game at 17-17 with 1:30 left in Regulation, After Warner threw 3 successful passes & the 3rd thrown resulted in Proehl getting the Touchdown and Extra point. TV analysts were saying the best thing New England could do is run the clock down and play for overtime as they had used all their Timeouts. But Brady thrown 3 complete passes moving his side to the Pats 41yd line.
He then after a incomplete pass,thrown a 23-yd pass & 6-yd pass to get his side up to the Rams 30-yd line. The Rookie quarterback spiked the ball with just 0:07 left on the board,setting up a 48-yard field goal attempt for Vinateri to win the Superbowl. The ball was snapped back and the kicked went up and it was GOOD! Leading to the 1st time in Superbowl history it came down to the last play of the game. As the Patriots celebrated and rookie QuarterBack Tom Brady was the MVP of the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ7pfVVMHVM SUPERBOWL 36!
Part 2 soon
WIMBLEDON BEATING LIVERPOOL in FA CUP 1988 FINAL!
May 14th 1988, Will go down as arguably the biggest ever upset in domestic English football history. As Wimbledon Football Club beat the all conquering almighty Liverpool FC.It was the newly-crowned League Champions in Liverpool taking on the South West London side Wimbledon. And the only 3 things to do with Wimbledon that people could tell you about when asked about the place
Was, it had a very famous Greyhound track, Was home to The Wombles (wiki it..or ask parents) or even more famous than them 2 put together, it had World famous Tennis tournament Wimbledon at SW19. Things have changed nowadays, But at the time not many could tell you of many Wimbledon players in their squad compared of course to the Liverpool side. As you had the likes of Grobberlaar, Hansen, Houghton, Barnes, Beardsley and Aldridge.
Every pundit and fan thought this was a fore gone conclusion, But as always in football..it`s a funny old game!
The game it`s self was mainly Liverpool knocking at the door of the "Dons" the whole way through. But the League Champions just couldn`t find a way past the defence or Dave Beasant in goals. Liverpool then put the ball in the net, only for the referee to rule it out, as he`d blown already for a free kick for the Reds bizzarely enough!
But as the half time break was approaching Wimbledon had a corner whipped in and Lawrie Sanchez glanced a header to the far post and to the shock of everyone even themselves maybe, Wimbledon was beating the Mighty Liverpool at Wembley!
2nd half was agonising for the Wimbledon supporters and made worst when a challenge by Goodyear on Aldridge resulted in a Penalty for Liverpool. So John Aldridge stepped up himself to take the penalty, Only for Dave Beasant to guess right and push it round the post as Aldridge sank to his knees in dispair and became the 1st player to Miss a Penalty at Wembley in a Cup Final. Liverpool kept the pressure on attacking and pushing for the goal to equalise but it was too late, The ref blew and Wimbledon were crowned FA CUP champions of 1988!
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Kk3C_8sEE Liv v Wim
Froch late, late show in 1st title defense
Carl Froch faced off against Jermain Taylor, The Cobra was coming into this fight as Champion having beaten Jean Pascal for the vacant WBC super-middleweight title in his last fight in one bruising encounter. So was making his 1st title defense over in the states in the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, USA. Taylors pre-fight mouthing off about "Who`s Carl Froch?" during every press conference he gave, as he said himself and boxing fans didn`t know who he was.
So as the fighters got it on, it was Taylor who was the aggressor and put Froch down in the 1st Round. And credit to Froch he keep coming back and though he was behind on points the whole fight he was giving his best.Taylor it seemed look odds on to take the title off the Cobra and make sure the belt stayed in the US. And was was getting Cocky as well as it went on.
But Froch wasn`t a champion for no reason, So as the fighters entered the final round, Taylor seemingly was already planning his next fight and ready to celebrate. Froch dug deep and started a comeback, catching Taylor alot and now Taylor seemed to being running out of gas, So was trying to survive the last round and avoid Froch hitting him.
But the Cobra had him staggering now and Froch was looking for the punch to put him down, He caught him and the ref seemed very leninent on his 10 count. But Froch had him in Massive trouble and the fight was Stopped by the ref eventually as Froch barrage of punches was connecting and he could defend himself and shocked the whole crowd that was there and people watching the fight too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcGdQdoUbc Froch late COMEBACK.
PATRIOTS "SHOCK THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF at the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!"
2002 Saw the New England Patriots take on the St. Louis Rams in front of 72,922 people at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans at SUPERBOWL XXXVI (36). As the unfancied New England outift was tipped to be blown out of the water by the Rams christened "The Greatest Show on Turf".
The Patriots would go into this Game with a Rookie Quarterback in the name of Tom Brady who had took over the duties of quarterback, As 1st choice QB Drew Bledsoe has sheared a blood vessel in his neck against the NY Jets in Week 2.Strange fact about the the Patriots was this was their 3rd visit to a Superbowl and on each time they reached the Superbowl it has always been in New Orleans.
New England came out aggressive and wasn`t giving the major favourites in St Louis a sniff, The Pats took a 7-3 lead mid way through the 2nd Quarter with touchdowns by Isaac Bruce and David Patten giving New England a shock half time lead of 14-3.
The 3rd quarter Patriots kicker Adam Vinateri kicked a Field goal to increase the lead to 17-3.
With the Rams in trouble and 4th & Goal, Rams QB Kurt Warner fumbled the ball which led to Tebucky Jones running a 97yd Touchdown making it 23-3 or so he thought. As the Referee gave a Penalty for Holding and so St Louis was given another chance from the 1yd line, to which Warner sneaked over the line to get his side back in the ball game,making it now 17-10.
The Rams had come to live in the 2nd half and responded well tying the game at 17-17 with 1:30 left in Regulation, After Warner threw 3 successful passes & the 3rd thrown resulted in Proehl getting the Touchdown and Extra point. TV analysts were saying the best thing New England could do is run the clock down and play for overtime as they had used all their Timeouts. But Brady thrown 3 complete passes moving his side to the Pats 41yd line.
He then after a incomplete pass,thrown a 23-yd pass & 6-yd pass to get his side up to the Rams 30-yd line. The Rookie quarterback spiked the ball with just 0:07 left on the board,setting up a 48-yard field goal attempt for Vinateri to win the Superbowl. The ball was snapped back and the kicked went up and it was GOOD! Leading to the 1st time in Superbowl history it came down to the last play of the game. As the Patriots celebrated and rookie QuarterBack Tom Brady was the MVP of the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ7pfVVMHVM SUPERBOWL 36!
Part 2 soon
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