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16/12/2005, 8:56 AM
OwlsFan

Sporting Heroes

Juast wondering who everybody's sporting heroes might be as you grew up:

For me there were (are):

Soccer: Jack Charlton, Liam Brady, Ray Houghton, Mick Lyons (Sheff Wed), Jack Whitham (Sheffield Wednesday), Frank O'Neill (Shamrock Rovers)
Rugby: Mike Gibson.
Motor Racing: David Kennedy
Athletics: Eamonn Coghlan.
Golf: Christy O'Conner Snr (only because my dad used to talk about him all the time - just about remember him playing)
Cricket: Geoff Boycott, Chris Old and John Hampshire (all played for Yorkshire whom I supported).
GAA: none :eek:
Cycling: Stephen Roche
16/12/2005, 9:08 AM
Dublin12

Maradona
Pele
Platini
Van Basten
Billy Bremner
Alan Clarke
Eddie Gray
Ian Botham
Liam Brady
Jackie Jameson
Stephen Roche
Ayrton Senna
Joel Garner
Michael Holding
16/12/2005, 9:16 AM
tiktok

Football: Mark hughes, Bryan Robson, Liam Brady, Jean Tigana, Socrates
Rugby: Moss Keane, Brendan Mullins, Serge Blanco
GAA: Mikey Sheehy, Jack O'Shea
Athletics: Eamon Coughlan
16/12/2005, 1:01 PM
OwlsFan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

Stoickov (Excuse my Spelling),

Is that the cheating, diving, whining Bulgarian or am I mixing him up with someone else ?

Was Pugh at Sligo before your time ?
16/12/2005, 1:55 PM
Dublin12

Quote:

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Is that the cheating, diving, whining Bulgarian or am I mixing him up with someone else ?

Was Pugh at Sligo before your time ?

Sounds like the one alright,not quite as bad as Boycott the wifebeater though:eek:
16/12/2005, 3:32 PM
OwlsFan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dublin12

Sounds like the one alright,not quite as bad as Boycott the wifebeater though:eek:

The hero bit was before the wife beating days :p - he was a confirmed bachelor in those days! May be he should have stuck to that condition.
16/12/2005, 3:33 PM
OwlsFan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

He Managed Me when i played on the Summerhill teams when i was at school got on very well but hard as nails at the same time took no S**T. Dad played with him said he would fight with dirt under his finger nails ! do you remember him ?

Yep, I remember Pugh playing for Sligo. Very good combative player with a nice touch.
16/12/2005, 3:55 PM
JoeSemi

Football: Lothar Matthaus, John Barnes, Paul McGrath, Robbie Fowler, Luis Enrique, Ronaldo.
GAA: George O' Connor, Charlie Redmond, Joe Cooney, DJ Carey.
Tennis: Sampras and Ivanesivic
Golf: Michael Campbell(ever since I dined with him!), Ernie Els and John Daly.
Boxing: Eubank and Holyfield.
16/12/2005, 5:40 PM
Kingdom

Soccer: Big Paul. The best. Enrico Chiesa.
Gaa: Maurice Fitz. Charlie Redmond
Boxing: McCullough
Athletics: Michael Johnson , Roger Black(!)
Hurling: Ciaran Carey.
Rugby: Nick Poppenwell(!)
F1: Jacques Villeneuve.
Golf: |Faldo.
Pitch and Putt: Big bad Derry McCarthy.
17/12/2005, 8:14 PM
gustavo

soccer :damien duff , lee sharpe , jesper blomqvist ,rafael cretaro , wesley charles , ronaldinho
gaelic football : eamonn o hara , paul taylor
others : ronnie o sullivan , brian o driscoll , michael johnson , andre agassi
17/12/2005, 10:50 PM
Kowalski

Soccer: George Weah
Gaa: DJ Carey
Boxing: Ali
Cycling: Lance Armstrong
Athletics: Eamon Coughlan
Rugby: Only proper sports produce heroes
Golf: Tiger Woods
Pitch and Putt: Little & Mad Piggy P
Snooker: Ken Doherty
17/12/2005, 10:55 PM
sligoman

Football-Roy Keane, Shay Given, Henrik Larsson, Eric Cantona, Mark Hutchinson, Conor O'Grady, Paul McTiernan.

GAA-None(can't stand the sport)

Rugby-Ronan O'Gara, Peter Stringer and Brian O'Driscoll.

Snooker-Ken Doherty.

Others-Eddie Irvine, Steve Collins and Mark Scanlon.
17/12/2005, 11:12 PM
Risteard

Jayz lads they can't really be that heroic if ye had that many of them.
Dave Barry.
17/12/2005, 11:27 PM
Kingdom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kowalski

Cycling: Lance Armstrong

Rugby: Only proper sports produce heroes

Snooker: Ken Doherty

Are you for fcukin real? :D
Lance Armstrong. Controversial choice. I don't believe he didn't take steroids once.
17/12/2005, 11:52 PM
Kowalski

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingdom

Are you for fcukin real? :D
Lance Armstrong. Controversial choice. I don't believe he didn't take steroids once.

So what if he did, they were all taking them, he was just better & him as a choice is more to do with what he did off the bike ................................score Sheryl Crow! boom! boom!http://foot.ie/images/icons/icon10.gif
17/12/2005, 11:55 PM
Kingdom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kowalski

So what if he did, they were all taking them, he was just better & him as a choice is more to do with what he did off the bike ................................score Sheryl Crow! boom! boom!http://foot.ie/images/icons/icon10.gif

Fair point. I wonder little Piggy P would make of him making it onto a internet forum list of would-be hero's!!
18/12/2005, 12:45 PM
Anto McC

Socccer: Roy Keane,Wes Hoolahan
GAA: Dessie Farrell
19/12/2005, 9:19 AM
Macy

Football:Whiteside, Hughes, Cantona
Team the 1994 Manchester United Team - would've p�ssed over any of the current teams, in style as well as results. No one has blitzed teams like they could in 10 minute spells...
Cycling: Sean Kelly
F1: Mansell
Rugby: Ollie Campbell, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Donal Lenihan (for facing down the haka that time)
Cricket: Botham, Paul Allott, Neil Fairbrother.
19/12/2005, 9:55 AM
tipp man

Only one hero, the Greatest. Muhammed Ali
19/12/2005, 10:22 AM
Dodge

Football; Eddie Gormley, Paul Osam, Ricky O'Flaherty, Paul McGrath, Diego Maradona, Gheorghe Hagi and Ronaldinho (already!)
Cycling; Kelly, Roche and Armstong
Boxing; Marco Antonia Barrera

Always got interested in any Irish person/team who did well and would have favourites in practically every sport/event there is but none as much as the above

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