most embarassing momemt in sport!!!!

**the 12 th man** · 23/01/2004, 4:46 PM

Originally posted by pineapple stu
That was a fair while ago now wasn't it? Think yer man got Man of the Match as well!

yeah it was, the footage was in black and white.i think to this day
the guy is still in bits over it as i saw him interviewed recently.
he never really got a chance later in his career to make up for it cos i think it came near the end of his career.

**Gary** · 23/01/2004, 6:31 PM

The Babb incident had to be one of the most painful, wince worthy incidents i have ever seen.

The Zaire fella in 1974 who ran from his wall as Brazil were shaping up to take a free, and kicked the ball away - giving a "what i do?" expression when the ref booked him.

They are funny ones, but surely sports most embarrassing momet in whenever Egg chasing fans sing "Swing low, sweet chariot".

God love them, they are all middle class public school (private if in ireland) past pupils, who have never known a day of hardship, apart from that one day daddy collected them in the car that the mechanic gave him while servicing the Rolls Royce, singing a song about negroes fight for freedom from their oppressive slave masters.

Surely this irony must be some sort of made originally by some scholarship boy to Eton, who has come from a working class background, as a way of embarrassing his supposedly superior and less financially challenged "peers".

Of course the same could be said of Munster "fans" singing "fields of Athenry". For one thing Athenry is in Connaght, not Munster, and secondly i doubt many of these people had any ancestors who were sent to Australia for stealing a loaf of bread for his family. (Well actually the egg chasers back then may have robbed it from a slum dweller as a way of proving his superiority.)

silly sport anyway egg chasing.

**Ruairi** · 23/01/2004, 6:32 PM

The mods being humiliated by the non mods in the inaugural Foot.ie Challenge cup...

And in every game after that until I had to retire due to work commitments.

**Gary** · 23/01/2004, 6:45 PM

Now that i think of it, Ruairis embarrassing to yours truly at pro evo must rank up there as one of the most embarrassing defeats ever. And he will never get his own back, because i have retired, undefeated.

muhahahahahaha

**Ruairi** · 23/01/2004, 6:53 PM

Originally posted by Gary
Now that i think of it, Ruairis embarrassing to yours truly at pro evo must rank up there as one of the most embarrassing defeats ever. And he will never get his own back, because i have retired, undefeated.

muhahahahahaha

Bastid

That's almost as bad as losing to Eanna for fecks sake....

Actually funny story..... I was Celtic and he (eanner) was Real Madrid. I had gotten two men sent off and Eanna was starting to get a bit cocky. We went in at half time scoreless...

Eanner was doing all the attacking with "becks" as Eanner affectionately calls him, causing all sorts of problems in midfield.

Then, out of the blue and against the run of play, Larsson scores a tap in. Eanner, irked by this fact, throws down his joy pad, and TURNS OFF THE COMPUTER....

"ha ha, you didn't win you brit" were his exact words.

Eanner hadn;t won all night and got several hammerings, although he managed to keep me down to 2 nil in one game.

So the frustration had built up until finally it had gotten too much....

Whenever I bring this up Eanner flatly denies it, and rather sadly claims he actually won A game

**Ruairi** · 23/01/2004, 6:58 PM

did a quick google on the phil babb "incident" and found this...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...763180,00.html

**the scout** · 23/01/2004, 9:01 PM

what about dennis laws backheel winner while playing for city against utd at old trafford.i think it was one of his last pro matches and utd went on to be relegated.the look on his face when he looked around and saw the ball in the net was priceless.he was geniunely embarrassed and didnt celebrate at all.great tv for the neutral!!!!!!!

**sylvo** · 24/01/2004, 9:48 PM

I think one of the worst moment's, was Hoddle and Waddell's hit song, dimond lights, terrible hairstyle's, terrible suit's and an awful song.

**DolansWaistcoat** · 25/01/2004, 7:14 PM

Remember about 7 or 8 years ago when man u were getting a hiding from southhampton 3-0 at half time and they changed their kits at half time because sir frogie said that his players couldn't see each other properly in the grey shirts.

**tiktok** · 26/01/2004, 8:45 AM

Originally posted by DolansWaistcoat
Remember about 7 or 8 years ago when man u were getting a hiding from southhampton 3-0 at half time and they changed their kits at half time because sir frogie said that his players couldn't see each other properly in the grey shirts.

....well they did win the second half one-nil wearing the new shirts

**Shed End John** · 26/01/2004, 8:52 AM

Originally posted by tiktok
In the baseball World series ( like anyone outside the US, Cuba and Japan cares) semi-final......

a home fan grabbed a ball about to be caught by one of his team. it gave the batter a home run and ended up costing his team a place in the World Series final, the guy had to go into hiding, think it was in Chicago.

Actually saw a documentary about this one a few months back. Something to do with a 'curse' put on the White Sox about 50-60 years ago.

**the 12 th man** · 26/01/2004, 9:06 AM

Originally posted by tiktok
In the baseball World series ( like anyone outside the US, Cuba and Japan cares) semi-final......

a home fan grabbed a ball about to be caught by one of his team. it gave the batter a home run and ended up costing his team a place in the World Series final, the guy had to go into hiding, think it was in Chicago.

saw the report on tv about that.the guy who did it was an absolute fanatical supporter of the team he knocked out by doing it.he had on the team cap, jersey, scarf the whole works.he just saw the ball in the air and instict took over.
he needed an armed police escort to get out of the stadium alive!!!!

**Macy** · 26/01/2004, 9:34 AM

Originally posted by the scout
what about dennis laws backheel winner while playing for city against utd at old trafford.i think it was one of his last pro matches and utd went on to be relegated.

He retired in shame, but that it "relegated United" is one of the biggest myths ever - United would've gone down even if they'd won due to results elsewhere (f�ckin liars)....

Originally posted by the DolansWaistcoat
Remember about 7 or 8 years ago when man u were getting a hiding from southhampton 3-0 at half time and they changed their kits at half time because sir frogie said that his players couldn't see each other properly in the grey shirts

Everyone thinks it's bs, but I was at the game, in front row seats at the dell, and it was actually hard to see the players over the far side against the crowd back drop. Worst kit ever, bar Corks new one....

**the 12 th man** · 26/01/2004, 10:10 AM

it was in a test match england against the west indies.the batsman was peter willey of england and the chap bowling to him was michael holding.as he came in to bowl the commentator on tv said "the bowler is holding the batsmans willey"/priceless
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what about the time at wimbledon when it was raining and cliff richard happened to be in the audience.he was aware that some member of the royal family was present so decided to show off by doing a little gig up in the stand.someone handed him a mike and off he went.it was f*****g horrendous

**John83** · 26/01/2004, 6:21 PM

Originally posted by Macy
He retired in shame, but that it "relegated United" is one of the biggest myths ever - United would've gone down even if they'd won due to results elsewhere (f�ckin liars)....

That wasn't really the point. The expression on his face after that goal told it all.

The Babb incident is a classic - the memory of seeing it on tv is strong enough that I winced when it was first mentioned here. God only knows how Babb would react to someone mentioning it!

There's a Frank Sinclair own goal from the season Leicster were last religated from the premiership. About forty yards out from his own goal, he turned around, and 'passed' back to the keeper, who couldn't get to it.

If Kluivert (or was it van Nistelrooy) had gotten to Steve Staunton's bizarre headed backpass a couple of years ago, it would have been a bit of a contender here.

**A face** · 26/01/2004, 6:35 PM

Ireland having to play their games in Sell-Thick Park ..... oh sorry, that hasn't happened yet.

**Plastic Paddy** · 26/01/2004, 7:57 PM

Originally posted by A face
Ireland having to play their games in Sell-Thick Park ..... oh sorry, that hasn't happened yet.

Get out more. The interaction with other people would allow you to widen your sphere. It really would.

PP

**Footie_Fan** · 26/01/2004, 10:06 PM

Originally posted by Gary
God love them, they are all middle class public school (private if in ireland) past pupils, who have never known a day of hardship, apart from that one day daddy collected them in the car that the mechanic gave him while servicing the Rolls Royce, singing a song about negroes fight for freedom from their oppressive slave masters.

silly sport anyway egg chasing.

You have some inferiority complex! Get a life.

Most embrassing incident has to be the possibility of Ireland (rugby and soccer) playing abroad with an 80,000+ stadium lying empty!

**Macy** · 29/01/2004, 8:00 AM

Originally posted by davros
Here's a hypothetical one......Corcaigh have an International sports arena,quarter the size of Parkhead......Oh sorry,Wishful thinking......!

Pairc Ui Chaoimh?