QuoteMaradona
Pele
Platini
Van Basten
Billy Bremner
Alan Clarke
Eddie Gray
Ian Botham
Liam Brady
Jackie Jameson
Stephen Roche
Ayrton Senna
Joel Garner
Michael Holding
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
Cycling: Stephen Roche
Last edited by OwlsFan; 16/12/2005 at 9:36 AM.
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
MOT
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
Last edited by tiktok; 16/12/2005 at 9:20 AM.
Cork City: Making 'Dream Team' seem realistic since 2007.
Is that the cheating, diving, whining Bulgarian or am I mixing him up with someone else ?Originally Posted by Rogue Trader
Was Pugh at Sligo before your time ?
Sounds like the one alright,not quite as bad as Boycott the wifebeater though
MOT
The hero bit was before the wife beating daysSounds like the one alright,not quite as bad as Boycott the wifebeater though- he was a confirmed bachelor in those days! May be he should have stuck to that condition.
Yep, I remember Pugh playing for Sligo. Very good combative player with a nice touch.
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.
Mens sana in corpore sano
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.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
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
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
The opinions expressed above are not those of my family, my church or myself,
but they are the opinions of Humphrey Bogart as revealed to me through the medium of my pet hamster, Dr.Samuel L. Jackson
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.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Jayz lads they can't really be that heroic if ye had that many of them.
Dave Barry.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Are you for fcukin real?
Lance Armstrong. Controversial choice. I don't believe he didn't take steroids once.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
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!Are you for fcukin real?
Lance Armstrong. Controversial choice. I don't believe he didn't take steroids once.
The opinions expressed above are not those of my family, my church or myself,
but they are the opinions of Humphrey Bogart as revealed to me through the medium of my pet hamster, Dr.Samuel L. Jackson
Fair point. I wonder little Piggy P would make of him making it onto a internet forum list of would-be hero's!!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!
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Socccer: Roy Keane,Wes Hoolahan
GAA: Dessie Farrell
Football:Whiteside, Hughes, Cantona
Team the 1994 Manchester United Team - would've píssed 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.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Only one hero, the Greatest. Muhammed Ali
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
54,321 sold - wws will never die - ***
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