Best ever.......

[paul_oshea]

Apollon Limmassol 1 - 1 Cork City

The game had everything, intense pressure on City, a hostile loud crowd, being led into the stadium past the barbed wire fences, an ould fella risking his life hanging a City flag on the other side of the plexiglass from some mental cypriots, Dan Murray being booked for jumping on the ground mocking the Apollon strikers for diving, Denis Behan's oscar winning performance in ignoring his imminent substitution, struggling to stay attached to the floor when a gust of wind caught onto a TIFO flag, singing "shels are in limerick, we are in cyprus!", Mick Devine losing a stone in water, Murray's incredible header, a fan trying to leap a 10 foot moat and failing miserably ending up on a stretcher, their polish international burning everyone for pace, Apollon players losing the plot and chasing our players around at the final whistle, having to be escorted from the ground to our bus to the airport, players and fans celebrating together in the airport, the news that we'd be playing Red Star Belgrade next...

well in fairness i think a country the size of ireland should and always have been able to at least draw to a team from a country the size of cyprus.

[gustavo]

well in fairness i think a country the size of ireland should and always have been able to at least draw to a team from a country the size of cyprus.

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[GavinZac]

well in fairness i think a country the size of ireland should and always have been able to at least draw to a team from a country the size of cyprus.

I wasn't claiming it was the greatest achievement ever, just the match I enjoyed most.

Regardless, Apollon have (had? they dont seem to have their internationals anymore, looking at wiki) far greater resources than Cork City so for us to knock them out a couple of months before an Ireland team were embarressed by a Cyprus team containing a few of the same players was nothing to belittle.

[gilberto_eire]

The bore beats the bigger bore.

I forgot:

Snooker: Denis Taylor beating Steve D to win the WC and Ken Doherty also winning it.

John Tracey winning Olympic silver.

Considering you have no option to hit the ball back to your opponent and that the ball will roughly go back and forth every second i can't see how tennis players can be less/more boring over others

[GavinZac]

Considering you have no option to hit the ball back to your opponent and that the ball will roughly go back and forth every second i can't see how tennis players can be less/more boring over others

have you heard sharapova?

[Soper]

well in fairness i think a country the size of ireland should and always have been able to at least draw to a team from a country the size of cyprus.

Well you see, in Cyprus they these things called football fans, and they actually go to see their domestic club sides play!

[SkStu]

Well you see, in Cyprus they these things called football fans, and they actually go to see their domestic club sides play!

what an interesting concept? i thought a fan was someone who watched games on TV while wearing a jersey...

great post

my favourites

Galway Kilkenny 2005 AIH semi final - galway won 5-18 to 4-18. Was sitting in the canal end for it. Smashing game, great goals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFeONGIVCCQ

Ireland Germany WC2002 - 1 all, Robbie Keanes goal was just an amazing feeling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq-t-C6izbA

Bohs Rovers League Game 2001. 6-4, enough said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5S4KorpE0

[Con-Con]

Galway v Kilkenny again. What a game.
Also South Africa against Tonga in the Rugby world cup is a game I'll never forget!

[osarusan]

Football - Limerick 1 Drogheda 0. Fran Hitchcock in goals after Brian McKenna was sent off and successfully facing 2 penalties.

Boxing - Julio Cesar Chavez stopping Meldrick Taylor after 2.58 of the 12th round when Chavez was behind on points.

Cricket - Second (or was it third) Ashes test in 2005, with Australia's no 10 and 11 making up about 90 runs to get within 2 runs of victory, before losing the last wicket. Unbelievable tension for hours.

[citizenerased]

gaa- Dublin V Mayo all ireland semi-final 2006.....amazing game, attended it a a neutral, great seeing the jackeens getting beaten

[dfx-]

Bohs Rovers League Game 2001. 6-4, enough said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5S4KorpE0

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[shedite]

Soccer - United/Arsenal cup semi in 99.

Hurling - Clare all-ireland final 2005

Football - Dublin/Meath series from early 90's

Rugby - Munster Heineken Cup final

Boxing - Collins/Eubank

[shedite]

Golf - Harrington at the British open

Darts - The Barnie/Taylor final a few years ago.

[Pike B]

Hurling: Ciaran Carey's heroics at home to Clare in the mid nineties. Was the most amazing atmosphere I've ever come accross. Anyone who was there will know what I mean..
Tennis: Any of the Agassi Sampras battles.
Golf: Waste of a good walk..
Boxing: Eric Morales Vs Marco Antonio Barerra and Arturo Gatti Vs Mickey Ward (Parts 1and2) Incredible battles...
Snooker:I'd plump for Hendry Vs White World Finals... Great games, and heartbreak for Jimmy..
Athletics: Only one Michael Johnson...96.. Super Man..
Darts: Part beating Taylor at his best a few years back, and Barney beating him also.
Rugby: France incredible semi final record over the unstoppable All Blacks.. Allez Les Bleus
Soccer: In term's of great game, would be Czech Holland Euro 04 and Argentina Serbia World Cup 06. In term's of excitement and being totally and utterly exhausted sick and amazed, Ireland Germany World Cup 02 and Liverpool Ac Milan 05.. Those games took years off me!!!