Your sport heroes

Serchers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:57 pm

Williams and Gibson. Used to go quite a bit then even though we never supported Villa which made it a bit hairy in the Holte End.

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yeltzfan · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:24 am

Stop It Aggers wrote:

Serchers wrote:

Gary Shaw !!

THOSE were the days. Off the top of my head : Rimmer, Mortimer, McNaught, Cowans, Bremner, Withe, Morley, Evans, Swain, 2 more (help!)

Rimmer, Swain, Gary Williams, Evans, McNaught, Bremner, Mortimer, Cowans, Morley, Shaw and Withe (including his shin!). Colin Gibson as full back and not forgetting Nigel Spink.

'Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe'!

David Geddes. Played when we beat Small Heath 3-0. also Eamon Deacy:
http://home.aland.net/bolin.jakobsson/villamatches/1980-81.pdf

grinner · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:25 pm

Mine would be:

1. Hicky
2. Alex Higgins
3. Jimmy White
4. Beefy
5. Basil
6. Peter Barnes

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Thanks for all my memories of a sporting legend.

yeltzfan · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:00 pm

George Best
Bobby Charlton
Gerry Hitchens
Andy Gray (Villa period)
Tom Graveney
Basil D'Oliveira

grinner · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:07 am

grinner wrote:

Mine would be:

1. Hicky
2. Alex Higgins
3. Jimmy White
4. Beefy
5. Basil
6. Peter Barnes

Don't know whether to blame Serchers for starting this thread.

No sooner do I name my ultimate sporting heroes, a few days later one of them dies. A true Genius Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins

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Alex Higgins R.I.P.
Thanks for all my memories of a sporting legend.

Serchers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:33 am

It was my first thought when I heard the news this weekend grinner. He was a maverick in all senses and people like him aren't allowed to take part in sport these days to 'maintain image of the sport'. And they wonder why snooker has lost it's appeal when all the players are so bland and boring.

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WBB · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:46 am

Grinner: were you at the Unicorns match?

warrior · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:56 am

R.I.P. Alex Higginns - very fond memories of him when I was a youngster winning the world championship in 1982.

grinner · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:30 pm

WBB wrote:

Grinner: were you at the Unicorns match?

No WBB, unfortunately not, as I always enjoy matches at Kiddy.

My cricket viewing habits, tie in with this thread, i.e. too many
snooker matches during the week mean weekends with the missus not WCCC.

And yes I would have been prepared to pay the £10/£15 to watch a WCCC away match.

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Thanks for all my memories of a sporting legend.

englishcat19 · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:05 pm

Yes, a sad day, RIP Alex

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WBB · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:22 pm

Thanks Grinner.

I asked because one bloke approached me wearing a shirt that read:

'On the Seventh Day, God created MAN..chester City'.

And you know- it did make me think....

grinner · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:09 pm

You mean there are 2 MCFC/WCCC fans

Unless he was a Unicorn !!!!

The last couple of years i've spent the summer looking forward to the footie season to start, whereas in the past it has always been spending the winter waiting for the cricket season to start,
which I suppose is a shame as i've always considered cricket my number one sport. Just shows how times have changed the last few years for my two sporting teams.

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Thanks for all my memories of a sporting legend.

Surrey Pear · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:15 pm

In addition to Hicky, 2 names to add...

LANCE KLUSENER. The amount of times he rescued South Africa from tight situations was amazing.

JOHN DALY. Appears to be a similar character to Alex Higgins; both remarkably gifted, great entertainers, but with troubled personal issues.

Serchers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:09 pm

grinner wrote:

Mine would be:

1. Hicky
2. Alex Higgins
3. Jimmy White
4. Beefy
5. Basil
6. Peter Barnes

Don't know whether to blame Serchers for starting this thread.

No sooner do I name my ultimate sporting heroes, a few days later one of them dies. A true Genius Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins

Saw the BBC advertising a programme about Higgins, Weds night I think.

grinner · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:01 pm

Serchers wrote:

grinner wrote:

Mine would be:

1. Hicky
2. Alex Higgins
3. Jimmy White
4. Beefy
5. Basil
6. Peter Barnes

Don't know whether to blame Serchers for starting this thread.

No sooner do I name my ultimate sporting heroes, a few days later one of them dies. A true Genius Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins

Saw the BBC advertising a programme about Higgins, Weds night I think.

Cheers mate, just checked.
9pm BBC2 Wednesday

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Alex Higgins R.I.P.
Thanks for all my memories of a sporting legend.