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Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 3:30 pm

If you could transport yourself back in time to witness one sporting moment from history, what would you choose?

I was watching the final black between Davis and Taylor and it got me thinking how brilliant it would have been to be there.

For me, it’s a recent one, I would give my left foot to have been there at the Wales v Belgium 3-1 match.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 3:53 pm

Davis v Taylor is a good shout.

Would also say 1927, to see us win the FA Cup. Will probably never happen again in our lifetimes.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 4:18 pm

Easy for me; I'd like to have been at the 1927 FA Cup Final... :ayatollah:

But beyond my beloved Bluebirds, I would like to have been at the 1936 Olympics to see Jesse Owens stick it to Adolph Hitler in his own tent...! :laughing6: :ayatollah:

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 5:28 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Davis v Taylor is a good shout.

Would also say 1927, to see us win the FA Cup. Will probably never happen again in our lifetimes.


Yeah I missed the obvious one, could start a rumour amongst the terraces that I was from the future and to avoid anyone called Vincent.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 5:29 pm

Sven wrote:Easy for me; I'd like to have been at the 1927 FA Cup Final... :ayatollah:

But beyond my beloved Bluebirds, I would like to have been at the 1936 Olympics to see Jesse Owens stick it to Adolph Hitler in his own tent...! :laughing6: :ayatollah:


Great shout that one, take that Adolf

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 5:33 pm

Following the Olympic theme, it would’ve been amazing to witness Bob Beamon’s long jump world record at Mexico 1968. Jumped 29ft when nobody had got near that mark before.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 5:38 pm

Would have to be the 1927 fa cup final.

Outside of anything city related, I would say the hand of God incident

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 5:40 pm

Great question :thumbright:

First has to be the 1927 FA cup final.

Outside of the bluebirds it would be the rumble in the jungle, foreman v Ali, probably the most famous boxing match of all time.

Would also have loved to be ringside at any of Calzaghe's fights.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Mon May 06, 2024 5:40 pm

I know people hate the egg on here, but I was there, in the corner of the South terrace, when Gareth Edwards scored “that try” for the Barbarians against the All Blacks in 1973. I was 15 at the time.

But I also rate Ben Turners equaliser against Liverpool in the Carling Cup Final.

On an Olympic theme, I would have loved to have been at the London stadium on that Super Saturday night in 2012 when Great Britain won 4 gold medals.

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Mon May 06, 2024 6:09 pm

Wales v Brazil in The Quarter finals of The World cup in 58.

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Mon May 06, 2024 9:47 pm

Robson Kanu goal against belgium

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 7:33 am

FRANCE SUMMER of 2016

As a Welshman proud and true to wander around France in that magical Summer of 2016 will live with me until I start pushing up the daisies. :clap:

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 8:25 am

For a City related sporting moment it would have to be John Buchanan's wonder strike in the final mins of the Derby the scum had been 3-1 up. Or Chops winner in 2010.
Apart from that Bales winner against Belgium in 2015 to qualify for the Euros, i know the tournament itself was amazing but that night at CCS was special.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 9:09 am

A Joe Calzaghe bout,a top title defence is a good shout, never attended.
Calzaghe is a true great, possibly underrated by the wider boxing world.
Our F.A cup win would've been interesting, i wonder what the match day experience was like back then. Did they sing in unison much?

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 10:34 am

Cardiff_CPT wrote:A Joe Calzaghe bout,a top title defence is a good shout, never attended.
Calzaghe is a true great, possibly underrated by the wider boxing world.
Our F.A cup win would've been interesting, i wonder what the match day experience was like back then. Did they sing in unison much?


I watched Calzaghe v Manfredo but that was a bit of a joke bout. Still a great experience though

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 1:33 pm

Back to 1980 for me to witness me score an overhead kick from 18 yard box knowing now that I would never get my fat arse that high again :old:

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 2:22 pm

For a non-City or Wales sporting moment, I would opt for David Hemery winning an Olympic gold in the 400m hurdles in 1968. He was nowhere near being favourite but he annihilated the field in a new World Record time.

Earlier, someone mentioned Bob Beamon in the Long Jump. One of the most magical moments in sport but at the time I was gutted that Lynn Davies got beat defending his Olympic title.

Re: Witness one sporting moment live.

Tue May 07, 2024 2:29 pm

Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns v Marvellous Marvin Hagler 1985, listened to it on Radio but would have loved to have witnessed that.