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1) Muhammed Ali beating Sonny Liston
The first time.
2) Buster Edwards beating Mike Tyson.
3) USA beating England in World Cup 1950.
You didn't have to be alive when an event happened.
The first time.
2) Buster Edwards beating Mike Tyson.
3) USA beating England in World Cup 1950.
You didn't have to be alive when an event happened.
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1. Denmark winning euro 1992.
2. dennis taylor beats steve davis world snooker final 1985 3. nortons coin winning 1990 Cheltenham gold cup  |
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Dawn Run beating Wayward Lad..............cost me 12K............If I watch it...................I still fink its won
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John H Stracey being disqualified for a low blow (that wasn't) against Bobby Arthur in 1972 for the British welterweight title. Revenge came in 1973 when John knocked him out in round 4.
David beating Goliath West Ham winning anything |
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Some of these are below 10-1 shots. loads out there bigger than this.
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Bartoli winning wimbledon is a 400-1 shot for starters!
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and not losing a set either ^^^^
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Miracle on Ice. US college kids beat the mighty USSR at the 1980 Olympic Ice hockey.
Miracle of Bern. West Germany beat favourites Hungary to win the world cup. A turning point in German history as it signifies their acceptance on the world stage. Miracle of Villa Park. Crystal Palace destroy the last great Liverpool team in the FA Cup semi final. Probably the most important football match of all time. It ended Liverpools dominance forever. Had they won, Liverpool would surely have beaten Man U in the final and ended Alex Fergusons career. |
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If Betfair was around in 1992, Denmark would have traded at 1000.0
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fred rescue. am I correct in thinking that Denmark were invited very late to play in euro 92 after the break up of the old Yugoslavia? most of the Denmark players were on holiday all over the place and it was a challenge to get them all together for the tournament? I also remember in 1981 England played Australia at headingley in a test match. Australia were in total control then ian botham played a miracle innings then bowled out Australia to win by 18 runs. ladcrooks had a betting tent at the ground and even some Australia players had a few quid on England at the 500-1 odds offered...
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El Gran Senior getting beat by Secreto in the derby. still have nightmares. cheers.
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you are correct conductor.
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In Running..
1. The remarkable Headingly Ashes test of 81. 2. Spurs 3 Man City 4 (Man City comeback from 3-0 with 10 men) 2004 3. Liverpool 3 AC Milan 3 2005 Not in running 1. Stephen Bradbury wins Olympic Gold in 2002 2. Nottm Forest win League Title in 1978 year after getting promoted in 3rd place from Division 2 in 1977 =3. Joe Johnson wins World Snooker Champs as a virtual unknown 1986 =3. Keith Deller wins World Darts Championship as a virtual unknown 1983 |
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(in running) Jean van de velde needing a double bogey to win the Open ? and Paul Lawrie winning at the start of play on the final day ?
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joe johnson was 150 i remember that can't recall deller
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wasn't it a triple bogey he needed Biscar although I may be wrong.
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could afford a double (6) but took 7 to tie. lawrie was 10 behind at start of play
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Barcelona 2-2 10 man Chelsea.
Barcelona lead 2-0. A triumph for spirit and belief. |
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yes multi million pound spending Chelsea, that's really an upset.
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In 1963 .....
Newport beating the All Blacks Newbridge beating Newport Risca beating Newbridge ............ not that I'm suggesting Risca could beat the All Blacks ...... though my brother-in-law frequently does after a few drinks. |
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El Gran Senior getting beat by Secreto in the derby. still have nightmares. cheers. my first Derby visit to Epsom .. at around the furlong marker they flashed past in a bobbing of heads ........ no idea who the horses were ..... Mrs c-c picked the winner £5ew @ 14-1 ....... we were married later that year though I'm not sure there was any connection  |
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greece 2004 feels a bigger shocker than denmark winning euro football, i still don't know how they did it
francis ouimet winning the us open as an amateur in a 3 way play off against 2 golf greats, so good they made a film about it miracle on ice |
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just to add, ouimet did it with a 10 year old caddy as well
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2014 Brazil 1 Germany 7 , not the result but the scoreline was disbelieving.
2014 Nishikori and Cilic beating Federer and Djokovic in US Semis. 2014 Mk Dons 4 Man U 0 2014 Lord Windermere winning the Gold Cup after being tailed off for 3 miles Been a few this year for sure , the Brazil / Germany game for me personally is the biggest shock in 40 odd years of being a sports nut. |
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lord windermere bizzare race. either the pace upfront was wrong or he was the only one , that day, who truely got home
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No-one mentioned the last day of the last Ryder cup, greatest ever golf comeback imo
Gothenburg winning the 1982 UEFA Cup at odds of 1000/1 USSR beating USA in 1972 Olympic basketball final, USA's first ever defeat, the last minute is a must watch if you have never seen it. |
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Roberto beating Brigadier Gerard in the Benson And Hedges. A demolition job.
Foinavon winning The Grand National. He should have been 1000/1. |
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I've never been able to work out why Clay beating Liston was such an upset. Clay was unbeaten as a pro, winning all fights easily and an olympic champion. Surely people had to have seen that he had a lot of talent ??
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Clay was 8/1
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personally i'd have the 1995 ryder cup as a bigger last day comeback than 2012
that team was massive underdogs at the start and to win from 7-9 on the last day was incredible |
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The 1877 Dead heat boat race.
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Greece winning Euro 2004
Mr Francis Ouimet winning US Open Golf Real Sociedad beating Real Madrid 4-2 last week after being 2-0 down after half an hour |
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Had it happened you could have closed the book at Buster Edwards beating Tyson. Now that would have been the biggest sporting upset bar none.
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Not national sports, but east London darts league.
Long post  Me, losing the East London Darts League Cup Final by a score of 5-4 or 5-3, I can't remember now, after being 3-0 up. I was the only one of what were regarded as 4 'certs' that night to get beaten, and some punters weren't happy. I was quoted at 1/5, and some punters had big trebles and accas. The following season, in the early stages of the singles championships, I took a fair bit of money on a treble that looked like 3 certs at 1-7, 1-4 and 1-2, which would have paid roughly 6/5. I was in a club in Silvertown, where one of them was playing, and he had cruised home 3-0. Somebody phoned the Shakespeare in Canning Town, and he had also won 3-0, which left the third player, who was from my team, playing a pisshead scot in The **** at East Ham. I told the blokes I'd be back the next night as I didn't have enough on me to pay them out. I had a few more drinks, and as I went to leave one of them came over and said 'Don't bother coming in tomorrow night, fack knows how, but Bob got beat 3-2.' Bob was the 1-7 shot. An upset for a few dart punters was when they backed a bloke called Johnny Larkin, who only appeared for that one season, to win the singles championship. This was the year after Bobs shock exit. I had layed him at 5/1 for £120 to the guv'nor of the pub, and a few small bets to others at the same price. He beat everybody in the early rounds and never lost a leg. Come semi-final night, a lot of good players who were virtually unbacked, who I'd hoped would save my skin, had been knocked out. The pub was cram-packed and I couldn't get near the board to get a look, as I had to score the other semi-final on the other board as a secretary hadn't turned up. It was level pegging on legs, and Johnny Larkin needed 32 to win the semi-final. His opponent was up next, and he needed the maximum outshot of 170. I heard the caller say 'Player requires 170' but couldn't see anything. It went quiet and the first dart thudded in, it stayed quiet. I whispered to the bloke in front of me, John Montgomery, as he was about 6 feet 6 inches tall and could see the board 'What did he hit?' He said 'Treble top.' The second dart thudded in, and you could have heard a pin drop. JM turned and whispered 'Another treble, needs the bull', (as if I didn't know) and by fack, the place went absolutely mental when he hit it. And the best part was, is that it was my team mate Bob, who had cost punters a lot of money the previous year, who had just turned Johnny Larkin over. I know a few photos were taken and somebody contacted a Darts Magazine, but due to one thing and another, and going on holiday, I never saw the publication when I came home. No bets of thousands of pounds at stake, but you can't hedge bets anywhere with a darts league, once you take 'em, you're stuck with 'em.  |
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I'll nominate John Daly winning the 1991 PGA champs. The week before, he was 9th reserve to actually play so probably about a million to 1 at that point but by the stars aligning everyone ahead of him dropped out for various reasons so the evening before he accepted the invite and drove overnight to the event. No practice round, never even played the course before and had to borrow someone else's caddy. Won by 3 shots
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good shout goballistic
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good shout goballistic
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England winning the Headingley '81 Test v the Aussies when Ian Botham was written into folklore after 500-1 was offered by the bookies. England were reduced to 135-7, still 92 runs shy of making Australia bat again but Dilley & Bothams heroics gave Australia a total of 130 to chase but were skittled out for 112.
Boris Becker, 17, became the first unseeded player to win Wimbledon at 17 years old. Phil Taylor once doing an interview without mentioning money, namedropping or saying the next game 'will be a cracker.' |
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Becker was not really an upset, certainly not of huge proportions, I backed him for Wimbledon after he won Queens, he was best priced 20/1 just before Wimbledon Started.
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