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YOUR 3 biggest Sporting upsets ??
YOUR 3 biggest Sporting upsets ??
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1999 Rugby World Cup. France scored 43 points against the All Blacks to win the semi final.
I had the pleasure of watching it live in a pub in London with a large contingency of Kiwis. They were certainly very upset.  |
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Maybe not in terms of worldwide impact but Maoi Chinn Tire winning The Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle at Wetherby in 2010 at 200-1 was as unexpected as the price suggests.
This is a Listed contest, not some seller that a shrewdie could plot one up at huge odds for. I remember it since I know the owner fairly well and he had a few quid on. I didn't though!   |
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^^ cant recall too many 200-1 winners in racing, was this a record sp?
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Must be close.
I'll check with the Googles and see what they say Stand by.... |
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'Equinoctial is the longest priced winner in British racing history, having won a novices' handicap hurdle at Kelso on November 21, 1990 at odds of 250-1.'
So there you go. I once worked with a bloke who would probably have 'heard a word for it' and 'was going to back it'. |
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Surely the death of chit chat, not one response to sdk's op.
Buster Edwards? The great train robber? Would have been around 60 at the time that Buster Douglas lost to Tyson. |
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If I was a modest man I wouldn't dream of pointing out that I commented on that being the biggest by far.
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Seabiscuit beating Triple Crown winner War Admiral
Freuchie Cricket Club (Fife) winning the National Village Championship at Lord’s in 1985 |
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soderling beating Nadal at RG
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13/5/1988 Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0
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Sheffield Eagles beating Wigan 98 Challenge cup final.
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Good post, Call me a taxi.
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Buster Douglas is my No.1. Easy to forget the type of fear which most opponents used to display getting in the ring with Tyson.
Think someone already said Honeyghan, that's the biggest shock involving a British boxer, apart from the occasion - not confirmed but rumoured - when Chris Eubank actually threw a punch at an opponent. Finally, Berwick Rangers beating Glasgow Rangers in the 1967 Scottish FA Cup. |
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Greece 2004 has to be N°1 for me, literally nobody saw that coming. Would have loved to have been on at whatever price they were.
Journeyman Barry Cowan in 2001 taking not one but TWO sets of Sampras 2nd Rd Wimbledon  Britain 4x1 relay gold in Athens Olypmics 2004, the shock not winning and beating the American's but the fact they never dropped the baton |
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11 Sep 14 15:50 Good post, Call me a taxi. Ta, was it the darts post? |
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It was probably your West Ham winning anything jibe
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Are you kidding?
biggest shock of all time was England winning the World Cup. The stuff of pure fantasy that |
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That was no shock in my opinion, not sure what price England were to win the world cup but it must have been single figures, how many teams would have been shorter in the market, maybe two possibly three if any at all, England by 1966 had a decent team & would have been competitive in another european country, playing at home & every Match at Wembley was a massive advantage which they took advantage of.
They actually had a better team in 1970 imo & really should have made the final, which I'm sure they would have lost again to the best team I have seen in my lifetime. |
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pumphol - England by 1966 had a decent team
England had a terrific team in 1966. The 1970 team was better imo too. Brazil back then was the best team ever. Just bought Nobby Style`s biography and it`s a fantastic read. |
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Brazil had a poor world cup in 1966, I'm sure after winning the two previous comps they were expected to go all the way, Germany had never beaten England by 1966 after seven attempts in which they had lost the last six, I suspect England were odds on to win in 90 come the final.
As for Nobby this is one of my all time fav footie photos . http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/67/590x/nobby-377152.jpg |
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pakistan refusing to come out after tea in that test match and the game being awarded to England got a few fingers burnt
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Knew they should have used Tetley's
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Just to mention something different.
Akabusi running down Pettigrew in the 1991 4x400 World Championship final. |
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That was an amazing finish, I screamed him home.
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And me, I couldn't believe it when he actually won.
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Washington Generals (then known as New Jersey Reds) beating the Harlem Globetrotters to end a 2,495 game winning streak.
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The 2004 4x1 relay gold was closer after just watching the akabusi clip, Maurice Green's leg was over the line before Lewis-francis chest was, really it should be first body part imo, although happy it benefited Britin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDmYQ6WUvw
Rosol knocking Nadal out of Wimbledon was pretty shocking at the time too, world N°100 v N°2, but it was the nature of the way h won, going for every single shot and winning, first time I'd seen Nadal without a clue |
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