View Full Version : Greatest sporting upset ever?
the truth
20-12-2012, 03:06 PM
Heres my nomination, a truly fantastic documentary on the day a small welsh town saw its team beat the New Zealand all blacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLKmc-FNjc
Enjoy and keep them coming:blush:
GiRTh
20-12-2012, 03:14 PM
Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0 FA cup final 1988.
Soderling df. Nadal 2009 FO
Jesus.
20-12-2012, 03:31 PM
Rocky Balboa versus Ivan Drago.
If he dies, he dies.
ray finkle missing the goal in ace ventura, "the miss heard around the world"
sheffield eagles beating wigan in the 1998 rugby league challange cup final
buster douglas beating mike tyson
usa beating england 1-0 in the 1950 football world cup
usa beating the soviet union at ice hockey in the 1980 olympics
17 year old unknown boris becker winning wimbledon in 1985
2000/1 tournament outsider andy callaby beat phil the power taylor in the darts world grand prix
the truth
20-12-2012, 05:44 PM
circus fighter tomy farr , from pontypridd, flown to new york yankee stadium to fight the greatest boxer of all time , joe "the brown bomber" louis in his prime and takes him 15 rounds....ok the split decision went to the brown bomber but new yorkers were rioting as they felt it was a fix.
Seth Petruzelli beating Kimbo Slice in about 10 seconds and Steaua winning the Champions League in 1986, watched a few highlights a while back and they had some player called Piturca who was amazing
DDRickyDD
21-12-2012, 06:37 PM
Greece winning Euro 2004.
Liverpool winning the 2004-05 Champions League.
Ivanišević winning Wimbledon 2001 after being ranked 125th in the world and needing a wildcard to qualify.
West Germany beating Hungary in the 1954 World Cup Final.
BBfanUSA
21-12-2012, 10:56 PM
Giants Beating at the time Undefeated Patriots a few year back (Not this year, but about 4 years back)
Iowa State Football down 24-3 in the third only to come back with a bit of luck and resilience winning 38-31 in 2OT against the 2nd best team in the nation.
US Soccer beating England in the first world cup.
US Soccer Beating Spain 2-0 in the 2009 confederates cup semifinal (They almost won the whole tournament lost to Brazil 3-2)
Legend killer
22-12-2012, 09:11 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals
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