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away from football.....

 

I will never forget the whole family sitting around watching this..

 

at around 8.50 when he get confirmed as the champ..remember it well...

 

just not like that anymore

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edbaston2005.jpg

 

Edgbaston '05, what a game, what an ending. Also that series in general for capturing the nation's imagination and ending 18 years of Ashes pain.

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David Coleman has to feature in many of those.

 

David Hemery probably the one I really remember

 

How Coleman didn't do a Spitting Image & explode during that commentary

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRoYE39KdT4

 

Wow lol at the empty stadium bet they didn't have to pay a year in advance!

 

Coe & Ovett must be in there somewhere

 

 

And also don't forget in some very lean years for British Golf Sandy Lyle - the first British winner of The US Masters

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That Bruno one, my local had a lock in for a group of us to watch that fight, this was before all night opening,

 

You can imagine how ****ed we were by the time the fight finished. A great great night.

 

Linford at Barcelona 1992.

 

Jonny Wilkinson

 

Germany 1 England 5

 

Ashes 2005

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David Coleman has to feature in many of those.

 

David Hemery probably the one I really remember

 

How Coleman didn't do a Spitting Image & explode during that commentary

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRoYE39KdT4

 

Wow lol at the empty stadium bet they didn't have to pay a year in advance!

 

Thank you for posting this ... this clip also also contains one of the greatest ever commentating gaffes when Coleman says "Who cares who's third? It doesn't matter".

 

It was John Sherwood, another Brit.

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Great memories, Booker T and the MG's followed by test match special.

 

"THe question is not can England save the game, or even if they can last the day, but can they last till Tea time,They are 91 runs behind with 3 wickets remaining".............

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6109950.stm

 

 

 

And for those witha half an hour to spare the story of the whole series,

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/8033935.stm

Edited by Lord Duckhunter
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Vaginia Wade 1977.

 

Toothless Tim did not provide what we have waited for so now the best we hope for - in England anyway- is anyone beating Murray.

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edbaston2005.jpg

 

Edgbaston '05, what a game, what an ending. Also that series in general for capturing the nation's imagination and ending 18 years of Ashes pain.

 

That was one the best... Privileged to have witnessed it!

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