Greatest ever British sporting performance...

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  1. Tyke_67

    Tyke_67 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks mate, that's one I forgot :)
     
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    Gegenpresser Well-Known Member

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    Fatima Whitbread and Tessa Sanderson..
     
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    What about the sherpas? He didn't do it on his own and they hardly get a mention.
     
    Redhelen, Feb 4, 2021
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    JLWBigLil Well-Known Member

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    Good call, Fonzie, old mate. But it was in 1953.
     
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    Gegenpresser Well-Known Member

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    Sorry - Hilary wasn't British mate.

    Don't you understand the basic requirement here?
     
    Gegenpresser, Feb 4, 2021
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    Well bugger me, he was a kiwi.

    Mind you, so is Ben Stokes.
     
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    Nigel Mansell every time he stepped into a car. The gutsiest driver ever full stop! Didn’t matter if it was a F1 car, Indycar or MG Maestro it a throwaway F1 v Rally driver race he gave everything.
    Dallas 1984 sums him up perfectly
     
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    Gegenpresser Well-Known Member

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    Having seen the video, Ben Stokes is wherever he tells me he's from. Or where I'm from, or what I am.
     
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    He was also from New Zealand.
     
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    Gegenpresser Well-Known Member

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    The sherpa? Is there a punchline?
     
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    What do you mean - I will raise you Botham and Willis at Headingly in 1981 - Lillee was playing in that test match ! I know cos I was there!
    Almost all sporting achievements are dependent on others not being as good
     
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    Yep - he's our greatest present athlete.
     
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    I don't think you've read the whole of this thread yet.
     
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    What about Phileas Fogg?

    He had to do it all himself.
     
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    Beg to differ - the Aussie side of 1981 was not as strong as the 2019 side (using your logic of strength of opposition) - I was at a couple of days of the Botham Test.
     
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    C'mon Fonzie it's not sport is it?

    That's a rapid panoramic holiday with a bit of hot air thrown in.
     
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    Patrick Barrie.....10 times world singles champion and 7 times world pairs champion (current champion in both) at Tiddlywinks :)
     
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    Gegenpresser Well-Known Member

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    If you want to argue teams then that's a different thread to start. Which will probably end in 1966.
     
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    Officially it is the England and Wales Cricket team. Wales unlike Scotland and Ireland does not have an Interntional Cricket team - at present Welsh players incorprated into the Engalnd and Wales team.
     
    Red-Taff., Feb 4, 2021
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    Is he British?
     
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