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over a year ago
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I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. |
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"I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. "
That's a good shout to be fair, absolutely phenomenal performance  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"For me I'd probably say Diego maradona's "hand of God" and Mike Tyson's loss against Buster Douglas."
I'm not sure Argentina beating England was much of an upset. |
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"For me I'd probably say Diego maradona's "hand of God" and Mike Tyson's loss against Buster Douglas.
I'm not sure Argentina beating England was much of an upset."
it made a lot of folk upset though |
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"For me I'd probably say Diego maradona's "hand of God" and Mike Tyson's loss against Buster Douglas.
I'm not sure Argentina beating England was much of an upset. it made a lot of folk upset though "
Still bloody upset about it |
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"2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.. Johnny Wilkinson drop goal!
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Only if you was a aussie, England was the form team and hot favourite's that tournament. |
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"For me I'd probably say Diego maradona's "hand of God" and Mike Tyson's loss against Buster Douglas.
I'm not sure Argentina beating England was much of an upset."
Not for Argentina,  the "hand of God" was the upset. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Emma Raducanu win at Flushing Meadows.
Leicester City’s Premier league title, especially after narrowly avoiding relegation.
The Ben Stokes Ashes test at Headingly.
Buster Douglas putting Mike Tyson down.
Naseen Hammed being flattened by Breidis Prescott. |
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"2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.. Johnny Wilkinson drop goal!
Was that an upset? England were a phenomenal side at that time "
It was an upset for the Aussies.. I was there at the time.. they didn’t handle it well!
Great for us.. but not whilst living out there  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Emma Raducanu win at Flushing Meadows.
Leicester City’s Premier league title, especially after narrowly avoiding relegation.
The Ben Stokes Ashes test at Headingly.
Buster Douglas putting Mike Tyson down.
Naseen Hammed being flattened by Breidis Prescott."
that was amir Khan by Prescott |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Emma Raducanu win at Flushing Meadows.
Leicester City’s Premier league title, especially after narrowly avoiding relegation.
The Ben Stokes Ashes test at Headingly.
Buster Douglas putting Mike Tyson down.
Naseen Hammed being flattened by Breidis Prescott. that was amir Khan by Prescott "
I sit corrected, you’re quite right. A massive upset still. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
8 seconds in July.
aka the final individal time trial stage of the 1989 Tour de France when Greg Lemond had introduced tri-bars into time trialling and demonstrated, how a set of clip-on bars could wipe of a minute from the then assumed overall winner Laurent Fignon's lead.
Watching France's golden boy cross the finish line, 8 seconds too late was too much for him. He was crushed by this. He started the day in yellow (jersey)
and even the sporting press thought he was going to keep it. Alas, greg knew different.
Lemond, was then and now the only American to ever win the tour.
That lying cheating ex boyfriend of Sheryl Crow doesn't count. |
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Ireland beating England in the 2011 cricket World Cup
Zimbabwe beating Australia in the 2007 T20 World Cup
Wigan beating Man City in the 2013 FA Cup final
Leicester winning the Premier League
Barcelona beating PSG 6-1 in the second leg after losing 4-0 in the 1st |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"123 Kid beating Razor Ramone. Rick Flair winning that Royal Rumble. "
I was going to mention a few wrestling matches but wanted to protect the integrity of the thread  |
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The Steve Bartman incident during game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship series.
The Chicago Cubs were close to winning the game when a fan sitting in the outfield seats, Steve Bartman, reached for the ball and deflected it from being caught by the outfielder Moisés Alou. Cubs ended up losing the league championship and didn't make it to the World Series. The Cubs didn't win a World Series until 2016, their first championship win in 108 years. |
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"123 Kid beating Razor Ramone. Rick Flair winning that Royal Rumble.
I was going to mention a few wrestling matches but wanted to protect the integrity of the thread
 wrestling is welcome!"
Ooooh in that case...
Daniel Bryan beating Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista in the same night at WrestleMania 30
CM Punk beating John Cena at Money in the Bank 2011
AJ Styles beating John Cena at SummerSlam 2016
The Hurricane beating The Rock in 2003
I have so many more too |
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"Ireland beating England in euro 88
Ray Houghton you legend 
Ireland beating Italy in USA 94.
Ray Houghton you legend. "
2 absolutely savage days to be Irish woo hooo |
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"I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. "
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"I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. "
can hardly hold her racket at the moment x
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"I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. can hardly hold her racket at the moment x"
Even if she never won another match, She’ll always be able to say “I was a grand slam title winner.” |
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"I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. can hardly hold her racket at the moment x
Even if she never won another match, She’ll always be able to say “I was a grand slam title winner.”"
Both very true! Personally I think she needs time to mature, she'll be a force to be reckoned with in her mid 20s if she sticks at it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I know it’s hugely fresh and not yet in folklore, but I’m convinced in years to come we will look back on Emma Raducanu’s US Open title win as one of the greatest upsets ever. A qualifier that had never even won a ladies tour game beforehand. Amazing. "
Boris at Wimbledon too, similar thing |
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Anna Kiesenhofer (I had to Google her name too!) won the Olympic road race last year. She was so anonymous and unknown that although she was their to support her fellow countries women riders, they all barely noticed when she disappeared off the front of the race. She finished so far ahead, that van Vlueten in 2nd thought she’s won and celebrated in the line. She wasn’t even a professional rider at the time. |
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Gary Lineker shitting himself at Italia'90 always makes me smile.
Zindane headbutt / red card in the world cup final was heart breaking.
Horrible way for such a sexy bastard to leave the game  |
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Biggest one I’ve seen was Super Bowl LI in 2017. Falcons up 21-3 at half time, and then went to 28-3, at which point everyone wrote the game off as theirs and a lot of my friends who had stayed up to watch it went to bed.
Patriots scored 25 unanswered points to take the game to overtime before scoring again to win 34-28. |
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"I seem to remember Mary Decker getting pretty upset when she hit the track after a tangle with Zola Bud.
Oops, my leg slipped out sideways  "
Apparently Zola Bud got the offer of a record deal after that incident.
She was going to sing the old classic ‘It’s a long way to trip a Mary’ . I believe it may have been on the Decca label. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"SuperCaleyGoBallisticCelticAreAtrocious
I don't really follow football but I am from Inverness and that headline in the Sun made me laugh"
Same here, football's pants!
No matter what you think of The Sun, their headline writing team is the best in the world. The rest of the paper...
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