Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Haha. Yeah, that's right. Forgot about that. Cancel my Parramatta argument.
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Who are the biggest chokers in World Sport?
- Thread starter Days of Grace
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steds
Hall of Fame Member
Hull FC have a fine historical record of losing finals. 1 Super League grand final, 0 wins. 13 Challenge Cup finals (+ 2 replays), 3 wins (including 1 replay). 5 Premiership finals, 1 win. 18 Yorkshire Cup finals (+ 1 replay), 5 wins.
Reckon Newcastle United would have had a shot at this back in the 90s. Blew a 12 point lead in the Premiership in 96. Splashed £15 million on the most prolific goalscorer in the league for the next season and still only finished 2nd. The two FA cup finals in the next two years, both lost (against far superior opposition, albeit).
Craig
World Traveller
Can Cronulla count? Been around for 40 years and haven't won anything.
I guess the reason why the Spanish football team would be linked to the fact a lot of the regions don't consider themself Spanish, one way not to make local friends in San Sebastian or Bilbao is to call them Spanish, when they are Basque and Spanish second, same in Cataluyna, Carles Puyol will probably (I say that because I've never met him obviously) tell you he is Catalan instead of Spanish. The same would probably be true in Galicia (far north-west, above Portugal) . Also if you include the history of Franco when he ruled with an iron fist and the civil war before that.
Brazil '98 should also be included as well.
I guess the reason why the Spanish football team would be linked to the fact a lot of the regions don't consider themself Spanish, one way not to make local friends in San Sebastian or Bilbao is to call them Spanish, when they are Basque and Spanish second, same in Cataluyna, Carles Puyol will probably (I say that because I've never met him obviously) tell you he is Catalan instead of Spanish. The same would probably be true in Galicia (far north-west, above Portugal) . Also if you include the history of Franco when he ruled with an iron fist and the civil war before that.
Brazil '98 should also be included as well.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
No mate, as an Eels fan I think we can certainly be claimed as "chokers" in the Brian Smith era. That GF loss was against a team we had beaten 40-0 a few weeks earlier and we'd broken just about every record there was to break that year. Two seasons earlier in 1999 we'd lost to Melbourne in the Preliminary Final after leading well at half time.
The year before that, however, in 1998, was the most galling of all - we led the Doggies 18-2 in the preliminary final with 10 minutes to go...and lost.
For all that though, and I hate to say it, I think Greg Norman must sadly be at or near the top of the choking pile. How he hasn't won more than 2 majors I'll never know.
pasag
RTDAS
Seriously though, Collingwood Football Club - has lost 25 Grand Finals in 110 years of AFL history, I'm not just doing this to wind up Matt, although that's the main reason itbt, but they're not called the Collywobbles without good reason.
GFs lost:
1901
1905
1911
1915
1918
1920
1922
1925
1926
1937
1938
1939
1952
1955
1956
1960
1964
1966
1970
1977
1979
1980
1981
2002
2003
GFs lost:
1901
1905
1911
1915
1918
1920
1922
1925
1926
1937
1938
1939
1952
1955
1956
1960
1964
1966
1970
1977
1979
1980
1981
2002
2003
Shaggy Alfresco
State Captain
What happened there?
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Indeed.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Still got nothing on the Bears, atleast the won some titles during their 100 odd years.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
Yes of course....it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that Englands' players weren't good enough now could it ?
bugssy
Cricketer Of The Year
oh yes i remember that game....was rod silva a certain fullback for the dogs at the time.
bugssy
Cricketer Of The Year
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
If we're talking domestic chokes, the whites in 94-95 takes some beating. Went top with five games to go, needing 9pts to win the league and gain promotion. Our sequence of results went as follows:
0-5
1-5
0-2
1-1
1-1
Going into the last game, we actually needed a point to confirm our play-off spot. Dire.
0-5
1-5
0-2
1-1
1-1
Going into the last game, we actually needed a point to confirm our play-off spot. Dire.
headhunter
International Vice-Captain
Jimmy White springs to mind.
sideshowtim
Banned
Parra still choked that year. Looked nearly unbeatable all year and got accounted for in the final.
sideshowtim
Banned
Here here! Old Bears fans unite!oh leave the bears alone!
All of my memories of footy as a kid are sitting in the beautiful North Sydney Oval (best ground in Australia) watching Flo tear them up, JT slotting them from everywhere, and Matt Sears dropping the easiest of bombs!