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Your sporting dream?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:09 pm
by Tricky Trevor
Well I’m old enough to have had them all.
Scoring a Cup Final Wembley winner for our Clarets.
Winning the World Cup
Winning Wimbledon
Winning the Tour de France
Winning the Olympic Marathon or 1500m.
Scoring a century to win the Ashes
You can only choose one.
Winning Wimbledon for me. Them guys are amazing athletes.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:12 pm
by CyrilEbokiPoh
Own goal for Blackburn at Ewood against Burnley. Shirt off to reveal a Payton style natural born claret shirt. And run straight for the tunnel!
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:17 pm
by Devils_Advocate
Probably beating Wimbledon for me too though it would have to be back in the crazy gang days
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:19 pm
by Tricky Trevor
Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:17 pm
Probably beating Wimbledon for me too though it would have to be back in the crazy gang days
Ooh! You are naughty.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:47 pm
by Wile E Coyote
has to be the cup final winner for Burnley, in my dream it would be against arsenal and in late, late, added time
huge delay in VAR, but ultimately is given although its clearly a mile offside.
Arteta rants and raves, and almost cries on the sky post match interview, he leaves an empty wembley to find his car is on bricks and is ticketed for a parking illegally.
He gets sacked, and a week later gunners put in an offer for me, clarets accept £150.000.000.
following season I score an unprecedented 100 own goals and get them relegated.
Scotty likes my style and brings me back to the Turf on a ten year deal.......(could happen)
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:13 am
by CoolClaret
Winning The Masters.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:26 am
by yTib
a break over 40 at snooker.
shagging stefi graf.
at the same time would be the real dream though technically impossible.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:20 am
by Darnhill Claret
Decathlon gold medal winner and all time record points total.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 4:10 am
by RammyClaret61
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:06 am
by RammyClaret61
Score a century to win the Ashes. Here at the MCG, Boxing Day Test. going 2 up in the series with one to play. Hopefully someone in the current England side will do exactly this this Christmas!
With Stokes our captain, we’ll bring the urn home!!
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:54 am
by Buxtonclaret
Scoring a ton to win the Ashes - and quickly too, before we lose Test Cricket for ever.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 6:22 am
by CaptJohn
Winning "The Open" at St Andrews. That walk down the 18th over the Swilken Bridge with massed crowds either side applauding. Brings goose bumps.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 7:26 am
by Tribesmen
To play for Ireland at Lansdowne , football .
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 7:53 am
by Caballo
Stopping Usyk to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, then retiring before Moses Ituma becomes the mandatory defence.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:04 am
by ArmchairDetective
Burnley to win the Premier League. Or Champions League. I suppose if it's a dream scenario I might as well chuck in the FA Cup at the same time.
Any of the above will do
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:21 am
by PWBFC
Has to be winning the World Cup.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:54 am
by Goobs
Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:47 pm
has to be the cup final winner for Burnley, in my dream it would be against arsenal and in late, late, added time
huge delay in VAR, but ultimately is given although its clearly a mile offside.
Arteta rants and raves, and almost cries on the sky post match interview, he leaves an empty wembley to find his car is on bricks and is ticketed for a parking illegally.
He gets sacked, and a week later gunners put in an offer for me, clarets accept £150.000.000.
following season I score an unprecedented 100 own goals and get them relegated.
Scotty likes my style and brings me back to the Turf on a ten year deal.......(could happen)
So how did your wife meet Arteta?
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:58 pm
by Clarets4me
Playing 2nd Row for England at Twickenham, running out very impressively, belting out the National Anthem whilst looking up to the Stand to see my glassy eyed wife and parents beaming down with pride ... winning the first line-out, but it usually ends with me being laid spark-out by a huge Frenchman ...
Distinguished former playing colleagues have been kind enough to say I am very modest about my playing career ( decent junior Club standard ), to which I tend to reply, " Yes, but then again, I have a great deal to be modest about ! "
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:19 pm
by NottsClaret
Probably winning the Snooker at the Crucible. I'm approaching an age where combining sporting excellence with longish periods of having a nice sit down appeals to me. Plus it's easy to get into Sheffield from ours so I'd be home for tea.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:32 pm
by dougcollins
NottsClaret wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:19 pm
Probably winning the Snooker at the Crucible. I'm approaching an age where combining sporting excellence with longish periods of having a nice sit down appeals to me. Plus it's easy to get into Sheffield from ours so I'd be home for tea.
Or as my grandad used to say, you can just nip home if you need a sh!t.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:15 pm
by rufus lumley
Winning the ACO World Championship of Cornhole.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:36 pm
by bobinho
To win the British round of MOTOGP.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:19 pm
by exilecanada
Draining a 20ft left to right breaking downhill slider to win The Masters
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:37 pm
by Bfc
Seeing Rovers being kicked out of the Football League and their ground turned into scrap yard.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 7:15 pm
by sjb
RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:06 am
Score a century to win the Ashes. Here at the MCG, Boxing Day Test. going 2 up in the series with one to play. Hopefully someone in the current England side will do exactly this this Christmas!
With Stokes our captain, we’ll bring the urn home!!
That would be mine too. Set 130 to win, I carry my bat for 100* after collapsing to 50 for 9, reaching my century & winning the game with a 6 off Steve Smith.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:27 pm
by Goodclaret
Tiddlywinks world championship final.
The last tiddle - it needs to drop - one little chip and the plastic counter skirts the rim of the cup and finally, agonisingly, drops in! The remaining 2 people in the crowd who have stayed awake go as wild as their zimmers allow as I bask in winking glory.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:50 pm
by ClaretTony
If it’s not scoring for Burnley then it has to be scoring a ton to win the Ashes.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:31 pm
by Wile E Coyote
Goobs wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:54 am
So how did your wife meet Arteta?
she was a nurse, and specialised in psychology, specifically those suffering delusions and paranoia.
Ta for asking though.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:44 pm
by Bop
My sporting dream is complete. After several relegations and the depths we sunk to, all I ever wanted was a return to the top division. I chucked many a coin in a wishing well or fountain in the 70’s, only thinking of one thing. Now I’ve seen us in the Premier League, in Europe, win play offs, and regularly beat those Blackburn Bastards. Plus over the last 20 years I’ve been accompanied by my boys. Sporting dream completed.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:47 pm
by BurnleyFC
Gold in 100m men’s Olympic final.
There’s no better sporting contest.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:11 am
by Wile E Coyote
BurnleyFC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:47 pm
Gold in 100m men’s Olympic final.
There’s no better sporting contest.
yes there are, loads. that drug addled farce cant compete with football surely ?
but....by comparison to golf, cricket, F1, and ****** snooker, you do have a valid point.
TF nobody dreams of darts.
Re: Your sporting dream?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:15 am
by Kingsleyclaret
My son plays hockey to a high level. I’ve lived one dream, being in the crowd (in Buenos Aires) watching him line up for the national team for the anthem. Cried my eyes out. Dream now is to see him at the Olympics.
