collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Posts

Re: FFP by aj2k77
[Today at 10:21:35 PM]


Re: FFP by Brazilian Villain
[Today at 10:11:07 PM]


Re: Chris Heck - President of Business Operations by Brazilian Villain
[Today at 10:07:44 PM]


Re: Gordon Cowans by Hopadop
[Today at 09:57:22 PM]


Re: FFP by Risso
[Today at 09:49:37 PM]


Re: Chris Heck - President of Business Operations by Risso
[Today at 09:46:02 PM]


Re: FFP by The Edge
[Today at 09:45:14 PM]


Re: Chris Heck - President of Business Operations by TelfordVilla
[Today at 09:41:43 PM]

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Favourite Sportsmen/Women  (Read 2912 times)

Offline ACVilla

  • Member
  • Posts: 1864
  • Age: 45
  • Location: Back in Sutton Coldfield
  • GM : 16.03.2017
Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« on: May 21, 2017, 07:53:48 AM »
One of them annoying Facebook things:

Golf: Lee Westwood
Tennis: Andy Murray (I'll change this to Agassi)
Basketball: Fabulous Flournoy
Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Rugby: Martin Offiah
Football: Ugo Ehiogu
Boxing: Joe Calzaghe
Wrestling: Ultimate Warrior
Darts: Adrian Lewis
Cricket: Devon Malcolm (I'll change this to Brian Charles Lara)
Olympics: Derek Redmond
F1: Johnny Herbert
« Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 10:40:38 AM by ACVilla »

Offline Uknowthescore

  • Member
  • Posts: 501
  • Location: Great barr
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 08:34:50 AM »
Golf. Lee Westwood
Tennis. Maria sharapova
Basketball. Don't watch it
Snooker. Ronnie o Sullivan
Rugby. Jonny wilkinson
Football. David platt
Boxing. Ricky Hatton
Wrestling. Jake the snake
Darts. MVG
Cricket. Joe root
Olympics. Linford christie
F1 jenson button

Offline ADVILLAFAN

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 12465
  • Location: Shirley
  • GM : 03.02.2025
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2017, 09:14:24 AM »
Golf. Not that bothered
Tennis. Andy Murray
Basketball. There was a player called Wade who was quite impressive
Snooker. Liang Wenbo
Rugby. Jamie Peacock
Football. Ian Taylor
Boxing. Frank Bruno
Wrestling. The Honky Tonk Man
Darts. Gary Anderson
Cricket. Trevor Penney
Olympics. Frankie Fredericks
F1 None of them

Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

  • Member
  • Posts: 10729
  • Location: Upton Park....No, Olympic Stadium....No, Aston Park...Yes that's it,Turf Moor.
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2017, 09:15:33 AM »
Golf: Jack Nicklaus
Tennis: Bjorn Borg/ Billie Jean King
Basketball: Diego Maradona
Snooker: Alex Hurricane Higgins
Rugby: Alan Hutton
Football: Brian Little
Boxing: Ali/Nicola Adams
Wrestling: Les Kellett
Darts: Jim Bowen
Cricket: Ian Botham
Olympics: Either of the Brownlee brothers/Paula Radcliffe
F1: Graham Hill

Offline spangley1812

  • Member
  • Posts: 6493
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2017, 09:34:41 AM »
Golf - Jack Nicklaus
Tennis - Jimmy Connors
Basketball - Michael Jordan
Snooker - Steve Davis
Rugby League - Not my thing
Rugby Union - Jonny Wilkinson
Football - Johan Cruyff (could have listed loads)
MMA - Not my thing
Boxing - Muhammad Ali
Wrestling - Not my thing
Darts - Eric Bristow
Cricket - Ian Botham
Olympian - Daley Thompson
F1 - Ayrton Senna

Offline Villan For Life

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 13563
  • Location: Exiled on Main Street
  • GM : 07.08.2024
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2017, 10:16:09 AM »
Golf - Seve
Tennis- McEnroe
Basketball - don't watch it
Snooker - Jimmy White
Rugby League - Martin Offiah
Rugby Union - Jonny Wilkinson
Football - Denis Bergkamp
MMA - don't watch it
Boxing - Ali
Wrestling- Don't watch it
Darts- don't watch it
Cricket - Sir Vivian Richards
Olympian - Sir Steve Redgrave
F1 - Senna

Offline cdbearsfan

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 61464
  • Location: Yardley Massive
  • I still hate Bono.
  • GM : 03.02.2025
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2017, 11:02:47 AM »
Golf: Sergio Garcia
Tennis: Andy Murray
Basketball: don't know much about this. Say Dennis Rodman, he seems a character
Snooker: Ding Junhui, Tony Drago or Alex Higgins
Rugby League: Thomas Bosc
Rugby Union: Jonah Lomu
Football: Paul McGrath
Boxing: Ricky Hatton
Wrestling: Macho Man Randy Savage
Darts: Ted Hankey
Cricket: Allan Donald
Olympics: Denise Lewis
F1: Ayrton Senna
American Football: Walter Payton
Baseball: Shorty Krantz


Offline Villa Lew

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 7669
  • Age: 73
  • GM : 16.08.2024
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2017, 01:05:40 PM »
Golf - Jack Nicklaus
Tennis - Roger Federer
Basketball - Don't watch it
Snooker - Alex Higgins
Rugby - Gareth Edwards
Football - Peter McParland/Pele
Boxing - Ali
Wrestling - A pantomine not a sport
Darts - Phil the power
Cricket - Gary Sobers
Olympian - Seb Coe
F1 - Jim Clark

Offline Zouch Villa

  • Member
  • Posts: 997
  • Location: Sententious throbber seeking moral high ground
  • GM : 12.02.2024
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2017, 02:40:20 PM »
My wife did this on Facebook after the brother in law shared it.

 I wouldnt mind but she's not a huge sports fan, and proceeded to ask me 'who's that [fill in sport here] player I like" for each sport.

Offline wittonwarrior

  • Member
  • Posts: 4610
  • Age: 63
  • Location: Knotty Ash (really)
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2017, 08:44:00 PM »
Golf:Dave Langley my nephew - he plays off scratch and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread
Tennis: Tim Henman the man who put interest back into the GB  game
Basketball: Egg  head from the Harlem Globe Trotters
Snooker: John Parrott - his stories are so funny
Rugby: Chariots
Football: right now for the care and attention he is offering Bradley - Defoe - he's a decent fella
Boxing: Their's only one to choose Casius Clay
Wrestling: The undertaker
Darts: Taylor
Cricket: Keith Fletcher/Jimmy Cumbes
Olympics: Jessica even if she is well stuck up
F1: anyone but mansell or the famous brit with his designer dogs

Offline Rotterdam

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4371
  • GM : 06.03.2025
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2017, 07:21:30 AM »
Golf - Jack Nicklaus
Tennis - Roger Federer
Basketball - ?
Snooker - Ronnie
Rugby - Sir Jonny
Football - Gary Shaw and Francesco Totti
Boxing - Lennox Lewis
Wrestling - The Phenom that is the Undertaker or Stone Cold
Darts - MvG
Cricket - Jeet is fun to watch
Olympian - Daley Thompson
F1 - Schumacher

Offline JD

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 9943
  • Location: Canterbury NZ
  • Stay Free
  • GM : 19.01.2025
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2017, 08:38:59 AM »
Golf - Lexi Thompson
Tennis - Roger Federer
Basketball - Steven Adams
Snooker - Jimmy White
Rugby League - Manu Vatuvei
Rugby - Johnny Wilkinson
Football - Sir Brian Little
Boxing - Cassius Clay
Wrestling - The Ultimate Warrior
Darts - MVG
Cricket - Graham Gooch
Olympian - Seb Coe
F1 - Ayrton Senna 


Offline St AustellAVFC

  • Member
  • Posts: 314
  • Location: Barnstaple
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2017, 10:51:00 AM »
Golf: Paige Spiranac
Tennis: Anybody against Murray
Basketball: ...
Snooker: Mark Selby
Rugby: Johnny Wilkinson
Football: Dean Saunders
Boxing: Frank Bruno
Wrestling: The British Bull Dog
Darts: Adrian Lewis
Cricket: Trevor Penny
Olympian: Jessica Ennis-Hill
F1: Nigel Mansell

Online Gareth

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 5657
  • Age: 49
  • Location: Redditch
  • GM : 25.02.2025
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2017, 11:24:44 AM »
I did this over weekend too....

Favourite sports player in each sport of all time...
Golf : Severiano Ballesteros
Tennis : John McEnroe
Basketball - Alton Byrd (sure should say Michael Jordan but in reality spent more time trying his trainers on in shops than watching him play!)
Snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan
Rugby - Richard Hill (flanker not scrum half)
Football - Paul McGrath
MMA - not the foggiest
Boxing - Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Wrestling - Bomber from Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Darts - Jocky Wilson
Cricket - Freddie Flintoff
Olympian - Derek Redmond's dad


Offline Jon Crofts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 20933
  • Location: Lost In The Supermarket
  • GM : PCM
Re: Favourite Sportsmen/Women
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2017, 11:42:25 AM »
Favourite sports player in each sport of all time...
Golf : Jack Nicklaus
Tennis : Ille Nastase
Basketball - Never watched it
Snooker - Steve Davis
Rugby - Martin Johnson
Football - Johan Cruyff
MMA - What?
Boxing - Ali
Wrestling - Big Daddy
Darts - Eric Bristow
Cricket - Ian Botham
Olympian - Sir Chris Hoy

 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal