If You Could Change

[Lufc76Cor]

Just for fun and hopefully some will find this interesting, so here goes, if you could change any 3 sporting results in history what would they be? The only rules are you can only choose one from each or any sport, but you can choose let's say two from football but one must be at club level and the other international, or one rugby union and one from rugby league, if the change is a final then you would have changed the actual outcome but let's say you change the result in a quarter or semi final then you've only changed that result but not the actual outcome, confusing? yes I know so here's a few examples......

1: my first one would be obvious , I'd overturn the 1975 European Cup final so we would have beaten Bayern and then won the European Cup for real

2: The 1994 World Snooker Championship final, I'd overturn that so Jimmy White would have won 18-17 instead of losing by the same score, in other words he wouldn't have missed that black and cleared up

3: My 3rd choice would be the 2023 Rugby World Cup where I would overturn the Quarter final between Ireland and New Zealand to be an Irish win so we would have made the Semi Finals for the first time and playing Argentina with a good chance of making the final but no guarantee, but just to make the Semi's would have created history in itself


There's so much to choose from and there's no right or wrong selection, other examples would be things like, Maradona's handball, what if England held on against Argentina this year, what if we never sold Cantona to them , you get the idea...........

[The Subhuman]

I won't do Paris

The Tuck rule game where Brady fumbled, Raiders won but it was reversed on a very dodgy call

70 world cup, Banks doesn't get ill England beat Germany

74 world cup, Cruyff's Holland beats Germany in the final

[Lufc76Cor]

I won't do Paris

The Tuck rule game where Brady fumbled, Raiders won but it was reversed on a very dodgy call

70 world cup, Banks doesn't get ill England beat Germany

74 world cup, Cruyff's Holland beats Germany in the final

Only one problem is that 2 of those are from the same sport or competition , but that's ok as it's only for fun, love the first one

[The Subhuman]

Only one problem is that 2 of those are from the same sport or competition , but that's ok as it's only for fun, love the first one

There's probably a cricket one involving Hants but can't think of it right now

Not followed rugby union since the glory days of the 70's/80's, again can't think of a result I'd change

Not bothered enough by other sports to worry about results much

[Lufc76Cor]

There's probably a cricket one involving Hants but can't think of it right now

Not followed rugby union since the glory days of the 70's/80's, again can't think of a result I'd change

Not bothered enough by other sports to worry about results much

That's fair enough, it's only for fun anyway , was only trying to make it interesting by dividing it up , but work away with whatever you want

[Irish Ian]

Ok. Three that gave me PTSD

Apart from 75.

Footy. SF v Derby, Berra doesn't get send off and they don't cross the ball into the Berra sized hole he left and score. It took me two years to even look at that game on YouTube.

Cricket. Ireland v England at Stormont,Belfast Ed Joyce ( Irish born playing for England ) doesn't keep in play a certain sixer and England don't win by 3 runs under Duncan f*****g Lewis ..

Snooker. World SF 2026 Mark Allen doesnt get the yips, etc.

I need a drink after that

Honourable mentions go to Alex.Highins Rory Mcilroy and the U15s Annadale Grammar Hockey team of 1980 of which I was a member ( bloody bent umpires)

[Irish Ian]

Just for fun and hopefully some will find this interesting, so here goes, if you could change any 3 sporting results in history what would they be? The only rules are you can only choose one from each or any sport, but you can choose let's say two from football but one must be at club level and the other international, or one rugby union and one from rugby league, if the change is a final then you would have changed the actual outcome but let's say you change the result in a quarter or semi final then you've only changed that result but not the actual outcome, confusing? yes I know so here's a few examples......

1: my first one would be obvious , I'd overturn the 1975 European Cup final so we would have beaten Bayern and then won the European Cup for real

2: The 1994 World Snooker Championship final, I'd overturn that so Jimmy White would have won 18-17 instead of losing by the same score, in other words he wouldn't have missed that black and cleared up

3: My 3rd choice would be the 2023 Rugby World Cup where I would overturn the Quarter final between Ireland and New Zealand to be an Irish win so we would have made the Semi Finals for the first time and playing Argentina with a good chance of making the final but no guarantee, but just to make the Semi's would have created history in itself


There's so much to choose from and there's no right or wrong selection, other examples would be things like, Maradona's handball, what if England held on against Argentina this year, what if we never sold Cantona to them , you get the idea...........

Cantona is a good call, although even after his disgusting unfaithfullness I still have a soft spot for him

[marie67]

1. The first one that came to mind is the 1999 French Open final which was a battle of the generations between the multiple grand slam champion Steffi Graf and the young pretender Martina Hingis. I'm a big Martina Hingis fan and i wish she could have served the match out in the second set and avoided the total meltdown of the 3rd set in which she resorted to serving underhand, got booed by the crowd, stormed off court before the trophy presentation and had to return in tears with her mother

She never did win another grand slam to add to the 5 she has.

2. Lewis Hamilton being robbed of the 2021 F1 world title by Max Verstappen due to selective application of safety car rules.

3. I agree Jimmy White winning at least one of his world championship finals would have been nice.

I'm sure there are others but can't think of them at the moment.

[Lufc76Cor]

Ok. Three that gave me PTSD

Apart from 75.

Footy. SF v Derby, Berra doesn't get send off and they don't cross the ball into the Berra sized hole he left and score. It took me two years to even look at that game on YouTube.

Cricket. Ireland v England at Stormont,Belfast Ed Joyce ( Irish born playing for England ) doesn't keep in play a certain sixer and England don't win by 3 runs under Duncan f*****g Lewis ..

Snooker. World SF 2026 Mark Allen doesnt get the yips, etc.

I need a drink after that

Honourable mentions go to Alex.Highins Rory Mcilroy and the U15s Annadale Grammar Hockey team of 1980 of which I was a member ( bloody bent umpires)

That missed black will haunt me till the day I die, can't watch a replay of it until he does win the World Championship some day

[Lufc76Cor]

1. The first one that came to mind is the 1999 French Open final which was a battle of the generations between the multiple grand slam champion Steffi Graf and the young pretender Martina Hingis. I'm a big Martina Hingis fan and i wish she could have served the match out in the second set and avoided the total meltdown of the 3rd set in which she resorted to serving underhand, got booed by the crowd, stormed off court before the trophy presentation and had to return in tears with her mother

She never did win another grand slam to add to the 5 she has.

2. Lewis Hamilton being robbed of the 2021 F1 world title by Max Verstappen due to selective application of safety car rules.

3. I agree Jimmy White winning at least one of his world championship finals would have been nice.

I'm sure there are others but can't think of them at the moment.

Number one was heartbreaking, but I was going to mention the Hamilton one as an example but knew somebody would mention it

[CUSSIE01]

Ok. Three that gave me PTSD

Apart from 75.

Footy. SF v Derby, Berra doesn't get send off and they don't cross the ball into the Berra sized hole he left and score. It took me two years to even look at that game on YouTube.

Cricket. Ireland v England at Stormont,Belfast Ed Joyce ( Irish born playing for England ) doesn't keep in play a certain sixer and England don't win by 3 runs under Duncan f*****g Lewis ..

Snooker. World SF 2026 Mark Allen doesnt get the yips, etc.

I need a drink after that

Honourable mentions go to Alex.Highins Rory Mcilroy and the U15s Annadale Grammar Hockey team of 1980 of which I was a member ( bloody bent umpires)

[airedale]

European cup 75
The 86 hand of god but not his second goal .
The 98 Batty penalty (who the f..k thought that was a good idea) and that shitshow from that big girls blouse beckham.
The 2026 Tuchel tactic tragedy allowing a 39 year old goat to do what the f..k he wanted.
I added the 4th because its still raw.

[Madron]

Can't be exact regarding the year, but around 35 years ago . Did a £1 placepot (think it was a big meeting).
First 5 came in, but in the last , finished one off the places in a big handicap.
Paid over £1500. Gutted.
Still hurts.
Not gonna be too greedy, but just need one of the placed horses to kindly step aside .
Give me my dosh.( +interest).

[weasel]

I think with footy I'd either go for the Valencia 2nd leg of the European Champions League semi final. Us appearing in the final would have probably given us not only some extra money but raised our profile and possibly stopped the financial meltdown. So even if we didn't win the final it may have changed our history. If not that then I'm sure there was a game late in that season (might have been the match v Man U where we had a Wes Brown own goal ruled out for offside or when Barthez should have been sent off but wasn't and then save Ian Harte's penalty) that if we'd won it would have likely secured us a place in the next year's Champions League and similarly possibly staved off the financial implosion.

Then the world cup semi v Germany in 1990. Think if we'd have won that we would likely have beaten Argentina in the final.

WIll do the 3rd later as can't think of a particularly forceful one at present.

[Wes Lee Street]

2. Lewis Hamilton being robbed of the 2021 F1 world title by Max Verstappen due to selective application of safety car rules.

That is a great shout Marie.

I could have wept for Lewis Hamilton that day. It was robbery. And I don't even like F1 that much.

[Jammy 07]

Just give us the penalty when Beckenbaur committed GBH on Alan Clarke.

Then score the penalty

Then go on to comfortably win the game 4-0

[John in Louisiana]

Since '75 is already taken, I'd go for the 1970 FA Cup final.

Not of interest to many on here, but I'd love to change the outcome of the 2001 NCAA basketball tournament where my alma mater Arizona lost to Duke.

The one that hurt the most, though, was when the New York Yankees lost the 2001 World Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the ninth inning in the seventh game of the series. The city of New York really needed that one.

[DDB220]

I used to do archery at a decent level. I came 2nd in a competition that I should have won. I would have liked the opportunity again to have driven over a chaps recurve bow that he had unwittingly placed in the parking space I was reversing into. I had never met him before and he was the winner. He shithoused me about it afterwards.

2 / Yorkshire under 14 cross country championships when I was in the leading group - lost a trainer in the mud. Single parent family and hand me down trainers that were two sizes too big. Would like the opportunity to have run round that mud bath.

OK time to be less self indulgent.

3/ any of the playoff finals we lost, just to get the monkey off our back.

[Lufc76Cor]

Since '75 is already taken, I'd go for the 1970 FA Cup final.

Not of interest to many on here, but I'd love to change the outcome of the 2001 NCAA basketball tournament where my alma mater Arizona lost to Duke.

The one that hurt the most, though, was when the New York Yankees lost the 2001 World Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the ninth inning in the seventh game of the series. The city of New York really needed that one.

That's exactly the point, it's what you would change, nothing to do with what anybody else knows or thinks, I'm really just interested to know what people would change, more so different sports, each and everyone of us would pick a Leeds one, be it 75, 70, 73 , a play off or another along with most of the board would pick an England one, even the ones where some use a personnel one is interesting and like I said earlier it's only for fun

[Lufc76Cor]

Can't be exact regarding the year, but around 35 years ago . Did a £1 placepot (think it was a big meeting).
First 5 came in, but in the last , finished one off the places in a big handicap.
Paid over £1500. Gutted.
Still hurts.
Not gonna be too greedy, but just need one of the placed horses to kindly step aside .
Give me my dosh.( +interest).

I once did an accum of 6 teams to score 3 or more goals , it was a one euro bet and paying 20 grand, I was let down by one goal, the following week I did the same bet with different teams and again was done by one goal and it was for 22 grand this time, this time it was Wrexham in the conference and they were drawing 2-2 with a side that were down to 10 men and Wrexham had won every single home game to that point , I didn't need them to win just to score a third goal, they didn't and to this day I've never done that kind of a bet again