0:00:26 > 0:00:29Hello and welcome again to Glory Days,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33as we look back to the glorious 1980s.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And what a feat of nostalgia we have for you -
0:00:35 > 0:00:36world champions,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38world-class performances,
0:00:38 > 0:00:39World Cups.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42That's what was featuring on the back pages,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44but what was on the front?
0:00:44 > 0:00:48MUSIC: "Blue Monday" by New Order
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Lovely car. I can still see myself in one of those.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Yes, the 1980s, a decade of excess and success.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And in the sports arena, our stars were eager,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14they were hungry to take on the world.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'Tiny Hugh Russell, 20-year-old from New Lodge in Belfast...
0:01:23 > 0:01:26'beats the Korean to the punch and he's finishing well.'
0:01:29 > 0:01:33'Leon almost desperate now, wild with his punches.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- 'Trying to land the big one...' - BELL RINGS
0:01:35 > 0:01:37'..but it's too late!
0:01:37 > 0:01:39'Charlie Nash delighted with his performance.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:42'That's Armstrong. That's Hamilton.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'Now can Hamilton get it in?'
0:01:44 > 0:01:46CHEERING
0:01:46 > 0:01:47'He just made it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52'Armstrong didn't get there,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54'but Cochrane coming in from the far side did!'
0:01:54 > 0:01:56'Armstrong in the centre.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59'Support, too, from Brotherston. Can he finish this time?
0:01:59 > 0:02:00'Oh, he has!'
0:02:00 > 0:02:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:01 > 0:02:05'And a delighted Billy Bingham on the pitch, there.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08'This is some of a... Quite a miracle in Irish terms.'
0:02:11 > 0:02:15MUSIC: "Our House" by Madness
0:02:17 > 0:02:19'It was a freezing cold night,'
0:02:19 > 0:02:22and I remember going out to the ring with plastic bags on my boots
0:02:22 > 0:02:25'and then I'm going out to have my pro debut.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29'I knocked Selvin Bell down with a left hook to the body
0:02:29 > 0:02:31'and Bob McMillan, I think, was the referee -'
0:02:31 > 0:02:34he stopped the fight in the second round.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35So, that was a start!
0:02:35 > 0:02:39'You are looking at John Watson now.'
0:02:39 > 0:02:42He was a great hero of mine when I was young.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44What he never really got was a great car
0:02:44 > 0:02:47when he was young enough to really show how good he was.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52'John Watson, the man from Ulster. He can coast home now.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55'Into the chicane. The crowd roars.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59'And the British Grand Prix has been won by a British car
0:02:59 > 0:03:03'with a British driver. His name, John Watson.'
0:03:03 > 0:03:06'There's the offender. And the free kick to Northern Ireland.'
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Here we were, one win away from the first World Cup final since 1958.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18There was an awful lot of pressure, because people expected us to win.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21'Big Gerry Armstrong, our saviour,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24'always in times of need gets the goal.'
0:03:24 > 0:03:26'Jimmy Nicholl takes it.'
0:03:26 > 0:03:30'Billy headed it down and hit it, left-foot, on the volley.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33'And it went in the back of the net and turned out to be the only goal.'
0:03:33 > 0:03:35# What you give is what you get... #
0:03:35 > 0:03:37'The atmosphere at the final whistle,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39'it was just total euphoria.'
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Qualifying was fantastic - I remember we did laps of honour.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46'I don't think we did one, we did two or three!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49'Nobody wanted to go home - the 40,000 fans were crazy.'
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Yes, wonderful scenes there at Windsor Park - we had made it.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Now, it was Bill Shankly who said,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03"Some people think football is a matter of life and death,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06"but I can assure you, it's much more important than that."
0:04:06 > 0:04:10And Billy Bingham must have been thinking that, back in 1982,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13when he took the Northern Ireland squad to sunny Spain.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Was it viva Espana?
0:04:27 > 0:04:32The plan was draw against Yugoslavia, beat Honduras,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34and draw with Spain and you qualify.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36That was the plan.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40'And this scene in Eastern Spain...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43'..says so much about the World Cup.'
0:04:43 > 0:04:46MUSIC: "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I remember Martin O'Neill said, "Look, it's pretty straightforward."
0:04:50 > 0:04:53he said, "They'll come at us, you know they'll come at us.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56All we do is we get behind the ball, we make it difficult for them
0:04:56 > 0:04:58"then we'll get some opportunities.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01"We put one of them in the back of the net," he said, "and we win 1-0."
0:05:02 > 0:05:06'Gerry Armstrong, what a worker he is.'
0:05:06 > 0:05:10My earliest big football memory was being at Scout Camp at the age of 11
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and actually listening to Northern Ireland playing in the World Cup.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17We did get very excited when Gerry Armstrong scored that goal.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Armstrong!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21CHEERING
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Arcanada made a mess of it - he palmed it straight out to me
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and all I could think about was, "Keep the ball low,"
0:05:28 > 0:05:31because I knew there was a lot of bodies in front of me.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33It was a wonderful goal, a wonderful moment,
0:05:33 > 0:05:37and Gerry, who could talk for Ireland as well as play,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39has dined out on it since.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41We were such a determined outfit -
0:05:41 > 0:05:45we had great belief in each other, we were so resolute that night.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I still believe, if we'd played another hour,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Spain still wouldn't have scored.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53And he's blown! And Northern Ireland have done it!
0:05:53 > 0:05:56'The proudest moment in Irish football history, surely?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58'They've won the group!'
0:05:58 > 0:06:03I think it's the greatest victory since 1958 for Irish football.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05To me, it's the greatest victory of all time.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11'Right-side backheel for O'Neill.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13'And O'Neill for Armstrong.'
0:06:13 > 0:06:15WHISTLE AND CHEERING
0:06:15 > 0:06:16'Offside!'
0:06:16 > 0:06:19'I'm still disappointed about the France match.'
0:06:19 > 0:06:21His goal was disallowed.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24You look at the replay and he's at least a yard and a half onside.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'Had it been 1-0, I think it could've been a different story.'
0:06:27 > 0:06:30We might actually have made the semifinals.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32# They stack the odds
0:06:32 > 0:06:34# Still we take to the street... #
0:06:36 > 0:06:40'Higgins. I loved Alex. I just loved the way he played.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42'He played with such verve
0:06:42 > 0:06:45'and such courage and devil-may-care attitude.'
0:06:45 > 0:06:49'What can you say about Alex? Alex was... He was trouble.'
0:06:49 > 0:06:55But I suppose his greatest talent was, he was trouble for any opponent.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57# I heat up like a burning flame... #
0:06:57 > 0:06:59APPLAUSE
0:06:59 > 0:07:01'An audience wants to be entertained.'
0:07:01 > 0:07:06There's such a thing as winning, and then there's winning...
0:07:06 > 0:07:07with style.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10'And when he was settled, when he concentrating,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13'God, could he entertain.'
0:07:13 > 0:07:16# Abra Abracadabra
0:07:17 > 0:07:18# Abracadabra... #
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- 'Fantastic.' - CHEERING
0:07:20 > 0:07:21'Alex was something very special.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24'There'll never be another one like Alex Higgins -
0:07:24 > 0:07:26'he was a unique individual.'
0:07:26 > 0:07:29'For 1982...'
0:07:32 > 0:07:36People used to look at the tyres and they used to check the fuel
0:07:36 > 0:07:38and they used to look at everything and think,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41"Why is he going so fast? Why is he so good?"
0:07:41 > 0:07:43But nobody ever stopped for a moment to think,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46"It's what's sitting on the saddle, it's not what's on the bike,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48"it's what sitting on the bike."
0:07:48 > 0:07:51'There only was the one Joseph - he set the standards.'
0:07:51 > 0:07:54# It's a kind of magic... #
0:07:56 > 0:07:59'That was hugely emotional, because it was the first time
0:07:59 > 0:08:02'the Triple Crown had been achieved since 1949.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05'That first game, that was against Wales at Lansdowne Road in Dublin,'
0:08:05 > 0:08:09and David Irwin, who was so combative it just wasn't true,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11'tried to prevent a Welsh try
0:08:11 > 0:08:13'and stuck his leg out and broke his leg!'
0:08:13 > 0:08:15'I was put into the back of this ambulance,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18'I was still in my Irish kit and thought my career was over.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22'And next thing, these two guards brought this drunk Irish supporter,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24'who was bleeding from his head round the corner'
0:08:24 > 0:08:27and he looked me and goes, "Y'all right? Were you at the match?"
0:08:27 > 0:08:32And that just brought it home to me, how sorry I was feeling for myself.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36'Taken on by Duggin McLaughlin, brought there by Sherman.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37'Driving for the line.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41'The referee has given the try.'
0:08:41 > 0:08:43'McGrath, along the line to Campbell, to Kiernan.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45'Campbell on the pass. There's a chance...'
0:08:45 > 0:08:48We had a tremendous experience on the side
0:08:48 > 0:08:52and I think that blend of youth and experience just won the day.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56'And Ireland have won the ball again.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59'Ollie Campbell with the drop ball, hooking it round.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00'And Campbell has struck again.'
0:09:00 > 0:09:06'Ireland have won the Triple Crown after 33 years.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08'The crowd invades the pitch.'
0:09:08 > 0:09:12'The party went on for about three weeks.'
0:09:12 > 0:09:16MUSIC: "Electric Avenue" by Eddie Grant
0:09:20 > 0:09:22# Oi!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25# Oi!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27'We look at third and fourth
0:09:27 > 0:09:29'and John Watson is coming up to take Niki Lauda.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31'A spurt of smoke from his tyre, there.'
0:09:31 > 0:09:35'The Long Beach one was amazing, because his team-mate was Niki Lauda
0:09:35 > 0:09:38'and they had qualified hopelessly, right at the back of the grid.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40'I can't remember the reason.'
0:09:40 > 0:09:44But on the day, they chose possibly a bit of a gamble at the right time.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47This is where he could do it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52As he moves over, John Watson goes up alongside and we have a new leader.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55He came through from 22nd place to first.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57'And there he comes, into the last straight.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02'John Watson has won the Long Beach Grand Prix of 1983.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05'A superb victory.'
0:10:06 > 0:10:09The great goalkeeper, Pat Jennings.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:17 > 0:10:19CROWD CHANTS
0:10:19 > 0:10:22# And then we'll take it higher... #
0:10:22 > 0:10:24'The Ulster Hall used to rock.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27'There were so many crammed in, you were shoulder-to-shoulder,'
0:10:27 > 0:10:32you could smell the amphitheatre around you.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36It was like the Coliseum. And McGuigan was the star and the hero.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39We bowed to him and he never let us down.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41'Chopping viciously and down he goes!'
0:10:41 > 0:10:43CHEERING
0:10:43 > 0:10:44'Oh, it only lasted two rounds.'
0:10:46 > 0:10:49'The end of the second round, it's all been stopped.'
0:10:53 > 0:10:56'That has been the difference between the sides.'
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Australia at that time were a very strong side. In fact, they were...
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I don't think they'd been defeated on that tour.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05'You had players like Campese and Michael Lynagh.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09'Sometimes, we underestimate the significance of it -'
0:11:09 > 0:11:11we often talk about Munster beating the All-Blacks,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14but really in sporting terms, it was right up there with that.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The Australians had scored a couple of tries and goal kicks
0:11:18 > 0:11:21from Ian Brown and Philip Rainey were keeping Ulster in it.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24These next three could be vital for Ulster.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Seven or eight minutes before the end, the Australians made a replacement
0:11:27 > 0:11:31and on came the extremely eccentric but highly enjoyable David Campese,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34and Campo came on and he really looked thoroughly out of sorts
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and in the last minute of the game, for some reason,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40he picked the ball up and he threw it deliberately into touch.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43He didn't think it was, but the crowd did and, importantly,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46the referee did and David Irwin asked Philip Rainey to step up.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48And Philip Rainey, who only got one Irish cap
0:11:48 > 0:11:50when he should've had 20 or 30, stepped up
0:11:50 > 0:11:53and kicked THE most memorable kick from the touchline
0:11:53 > 0:11:54and Ravenhill went ballistic.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57It was a wonderful kick and a wonderful night.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06CHEERING
0:12:06 > 0:12:08That was magnificent play.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18APPLAUSE
0:12:29 > 0:12:30A nice switch inside.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33A ball for Hamilton to chase.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35And it must be and it is!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45'The cross came in, I got between the goalkeeper and the ball,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49'so I fall into the defence and managed head it into the back of the net.'
0:12:49 > 0:12:51'Southall in trouble and there is the equaliser.'
0:12:51 > 0:12:54We did get the draw that we wanted and deserved again.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56And, once again, were British champs.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00MUSIC: "You Spin Me Round" by Dead Or Alive
0:13:03 > 0:13:07# You spin me right round, baby Right round
0:13:07 > 0:13:11# Like a record, baby Right round, round, round
0:13:11 > 0:13:15# You spin me right round, baby Right round
0:13:15 > 0:13:18# Like a record, baby Right round, round, round... #
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Now, by the mid-1980s, we were all going snooker-loopy,
0:13:28 > 0:13:33as we stayed up until midnight along with 18.5 million other people
0:13:33 > 0:13:35to watch the man with the big glasses
0:13:35 > 0:13:37play in the greatest-ever snooker game.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Remember the black ball finish?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I went to school the next day, so I'd gone to bed early
0:13:46 > 0:13:49and when it was going into the last frame, Mum came up and said,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52"You'd better come down and see this -
0:13:52 > 0:13:55"this is one of the moments in Ulster sporting history you'll want to see."
0:13:55 > 0:13:57'And as the hour reaches midnight...'
0:13:59 > 0:14:03'My nerves were shot to pieces that night, like everyone else.'
0:14:03 > 0:14:07My whole face used to get red when things weren't going well
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and I was under a lot of pressure.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11And Steve was going the opposite way -
0:14:11 > 0:14:13with each shot, he was getting whiter!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16'People say it's the greatest frame ever seen on television,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18'or ever played.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20'But if it had have been the first frame,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22'it would've been one of the worst!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25'I'd made my mind up, with the four colours left,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29'it didn't matter where the balls were going to finish, I'd have a go.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33'And I potted a ridiculous brown down the cushion.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36'You know, one of the best shots under pressure I've ever played.'
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Potted a tricky blue,
0:14:37 > 0:14:42and then a good pink and we're down to the one ball after 17 days.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45And I go down and try to double the black
0:14:45 > 0:14:48and the crowd started cheering and I thought, "I'm world champion!"
0:14:48 > 0:14:49AUDIENCE GROANS
0:14:49 > 0:14:52And the black has missed the pocket by a fraction.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54He went for the pot and you're thinking, "No!"
0:14:54 > 0:14:57He's up against Steve Davis, the man who was never going to
0:14:57 > 0:15:01go for the pot, and yet he was the one that makes the mistake.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Steve never spoke about it for a few years, but these are his words.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08As he got up to pot the black that everyone thought he was going to pot,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11he couldn't feel his legs, and when he put his hands on the table,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14he said his arms and hands felt like somebody else's.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- COMMENTATOR:- No.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19And then that final black.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25When you see that shot, you know, it looks like it's on freeze frame,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28because I took ages on the shot and I didn't even grip the cue.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I just let the butt of the cue rest on four fingers,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33and then I just let go of the cue.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34He's done it!
0:15:34 > 0:15:37And the way I reacted afterwards, I nearly snapped my cue.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I was... I just didn't know what to do.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41..for the first time,
0:15:41 > 0:15:47becomes Embassy World Snooker Champion 1985.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50The whole place here, at the Crucible,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54erupting for this very popular Irishman.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Who will ever forget... when he won the world title?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Absolutely fantastic.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00A very special moment,
0:16:00 > 0:16:04and still the most-watched snooker final in the history of the game.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09MUSIC: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears
0:16:09 > 0:16:12COMMENTATOR: Tonight it's the WBA World Featherweight title at stake -
0:16:12 > 0:16:14the nine-stone championship of the world.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16And the possibility of Ireland's Barry McGuigan
0:16:16 > 0:16:21becoming the new champion has brought 25,000 people here,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25with getting on for half that number making the trip across the Irish Sea.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28They simply descended.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30It was like a horde of soldier ants
0:16:30 > 0:16:34coming from all directions on to Loftus Road.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39The town was empty. Everybody was watching McGuigan that night.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I probably remember the excitement more from everybody else
0:16:42 > 0:16:44in the living room, crowding round the TV
0:16:44 > 0:16:46to see Barry win that world title.
0:16:46 > 0:16:4919 million people watched it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I could feel the atmosphere building and building
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and it was really, really, really noisy.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57It took us 12 minutes to get from the dugout to the ring
0:16:57 > 0:17:02and in the meantime, Pedrosa came out and almost got to the ring before me.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07He looked like he was carved out of rock,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and there wasn't a single expression on his face at all.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14He'd been champion of the world, at that division, for 11 years.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Danny Boy was such an emotional song - my father singing it, too -
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and 27,000 people singing it back.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28There was quite a few people out there inebriated, in the crowd!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32He was giving me the death stare before the fight.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35I remember my brother sort of banged the ring and said, "Barry, Barry!"
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I said, "What?" Mind you, and my dad's singing Danny Boy!
0:17:38 > 0:17:43He says, "He's staring at you. Give him this towel bag!" So I sort of...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It helped me to keep my focus, you know?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49He was a beautiful mover - very clever.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52He won the first three rounds. Just boxed the ears off 'em.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53BELL RINGS
0:17:53 > 0:17:57COMMENTATOR: They break off at the end of a scintillating round.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Then in the seventh round, that was where it all changed.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03McGuigan boxed out of his socks.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07When he put the guy down, it wasn't that left hand of his.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10My brother and I had worked on this right hand, where we'd throw
0:18:10 > 0:18:12right hand to the body, deliberately,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15so he would block it with the left hand and he would counter me.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Three attempts in a row and then the next time,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21halfway through the punch, we'd change it to the head.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24COMMENTATOR: McGuigan's work has not been so effective in this round.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28He hasn't found the range. Yes, he did. He's gone in with a right!
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Caught him!
0:18:29 > 0:18:33..in the seventh. He felled him with a right.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35That was it. Hurt him again in the ninth.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37CHEERING
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Hurt him again in the 13th.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46He's found him with the right again. And Pedrosa's hurt.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51And the ref's going to the left, and he's going.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56He was a great champion. He just wouldn't let me... He wouldn't let me finish him.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And McGuigan has put on a show here
0:19:00 > 0:19:05which has raised British boxing to almost unprecedented heights.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07At the end of the 15 rounds, the referee and the two judges
0:19:07 > 0:19:12gave it to McGuigan by big, big margins and the place erupted.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Barry McGuigan!- McGuigan has won.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19McGuigan is the champion of the world. They all voted for him.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24And all 25,000 people in the stadium had already voted for him.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Pedrosa was one of the legends of the sport,
0:19:26 > 0:19:32and for McGuigan to beat him showed that he was truly, truly world class.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35MUSIC: "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds
0:19:54 > 0:19:57After the race, you know, everybody congratulating you.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I had another race to go out in, as well, to think about,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and that was the 2.50 race.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I was determined to win that, as well,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06but it didn't happen. I lost the front end of it at the quarries
0:20:06 > 0:20:09and crashed into the hedge
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and broke my leg. So I celebrated that night
0:20:12 > 0:20:14in the Royal Victoria Hospital!
0:20:29 > 0:20:32COMMENTATOR: A very happy Irish trio, who have won,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35for the first time, the Guinness World Cup.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Manchester United playing with great pluck and intelligence.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Everybody dreams about
0:20:40 > 0:20:43scoring the winning goal in an FA Cup Final.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48It wasn't a tap in, it wasn't lucky, it wasn't a deflection.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54It was the most mercurial, fantastic, swerving goal.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57That, to me, just can't be trumped as a Boy's Own dream.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01MUSIC: "How Soon Is Now?" By The Smiths
0:21:19 > 0:21:22COMMENTATOR: ..looking for Dixon.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24And how did Jennings keep it out?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Northern Ireland have done it.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29The Northern Ireland fans celebrate.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Anyone who says that's a fix can come and see me,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and I'll tell them it wasn't a fix.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Cos we bloody earned that, and anyone who says different is a joke.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Ireland's forwards still working it over the 22...
0:21:47 > 0:21:50It really was the embodiment of what that team was about -
0:21:50 > 0:21:55it said so much about who we are and the way we wanted to play.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57That was a great try!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Oh! A chance found there by Mullen. A try for Ireland.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I was standing behind the posts, as a young boy, in the crowd,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16on the terrace.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21What Michael Kiernan did that day was fantastic.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27A drop goal is one of those things - if you get it, you're a hero.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29If you miss it, you're an eejit.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And fortunately, Michael Kiernan was the hero.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35MUSIC: "I'm Your Man" by Wham!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44COMMENTATOR: And it's Whiteside.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Oh, it's gone in!
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Through the wall by Norman Whiteside.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52It's the first time I'd seen Brazil play live.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57The colour and the noise from the Brazilian fans,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and the scene was amazing.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04We knew we'd taken it as far as we could possibly take it.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08The conditions never suited us. They were the better side on the night.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I was behind Josimar when he hit the shot
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and it did everything except loop the loop!
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I think if there had been three goalkeepers in the net, they still wouldn't have saved it.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20We knew we'd give it our best shot and it was the end of an era,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23so we were a bit disappointed but there was a lot of happy people.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Pat had played 119 times for Northern Ireland,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30which is still a record I don't think will ever be broken.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35COMMENTATOR: As they come to the line, West Tip has won the National.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Young Driver is second.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41MUSIC: "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
0:23:41 > 0:23:44COMMENTATOR: And already, the King's Hall atmosphere
0:23:44 > 0:23:45is beginning to build.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Fighting a fella like Bassa, who can punch,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53and he's a world champion, and he's a world-class fighter,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I thought, "Well, I hope I don't get knocked out in the first round."
0:23:56 > 0:24:00That was my biggest worry. And what happens?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03And over goes McAuley.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I was sore. You know, my jaw hurt and I was dazed.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08So up I got and that was it.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Then after that, there was this full-scale toe-to-toe stuff.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Dave was such a skilful boxer. He was a clever boxer.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23He could bring you in - he could fight.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24He could throw a little dummy.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26He could walk on to shots that you never saw coming.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I then put him down in the third round.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33You've never seen a fight like it in your life!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Then I put him down in the ninth round.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39And I threw a punch, and it came from the back of the hall, literally.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- And it happened to land on target. - Oh, he's got it!
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And down he went, and his legs were like rubber.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It was probably about the hardest punch I'd ever thrown.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I said, "There's no way is he getting up. There's no chance!"
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And he got up! And I says...
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I said, "Jesus! What do you do?!"
0:24:57 > 0:24:59And then about 20 seconds later,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I caught him with a cracking right hand and he went down again.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04And that may be good night.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10The referee's counting. Up he gets! My heart just hit the floor.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14And then during that round, he was open to my left hook again,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16cos his hand was down.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18And I went to throw the left hook to finish him off.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20The referee put his hand on mine and sort of...
0:25:20 > 0:25:24I moved back and the punch fell short by about this much.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26And if that punch had have landed,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28that would've been the third knockdown -
0:25:28 > 0:25:30in those days, they had the three-rule knockdown.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35I can punch hard, and he could punch hard and we were hitting each other very, very hard and very often,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and my strength was beginning to go on the wane.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43And then he tired a little bit in the 13th round, and he got caught and the fight was stopped.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Bassa sees his chance. Oh, he's gone. McAuley's going.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Oh, isn't that sad? It's over.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I wasn't actually knocked out - I just lay there.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I was wide awake but I just had no strength to get up.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I have still not met a man who had as much courage
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and as much bravery as Dave Boy McAuley,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and that is my outstanding moment.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09MUSIC: "Theme From S-Express" by S-Express
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Wright has gone right across to collect. And this kick by Sansom.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18In goes Aldridge and Houghton!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20One-nil!
0:26:23 > 0:26:27We're still waiting for the ball to be returned. Here it comes.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Oh! And that is absolutely magnificent!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Ronnie Whelan - what a brilliant goal!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Comes to Sherwani.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Brilliant! Brilliant!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Stephen Martin, who got on.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51Jimmy Kirkwood, the Irishman, has been one of those to come on.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56MUSIC: "Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Collins
0:27:02 > 0:27:04It was a memorable day, not least because, er,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I had been labouring in London with an ex-Guard,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12and he said to me, "Look, I know things are tight with you, so don't worry about accommodation.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15"Give my mate a shout in Store Street Garda Station."
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It's the first time I've told this - I hope my mum's not watching!
0:27:18 > 0:27:22I slept in a cell. They gave me a knock about 6.30 in the morning
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and I merrily went on my way to Croke Park
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and stood in the hill - hill 16.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29And as things transpired, not a great day for Antrim.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Straight into the Cup - Ronan Rafferty.
0:27:37 > 0:27:3925-year-old from Northern Ireland.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42He wins the Volvo Masters by a shot.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49I was a real big underdog, so there was no pressure on me whatsoever.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52What turned this fight for me happened in the first round.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54McKenzie came out and he was all guns blazing,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56and I caught him with a left hook in the body.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58It was a cracking left hook.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- I heard him go... - HE GRUNTS
0:28:00 > 0:28:03You could actually see him sort of pedalling back.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06From that punch on, Duke McKenzie went into his shell.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08As the fight progressed,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12I got further in front and further in front. I knew,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15around the tenth round, if I can stay on my feet for two rounds,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17this world title's mine.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23McAuley the new IBF World Flyweight Champion.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27And the whole of Northern Ireland will celebrate.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31So, those were the 1980s - the glorious 1980s.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Golden moments that will live long in the memory.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38And I enjoyed some of the funnier moments, as well! See you next time.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Bye.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42MUSIC: "Fools Gold" by The Stone Roses
0:28:59 > 0:29:01..seven miles of a swim ahead of him...
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