Source: TheGuardian
Seven of sport's biggest thrashings: from Stirling Albion to Steve Davis
Brazil suffered the indignity of losing a World Cup semi-final 7-1 in front of their own fans, but it could have been a lot worseFew things are worse than being on the end of a sporting thrashing. I should know, having once played for a junior football team that lost a match 33-0 (we made the local paper and earned a free trip to Burger King and the local cinema to watch Home Alone, so we did get something out of it). My embarrassment was fortunately limited, a very local affair that I have tried my best to forget. But many of the participants in the following sporting thrashings were not as lucky as me. Theirs was very much a national or international humbling, played out in front of the watching public, read about by sports fans at the time and since. Continue reading......read full article
