Petition to get Botham, Mansell, McGuigan & Lawrenson to RE-GROW THE MO

As our home nations either limp to or out of various international tournaments, those of us of a certain age can’t help but hark back to the halcyon days of sport - the 80’s and early 90’s -when the United Kingdom’s sportsmen where champions’ of the world, hardworking, heroic and most importantly….hirsute. Yes, the world beaters of yest-a-year recognised the Samson like power of the Mo(ustache). Our mission for Movember’s 5th Anniversary is to get four sporting legends to ‘Re-grow the Mo’.

 

We’re aiming to get 5,000 digital signatures from sports/Mo fans across UK showing their support for the ‘Re-grow the Mo’ campaign, we will then be asking sporting luminaries and journalists to add their weight to the campaign and finally present the four legends themselves with the petition in a bid to get them re-growing…….but who are Sports Mo-st Wanted:

 

Sports Mo-st Wanted x 4

 

Sir Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham OBE: famously won the ’81 Ashes pretty much single-handedly and (often) hungover,  he also loves a hike. We think one of the reasons he got rid of his iconic Mo was the Velcro effect it had with a certain brand of weaved cereal he has been advertising for the last 10 years. In his heyday his Mo style was legendary as were his tight curly blonde locks, he rarely wore a helmet and mouth-guard…preferring to let his Mo and Fro flow freely as he tonked boundary after boundary

 

Image Mo and fro in full flow 

Image Mo on a plate! Nice 

Video When two Mo’s go to War (Beefy vs Merv) 

Nigel Mansell OBE Nigel is one of the most successful drivers in Formula One history with 31 wins under his helmet, including back-to-back British GP wins in 86 and 87, plus the epic ’92 Drivers Championship. Many commentators have attributed Nigel’s success to innovations in hair-o-dynamics, and if you look closely at footage from the era he often has his visor open with his Mo acting as a hair-o-foil. McLaren take note.

 

Image  with the tash 
Image Celebrating British GP win 

Video Murray getting moist for Mansell 

 

Barry McGuigan: The Clones Cyclone won the World Featherweight title back in June 85’ and went on to become Sports Personality of the Year. He became a regular in our living rooms during the 80’s (on TV not doing removals etc) and also has British, Commonwealth and European belts under his….er…..belt. A little known fact about his ’85 win against Pedroza is that the judges had separate score cards for the boxers Mo’s. Pedroza was actually ahead on Mo points going into those final rounds until Barry’s trainer administered some much needed Vaseline to create a truly remarkable perky little number that had Pedroza transfixed….allowing B to the McG to strike the lethal blow.

 

Image  let’s not forget his musical career as well

Image  Don't you dare touch my mo

Video   When two Mo’s go to war proper

 

Mark Lawrenson Anfield legend Lawro won 5 league, 3 league cups, an FA Cup and of course the ’84 European Cup. They also had some of the tightest kits around at the time. Nowadays Lawro is obviously more of a fixture on the BBC pundit sofa, but what happened to his own facial furniture? Was the shedding a bid to look as fresh faced as Lee Dixon…Let’s hope not….

 

Image when two pundits go to war…3-1 is the final score

Image Lawro memorabilia 

Video  In case anyone forgets why he was such a legend 

 

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