Greatest comebacks

[PIERS]

3-1 down to Norwich in the Championship. Still one of my favourite ever home games.

This is still my favourite night at the Hall

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Already it's a rare occurance but I think the importance of the game should also be considered. It's one thing coming back in an inconsequential league game, quite another turning it around in a knockout situation.

 

[Stuart W]

Since we joined the league in 1920, we had come back to win from 2 goals down on 22 occasions. Here are the details of the games for the most recent ones (last 70 years). How many of these do you remember?

18/03/2017 Walsall (H), 2-0 down after 25 mins
1-2 Ranger 63 mins
2-2 Ferdinand 76 mins
3-2 Cox 83 mins

12/12/2009 Hartlepool (H), 2-0 down after 31 mins
1-2 Laurent 49 mins
2-2 Barnard 56 mins
3-2 Barnard 74 mins

12/04/2004 Darlington (H), 2-0 down after 33mins
1-2 Bentley 46 mins
2-2 Constantine (pen) 73 mins
3-2 Gower 85 mins

26/12/2001 Rushden & Diamonds (H), 2-0 down after 35 mins
1-2 Cort 50 mins
2-2 Belgrave 59 mins
3-2 Bramble 67 mins
4-2 Belgrave 75 mins

02/12/1997 Preston (H), 2-0 down after 11 mins
1-2 Boere (pen) 25 mins
2-2 Gridelet 42 mins
3-2 Gridelet 45 mins

01/04/1988 Wigan (H), 2-0 down after 47 mins
1-2 McDonough (pen) 60 mins
2-2 Ling 70 mins
3-2 Crown 73 mins

16/12/1986 Cambridge (H), 3-1 down after 32 mins
2-3 Pennyfather 74 mins
3-3 Ling 81 mins
4-3 Pennyfather 82 mins
5-3 McDonough 89 mins
5-4 Littlejohns 90 mins

09/12/1977 Newport (H), 2-0 down after 50 mins
1-2 Hadley 75 mins
2-2 D Parker 85 mins
3-2 Fell 87 mins
4-2 Fell 88 mins

10/03/1972 Chester (H), 2-0 down after 12 mins
1-2 Garner 32 mins
2-2 Garner 34 mins
3-2 Moore 43 mins
4-2 Garner 87 mins

05/05/1969 Darlington (A), 2-0 down after 40 mins
1-2 Bentley 54 mins
2-2 Hamilton 55 mins
3-2 Chisnall 65 mins

06/02/1965 Walsall (A), 2-0 down after 65 mins
1-2 Beesley 76 mins
2-2 Smith 78 mins
3-2 Smith 82 mins

01/09/1962 Coventry (A), 3-1 down after 56 mins
2-3 Woodley 64 mins
3-3 Beesley 85 mins
4-3 Beesket 88 mins

23/04/1960 York (A), 2-0 down after 47 mins
1-2 Price 63 mins
2-2 Price 68 mins
3-2 McCrory 77 mins

07/03/1959 Accrington (H), 2-0 down after 30 mins
1-2 McCrory 35 mins
2-2 Houghton 38 mins
3-2 Houghton 44 mins
4-2 Houghton 55 mins

02/05/1958 Northampton (H), 2-0 down after 42 mins
1-2 Price 50 mins
2-2 McCrory 55 mins
3-2 McCrory 59 mins
4-2 Smith 63 mins
5-2 McCrory 65 mins
6-2 Price 66 mins
6-3 Woan 76 mins

27/12/1955 Gillingham (A), 2-0 down after 50 mins
1-2 Baron 59 mins
2-2 Hollis 70 mins
3-2 McGuigan 80 mins

Re the game versus Cambridge in 1986, which I think was a Football League Trophy game, who the devil was Littlejohns who got our winning 5th goal?

Update: Having checked, David Martin scored for us and Littlejohns was a goal scorer for Cambridge.

 

[Zeuss]

FA Cup 2002 , goals from Bramble and Cort in last three minutes to win 2-1 away to Hartlepool. I remember being at a foggy Services on the way back thinking that it had all been a dream.

Yes I enjoyed that one. It was our first FA cup replay away from home for 70 years.

 

[andykn]

Wembley against Wycombe.

Darlington (I think): 0-2 at home and won 3-2. Mark Gower was on the score sheet.

2003/2004. 0-1 away at Swansea should get an honourable mention given we managed to come away with a 3-2 win having had 3 players sent off.

I've sometimes wondered if any other team has managed to score a goal 8 v 11?

 

[Shrimper44]

FA Cup 2002 , goals from Bramble and Cort in last three minutes to win 2-1 away to Hartlepool. I remember being at a foggy Services on the way back thinking that it had all been a dream.

Remember it well, Hartlepool took the lead and sat on it. We thought it was excellent to get a late equaliser taking it to extra time and went wild when we got the lead straight after and won within the 90 minutes.

From memory, Ronald Rat paid for the supporter coaches and we sang all the way home to about 4am in the morning.

 

[Realist]

Wembley against Wycombe.

Darlington (I think): 0-2 at home and won 3-2. Mark Gower was on the score sheet.

2003/2004. 0-1 away at Swansea should get an honourable mention given we managed to come away with a 3-2 win having had 3 players sent off.

Tbh it shouldn’t get just an “honourable mention” it should go down as one of the best results we ever had, especially given the context of the whole situation.

 

[londonblue]

I've sometimes wondered if any other team has managed to score a goal 8 v 11?

Apparently not, at least not from open play. Apparently it's one of 2 world records SUFC hold. (The other is Freddy Eastwood's debut goal being the fastest ever debut goal.)

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Apparently not, at least not from open play. Apparently it's one of 2 world records SUFC hold. (The other is Freddy Eastwood's debut goal being the the fastest ever debut goal.)

World records? Wow. That’s pretty impressive!