The greatest comebacks of all time?

kinaldo

With all the recent Keegan mania I'd like to nominate this one as THE greatest

Why?

3-0 down at half-time. It could barely get any worse.

Oops. Off goes Joey Barton for giving the referee an earfull. Now City are down to 10 men - and leading scorer Nicolas Anelka has already limped off with hamstring trouble.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/3461739.stm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2PY3uj0ls

And what is it about Spurs being 3-0 up at home to teams from Madchester only to end up losing in the second half?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRBWZI00bog

Another favourite of mine is Newcastle's top of the table clash with Leeds from December 2001. 3-1 down at Elland Road after 56 minutes but we clawed it back and Solano scored a beauty in the 90th to win it 4-3!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1722577.stm

(sorry no youtube video)

Guy:Incognito

meh, cl final 05 ftw. we started with 9 men (Baros and Troare are not footballers)and an unfit Kewell (is there another one?) .

kinaldo

Stekelly wrote: »

meh, cl final 05 ftw. we started with 9 men (Baros and Troare are not footballers)and an unfit Kewell (is there another one?) .

Yeah but that one is too obvious. Let's have some less celebrated ones!

Kimbot

Mine would have to be that very special night in Istanbul.

DaBreno

European Cup final. Crespo makes it 3-0 before half time. "Game well and truly....Over".

Cheers Andy Gray. Glad I stayed to watch anyway.

bohsman

Santry Siro massacre. One of the best games Ive ever been at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5S4KorpE0

Zaph

19/11/05 Southampton 3 - Leeds 4

Southampton were 3-0 up and Leeds only equalised a couple of minutes from the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJagxcCY41E

Nunu

Stekelly wrote: »

meh, cl final 05 ftw. we started with 9 men (Baros and Troare are not footballers)and an unfit Kewell (is there another one?) .

jonny24ie wrote: »

Mine would have to be that very special night in Istanbul.

DaBreno wrote: »

European Cup final. Crespo makes it 3-0 before half time. "Game well and truly....Over".

Cheers Andy Gray. Glad I stayed to watch anyway.

Undoubtedly it was the stuff of miracles and if Liverpool had scored a 4th then it would be unrivalled as the best comeback ever.
But, the fact that Liverpool never took the lead in the game I think should rank it behind a lot of comebacks where a team has come from 3 down and scored 4 to win the game.

Anyway, I have the winner on this one;)

Marseilles v Montpellier (Aug '98)

Marseilles 0-4 down (a young Laurent Robert got one of the goals) and booed off at half-time by their own fans.
The mercurial Christophe Duggary comes off the bench and almost single handedly leads his team to an almost inexplicable 5-4 win (scoring 2 / setting up 1)...Laurent Blanc winning it with a 90 min peno won by Robert Pires

...I thank you:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwlImXYKSw

kryogen

ahh go on so, since all the scousers are ignoring the request to bring up less celebrated ones ill throw this one in, greatest footballing night of my life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYE6CRMKdLI&feature=related

WhiteWashMan

Deportivo - Milan 1-4 and 4-0 (2004)

Champions League quarterfinals. The European champions Milan came to La Coruna leading 4-1 from the first leg against the same Deportivo who had been slaughtered 8-3 to Monaco four months before. The same Deportivo!? Or was it a different Milan from the one everybody knew? Never, never were Milan so impotent and never so thoroughly beaten than on that night at the Riazor.

http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/comebacks.html

Kingp35

Zaph wrote: »

19/11/05 Southampton 3 - Leeds 4

Southampton were 3-0 up and Leeds only equalised a couple of minutes from the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJagxcCY41E

Im sorry lads but it has to be this one. Leeds were 3-0 down with 16 minutes to go. We scored 4 goals and won the game. None of the above even come close.

Xavi6

kinaldo wrote: »

With all the recent Keegan mania I'd like to nominate this one as THE greatest

Why?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/3461739.stm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2PY3uj0ls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1722577.stm

What an unbelievable comeback. I listened to it on 5 Live and was gonna turn off at the half once I heard Joey had been sent. I persevered though and was rewarded. How we did it I don't know but it was in large part to Arne Aresen who made on of the best double saves I've ever seen. Love Distin's goal best as everyone expected a blaster from Tarnat but he just dinked it beautifully over the top.

For Jon Macken to pop up with the winner shows just what a ridiculous game it was.

WhiteWashMan wrote: »

Deportivo - Milan 1-4 and 4-0 (2004)

Champions League quarterfinals. The European champions Milan came to La Coruna leading 4-1 from the first leg against the same Deportivo who had been slaughtered 8-3 to Monaco four months before. The same Deportivo!? Or was it a different Milan from the one everybody knew? Never, never were Milan so impotent and never so thoroughly beaten than on that night at the Riazor.

http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/comebacks.html

Yeah that's the one I was gonna go with. Fantastic stuff.

As a City fan, the comeback of all comebacks has to be the 1999 Playoff Final. I was 14 years of age and balling my eyes in the boozer as we were 2-0 down with a minute to go. Horlock pulled one back and I honestly started to believe. Then in the fourth minute of injury time Paul Dickov cemented a place in my heart forever with the most dramatic of equalisers. Nicky Weaver then became the hero with his saves in the shootout.

The game carries such significance as the club wouldn't be where it is today had we not won that game and gotten out of Division 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tge11NHJ0U

Xavi6

Kingp35 wrote: »

Im sorry lads but it has to be this one. Leeds were 3-0 down with 16 minutes to go. We scored 4 goals and won the game. None of the above even come close.

Ah come on now. City had ten men against Spurs and scored four.

Unearthly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl6jsUVh8ag&feature=related

Inter went 2-0 down to Sampdoria, then scored 3 in the last 6 minutes of the game to win 3-2

Mad_Max

kryogen wrote: »

ahh go on so, since all the scousers are ignoring the request to bring up less celebrated ones ill throw this one in, greatest footballing night of my life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYE6CRMKdLI&feature=related

Thats gotta be the winner what with it clinching treble n all.

Another cheeky candidate for greatest comeback

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hwhcvgo4rYk

gucci

Xavi6 wrote: »

Ah come on now. City had ten men against Spurs and scored four.

it was a sensational comeback but it says nearly more about how guttless Spurs have been for the last 15 years than how brave/committed man city are.
classic commentator quote "what a long second half its going to be for manchester city!"

smackbunnybaby

this is the 2nd time an american football video has been posted here but i just have to put it up!
well worth watching this - probably the greatest comeback of all time by any team in any sport.

Background: Plano East down 41-17 with 3 minutes to go.but they werent quite finished.....

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg

Mr Alan

Sorry lads - only one winner.

Istanbul 2005, 3 nil half time against a terrifyingly good AC Milan side.

The rest in history.

Mitch Connor

kryogen wrote: »

ahh go on so, since all the scousers are ignoring the request to bring up less celebrated ones ill throw this one in, greatest footballing night of my life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYE6CRMKdLI&feature=related

I would say the comeback against Juve was bigger - given that we seemed dead and buried having conceeded two, almost a 3rd (was one disallowed....?) then Keane got the ball rolling and it was FULL STEAM AHEAD BARCELONA!

prendy

CL final for me aswell.given the importance of the match i would rate it ahead of some of the league games mentioned.

DSB

Wouldn't be as quick to count the Liverpool or Man City (playoff) wins as the top 1s mainly because they didn't actually win over the 90 minutes. United vs. Bayern stands out as the big 1 for me.

Xavi6

DSB wrote: »

Wouldn't be as quick to count the Liverpool or Man City (playoff) wins as the top 1s mainly because they didn't actually win over the 90 minutes. United vs. Bayern stands out as the big 1 for me.

United were only one goal down. Liverpool were three and City two and they had the bottle to go through the shootout too.

Jonny Arson

1999 - Bayern Munich 1 Manchester United 2

i can't say more really, the most dramatic ending to a football match i've ever seen in my life, incredible comeback

Spurs 3 Manchester City 4 a few years ago and Rangers' 5 goal comeback in the last half hour in their 5-3 win over Shelbourne in 1998 are other comebacks that really stand out for me

ciaran76

I reckon one of the best comebacks was Bohs going to Santry to play Shamrock Rovers and at half time Rovers were 4-1 up.

The best 2nd half of all time happened and Bohs put 5 past Rovers to finish the game 6-4.

Thats a proper comeback none of this comeback for a draw crap and win on peno's !!!

Xavi6

ciaran76 wrote: »

I reckon one of the best comebacks was Bohs going to Santry to play Shamrock Rovers and at half time Rovers were 4-1 up.

The best 2nd half of all time happened and Bohs put 5 past Rovers to finish the game 6-4.

Thats a proper comeback none of this comeback for a draw crap and win on peno's !!!

Ah but that was in the eL and sure that's not that's not even proper football so how could that count?!

Peyton Manning

That American Football vid posted is quite sensational..

Mitch Connor

my comeback is bigger then your come back.

'Ave it.

ziggy

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Mr Alan

'ave it?!??!?!

is this the new "viper"?

Mitch Connor

So, if it isn't all that difficult to score 2 goals in injury time, sure it was really quite easy for liverpool to get 3 in 45! :P

Mitch Connor

Mr Alan wrote: »

'ave it?!??!?!

is this the new "viper"?

No, cause I ain't backing the Viper movement.

'Ave it.

Mr Alan

Finally someone with a bit of sense in regards to the Viper thing....anyway they are leaving themselves open to serious abuse by naming him after something that is slimey and spends all its time rolling about on the ground!

'Ave that!

Peyton Manning

Aye, but he's also the best footballer in the world at the moment and he plays for us - so 'ave that!

whatawaster

Kingp35 wrote: »

Im sorry lads but it has to be this one. Leeds were 3-0 down with 16 minutes to go. We scored 4 goals and won the game. None of the above even come close.

yes, but leeds are insignificant.

kida

not a match but a league win - Arsenal beating pool in 89

Mitch Connor

Mr Alan wrote: »

Finally someone with a bit of sense in regards to the Viper thing....anyway they are leaving themselves open to serious abuse by naming him after something that is slimey and spends all its time rolling about on the ground!

'Ave that!

'Ave that? 'Ave THAT!?

now thats just silly. Nobody wants that, everybody wants it

Besides, the only nicknames should have meaning or something, not just some random word cause its cool.

Silvestre - EIH.
Gary 'The Power' Neville (not sure where that comes from)
Fletcher - Fergiesson
O'Shea - O'Pies
Anderson - Neo
Saha - Glassman
Carrick - BBB
Giggs - Sir HoH
Rio - WGT
Ronaldo - Ronnie or SLJ

Can't think of others at the moment.

As for a comeback....

Barcelona - Atletico Madrid 5-4, 1997.

3-0 down at half time, 4-2 after 15 mins in the second half - Ronaldo, Figo and Pizzi earning the draw which saw barca through 7-7 on away goals.

'Ave it.

gosplan

Nunu wrote: »

Undoubtedly it was the stuff of miracles and if Liverpool had scored a 4th then it would be unrivalled as the best comeback ever.
But, the fact that Liverpool never took the lead in the game I think should rank it behind a lot of comebacks where a team has come from 3 down and scored 4 to win the game.

Anyway, I have the winner on this one;)

Marseilles v Montpellier (Aug '98)

Yeah but it was Milan!! in the champions league final!! kind of a tougher ask than doing the same against montpieller or spurs.

Nunu

kida wrote: »

not a match but a league win - Arsenal beating pool in 89

I don't get it?

It's not as if Arsenal were loads of points behind in the table and managed to reel Liverpool in. If anything Arsenal almost threw it away. I remember their points lead over Liverpool was in double figures in the new year and then liverpool went on a phenomenol run winning 13 and drawing 1 going into the Anfield showdown.
If Liverpool had won the league that season, it would have been an incredible achievement - even more insurmountable than when Utd reeled in Newcastle.

...oh, and why is no one showing any recognition to my contribution earlier in this thread? I mean come on they were 4-0 down and won 5-4!! I'm the undisputed winner on this one:D

gosplan

While we're on the subject of comebacks and straying away from soccer a bit I'd like to post this.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCDfJH6eRY

As regards the scale of the comeback it doesn't match the previously posted Amercian football vid but nothing has ever matched it as regards total insanity.

For a supporter it would be one of the moments of your life.

shane86

ziggy wrote: »

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You have to deal with the old "you cant win the prem on penalties" mentality :rolleyes: One of the better laughs I had in 2007 were from Man U fans claiming winning the prem is more prestigious than appearing in (but not winning) the CL final. Which really is a bit like saying its better to win the Confederations Cup than lose in the WC final.

Jesus I was so hoping for one in the dying seconds of the Italy v Scotland game

chopperbyrne

shane86 wrote: »

You have to deal with the old "you cant win the prem on penalties" mentality :rolleyes: One of the better laughs I had in 2007 were from Man U fans claiming winning the prem is more prestigious than appearing in (but not winning) the CL final. Which really is a bit like saying its better to win the Confederations Cup than lose in the WC final.

Jesus I was so hoping for one in the dying seconds of the Italy v Scotland game

I don't know about more prestigious, but it's definitely a much better achievement.

You have to play consistently well over 38 games to win the league.

Man Utd have proven to be consistently better than everyone else at doing so.

shane86

chopperbyrne wrote: »

You have to play consistently well over 38 games to win the league.

Yes. Against at least 12 poor to average teams. Compared to the CL where you face the best of x and y European country.

Nunu

shane86 wrote: »

You have to deal with the old "you cant win the prem on penalties" mentality :rolleyes: One of the better laughs I had in 2007 were from Man U fans claiming winning the prem is more prestigious than appearing in (but not winning) the CL final. Which really is a bit like saying its better to win the Confederations Cup than lose in the WC final.

Jesus I was so hoping for one in the dying seconds of the Italy v Scotland game

Go have a lie down there Shane:D

chopperbyrne

Including the best teams from Norway, Holland, Scotland and Greece.

therecklessone

Villa 4-1 at White Hart Lane and Kaboul scoring in injury time to make it 4-4 was the best I've witnessed in person.

Probably the greatest giant killing in FA Cup history, 2-1 down in the first leg only for their player-manager to score a 25 yarder to bring the game to a replay...1-0 down with 8 minutes to go, Ronnie Radford scores a screamer to bring the game to extra time, and Hereford win 2-1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ze42I6NEo&feature=related

Mitch Connor

shane86 wrote: »

Yes. Against at least 12 poor to average teams. Compared to the CL where you face the best of x and y European country.

and some of those 'best' sides are crap. Sparta Prague? Rosenbourg (though they were better this season) Anderlecht - how many games did they go without a win?

There are as many poor to average teams in the CL.

Hell, Porto and Monaco played in the final a few years ago - and neither team were actually that good. They got some great results along the way, but that can happen in cup footie as much as it can in league footie - and it can have a much bigger impact in cup footie.

DSB

Xavi6 wrote: »

United were only one goal down. Liverpool were three and City two and they had the bottle to go through the shootout too.

Em Man United scored the exact same amount of goals as City like. Except that was to win. The Liverpool comeback was obviously class, I just think getting 2 goals in the last minute or so to win a game is even better.

DSB

shane86 wrote: »

You have to deal with the old "you cant win the prem on penalties" mentality :rolleyes: One of the better laughs I had in 2007 were from Man U fans claiming winning the prem is more prestigious than appearing in (but not winning) the CL final. Which really is a bit like saying its better to win the Confederations Cup than lose in the WC final.

Jesus I was so hoping for one in the dying seconds of the Italy v Scotland game

Woah, you're deluded beyond belief.

Unearthly

I'd probably give it to Liverpool

They had a very average team and were playing a great Milan team. It just seem to come out of nowwhere. Man Utd in the CL final everyone believed they were still in the game

Unearthly

DSB wrote: »

Woah, you're deluded beyond belief.

What he said

Will give him the benifit of the doubt it's a sarcastic post though

patmac

shane86 wrote: »

You have to deal with the old "you cant win the prem on penalties" mentality :rolleyes: One of the better laughs I had in 2007 were from Man U fans claiming winning the prem is more prestigious than appearing in (but not winning) the CL final. Which really is a bit like saying its better to win the Confederations Cup than lose in the WC final.

Jesus I was so hoping for one in the dying seconds of the Italy v Scotland game

Erm, you must be Rafa in disguise. How come every phone-in program after Liverpool perform abysmally in the League, is all about Liverpool winning the League, and how come Liverpool's biggest League games in recent seasons are all about 4th place. With Rafa's record for Liverpool in the CL the best of all the English clubs why is he under such pressure.
It's the new age fan that thinks the CL is the be all and end all of soccer. Internationals, FA Cup and League Cup are all secondary and dying because of this thinking.
I bet if you did a poll of Liverpool fans and come to think of it most fans, what would they rather have a Premier League title or runners-up in Champions League 90% would favour the former. In fact 52% of boardsies would rather win the Premier League than the CL.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055026598&highlight=premier+league+v+champions+league