Greatest comebacks..

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Just seen this - Zenit winning 8-1 on the night (maybe with the help of the officials?) against Minsk having been 4-0 down from the first leg.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45216364
Reminds me of when Watford were also 4-0 down in the 1st leg of a 1981 League Cup tie but won the return 7-1!

Anyone remember other unlikely comebacks over 2 legs?
 

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Anyone remember other unlikely comebacks over 2 legs?

Bayer Uerdingen vs Dynamo Dresden (0-2, 7-3), 1986 European Cup Winners Cup Quarterfinals:

The " Wunder von Uerdingen" or "Wunder von der Grotenburg Kampfbahn" as it is called in Germany:

In the Mid80's, when we still had East and West, Bayer Uerdingen played Dynamo Dresden in the European Cup Winners Cup.

Uerdingen lost the 1st match in Dresden 0-2. And in the 2nd leg in Uerdingen they were 1-3 behind at half time. So they needed 5 Goals in 45mins now...and scored 6 Goals in the second half for a 7-3 win and advanced to the semi-final against Atletico Madrid
 

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That Zenit game seems on the face of it very very odd!

I can't add anything over two legs, Bournemouth don't tend to get that far in cup competitions...and probably never Europe! The single games that stick out for me would be:

95/95, Peterborough 4 Bournemouth 5
3-1 to Peterborough with 25 mins left
We equalise at 3-3
Then 4-3 to Peterborugh with 9 minutes left
We win 4-5 with an absolutely ridiculous winner. Highlights are actually on youtube:

16/17 Bournemouth 4 Liverpool 3
2-0 and later 3-1 to Liverpool with 14 minutes left
Liverpool implode and we score the 4th in stoppage time to pinch the most dramatic win I've ever seen live.
 

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...that I've witnessed (and will live long in the memory) has to be

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8020423.stm

" Steve Morison scores twice as 10-man Stevenage take a firm 3-1 grip on their Blue Square Premier play-off semi-final ist leg against Cambridge. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8031847.stm

"Cambridge United hit a late goal to beat Stevenage 3-0 after extra time and secure their place in the Blue Square Premier play-off final.

Scott Rendell was the U's hero as his 119th-minute shot gave them a dramatic 4-3 win on aggregate."

 
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3-0 down to Leicester at half time, and we ended up winning 4-3. A confident Leicester fan infamously bet his entire mortgage on them winning the game at HT to win a couple of hundred quid. Needless to say he was divorced not long after this game.

 

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Close the thread lads. This one had everything. 4-1 down at half time, away at Elland Road. Jon Parkin scoring a hat trick. Jon. Parkin. Unbelievable.
 

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3. A confident Leicester fan infamously bet his entire mortgage on them winning the game at HT to win a couple of hundred quid. Needless to say he was divorced not long after this game.


Presume he couldn't afford the divorce bill!
 

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3-0 down to Leicester at half time, and we ended up winning 4-3. A confident Leicester fan infamously bet his entire mortgage on them winning the game at HT to win a couple of hundred quid. Needless to say he was divorced not long after this game.

Presume he couldn't afford the divorce bill!

Let's hope the fella made it all back betting on their title win...?!
 

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Close the thread lads. This one had everything. 4-1 down at half time, away at Elland Road. Jon Parkin scoring a hat trick. Jon. Parkin. Unbelievable.
When did Leeds make David Batty security staff (after PNE 5th, just look)
 

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Didn’t Roma give Barca a taste of their own medicine last season too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C._7–6_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C.

This is the ultimate though. 5-1 down with less than 30 mins remaining and with only 10 men.

The match is remembered over 50 years later, and was chosen by The Observer in 2001 as the sole football representative in its list of the 10 greatest comebacks of all time in any sport, calling this match "the most remarkable comeback in football history"

Pretty conclusive fellas.
 
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I was at this game :(

 

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The greatest comeback I ever witnessed was the one where Dave came back to the forum after declaring, for the twelfth time, that he would never be coming back.
 

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