Greatest Comebacks

**Longfordian** · 10/08/2015, 9:03 PM

You'd forget how ridiculous aertel was in these days of instant notifications from futbol24 and livescore etc. Especially for First Division games.

**gufcfan** · 10/08/2015, 11:04 PM

And waiting for FT to show up when you were a goal up according to Errortel, knowing the game had already finished. Schroedinger's teletext.

**MattB11** · 11/08/2015, 12:15 AM

Harps came back from 2-0 down in a LC game against Sligo in Finn park in 2007. Connor gethins pulled one back on 67 before big Parkhouse equalised on 87 and won it in added time.

**Pablo Escobar** · 11/08/2015, 7:03 AM

Originally Posted by gufcfan

And waiting for FT to show up when you were a goal up according to Errortel, knowing the game had already finished. Schroedinger's teletext.

I remember seeing our injury time winner posted up in Aertel years ago, only to be crushed a few minutes later when they reversed the score line.

**oriel** · 11/08/2015, 9:02 AM

Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar

I remember seeing our injury time winner posted up in Aertel years ago, only to be crushed a few minutes later when they reversed the score line.

Well before Gillette Soccer Saturday, the old BBC vidiprinter of the 80's was just brilliant, like watching a real time typewriter with results flashing up in a matter of seconds, nearly each week, fans of one club (usually lower league) had their hopes dashed when it updated 'CORRECTION' (0-1, after typing 1-0) they also typed out the score in words if it was something big like 6 (SIX)

I sometimes wonder what a LOI fan say in their late teens must think of how we all used to get results in the past, back in early 80's I used to love listening to Sunday Afternoon Sport on RTE Radio 1, had commentators at every LOI ground, and that was how the updates came in, for away games that was your only choice to get a live score, either that or talking to someone who was at the match, failing that it was the RTE TV news for a 2 min update or if you missed it, it was the newspaper next day! I also remember the RTE Sports TV Sun night show, but LOI wasn't featured every week.

'Dems' were the days.................

**pineapple stu** · 11/08/2015, 9:06 AM

I remember a Galway fan years ago saying that Aertel had reported a 7-2 loss for Galway in Monaghan. Some fans weren't best pleased and went to meet the bus at the ground on the way back to give out stick. The players were quite surprised as they'd actually won 7-2.

Bohs v UCD around 2001 was also 0-0 till about half an hour after full time, when it abruptly changed to 6-0.

**The Donie Forde** · 11/08/2015, 11:21 AM

Probably worth mentioning Cork City were three down at Cwmbran and won the tie having conceded first goal in 2nd as well. Is this unique for an Irish club in Europe?

**Professor K** · 11/08/2015, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Three goals up against your bitter rivals and then conceding five , must be the most humiliating turnaround though.
Did that make it into your notes?

I listed all the 4 goal comebacks I knew of and wanted everyone else to bring up 3 goals. Which has worked pretty well I think, some great stuff here. Or I was pretending 2001 never happened, who knows.

Maybe we didn't have it so bad with Aertel. I remember reading in one of Robert Goggins' books, in the 1920s, thousands of people waited in town to find out the result of a big Dublin derby the next day. Finally someone put the newspaper headline up in the window shop to massive cheers.

**seand** · 11/08/2015, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by The Donie Forde

Probably worth mentioning Cork City were three down at Cwmbran and won the tie having conceded first goal in 2nd as well. Is this unique for an Irish club in Europe?

Definitely the best effort in Europe. Closely followed by Carmarthen v Longford. Carmarthen were 3-1 and an away goal behind before winning 5-1 on the night, 5-3 on agg.

**PartySaint** · 11/08/2015, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

3-0 down at home to Slovan Bratislava in the UEFA cup in 1996 and came back to 3-3. Unfortunately conceded another to lose 4-3, so technically probably not a comeback as such. Hell of an effort though.

Another non-comeback comeback was away in Russia to Krylia Sovetov in 2009, we were 3-0 down win 10 minutes to go and came back to 3-2 which meant we went through on away goals after a 1-0 win in Richmond the week before.

We were also 2-0 down at home to Dundalk in 2011 at halftime and came back to win 3-2. Foster was the Dundalk manager at the time and they were unbelievable in that first half, then totally fell apart.

**orielabu** · 11/08/2015, 1:06 PM

Professor K: “Maybe we didn't have it so bad with Aertel. I remember reading in one of Robert Goggins' books, in the 1920s, thousands of people waited in town to find out the result of a big Dublin derby the next day. Finally someone put the newspaper headline up in the window shop to massive cheers.”

It was reported in the press that at half-time in a 1930s Cup match in Cork, a Dundalk fan released a homing pigeon, carrying the half-time score!!
Beat that!!

**orielabu** · 11/08/2015, 1:17 PM

Dec 29 1935, League , Milltown
….Dundalk 5 up after half an hour
….With 10 minutes remaining Rovers make it 5-5
….Dundalk score the winner with 3 minutes left to leave the final score 6-5.

Not quite a comeback but close!

**Professor K** · 11/08/2015, 2:08 PM

Yep, I love that one orielabu.

A couple of months earlier in a Shield game Dundalk were 3-0 down to Rovers and won 5-3.

Rovers have never come back from 3 goals down to win, coming closest with the last minute penalty miss in Waterford (2003).

**pineapple stu** · 11/08/2015, 2:28 PM

Interesting thread btw. Trying to think what our best comeback is - struggling to come up with much more than dramatic late turnarounds like the League Cup semi mentioned earlier. Another example would be the 2-1 win against Longford in 2009; two goals in the last ten minutes giving us a win and putting us on the way to the title, to the disappointment of the few Shels fans who'd turned up to support Longford.

We beat Drogheda 5-4 in 2011 - we were 2-0 up, then went 4-2 down, then eventually won 5-4. We were also 2-0 down in Tallaght in the FAI Cup around the same time and came back to draw only to lose 7-1 or something stupid in the replay. That's the best I can think of for the moment!

Don't know if Professor K has any better examples?

**El-Pietro** · 11/08/2015, 2:32 PM

What bout our comeback from 11 or 12 points back to win the First Division in 2010. Though that was more on Shels than us!

**Professor K** · 11/08/2015, 3:23 PM

Haven't got any other UCD examples, no.

Originally Posted by Professor K

Rovers have never come back from 3 goals down to win, coming closest with the last minute penalty miss in Waterford (2003).

In a single game that is...they did recover from a 3-0 defeat in the 1945 FAI Cup semi-final first leg against Dundalk, winning 5-0 in the second.

**seand** · 11/08/2015, 4:52 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

What bout our comeback from 11 or 12 points back to win the First Division in 2010. Though that was more on Shels than us!

I think that's a seperate thread altoghether! we were 15 behind Athlone at one stage in 2000-2001 but won the division and Athlone missed out on promotion altogether.

**atfconline** · 11/08/2015, 6:10 PM

I think you're getting a bit carried away there Sean, I think a paltry 9 is the most we were ever ahead!

**Longfordian** · 11/08/2015, 6:28 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I remember a Galway fan years ago saying that Aertel had reported a 7-2 loss for Galway in Monaghan. Some fans weren't best pleased and went to meet the bus at the ground on the way back to give out stick. The players were quite surprised as they'd actually won 7-2.

Bohs v UCD around 2001 was also 0-0 till about half an hour after full time, when it abruptly changed to 6-0.

Ha those two are classic Aertel. Love it. Must go search for the old errortel thread some time.