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greatest sporting comeback

  • 25-05-2015 10:41PM
    #1
    PTH2009
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    What was the greatest sporting comeback you remember ??

    Liverpool in Istanbul In 2005 is a stand out one for me. Great comeback

    Leinster vs Northampton in the Heineken Cup Final in 2011 was also a good comeback for leinster


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  • #2
    shamrock55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,442 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    Istanbul for me, 10 yrs to the day too, thats a scary thought:eek:


  • #3
    shanered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    City winning the premier league tital with those two last min goals was good.

    Dublin coming back to win their first all ireland there a few back was class too!


  • #4
    Streetwalker
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    Not a fan of football but that Liverpool comeback in Turkey was a thing of beauty for any sports fan.


  • #5
    Junkyard Tom
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    Leinster overturning Northhampton in the Heineken Cup final


  • #6
    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    Offaly against Limerick in the 1994 All Ireland final.5 points down with 5 minutes left and end up winning by six points.

    Wexford had an unbelievable comeback against Meath in 2008 they were 10 points down at half time and end up winning


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    The Comeback.

    Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers in 1993 playoffs. Bills recovered from being down 32 points to win 41-38.


  • #8
    S. Goodspeed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 418 ✭✭S. Goodspeed


    Leinster's was great but they were on paper the better team and strong favourites so it wasn't that shocking that when they started to play well they blew Saints away.

    Liverpool's comeback on the other hand was absurd.

    You could add in basically half of the games Meath played through the 90s as well. Their various comebacks in the 91 4 games series with Dublin stands out.


  • #9
    Peregrine
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    Leinster against Northampton in 2011. A comeback worthy of Lazarus.


  • #10
    Fiery mutant
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    Boston Bruins v Toronto Maple Leafs, 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs. Bruins 4-1 down with 9 minutes to go, winning 5-4 in overtime.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



  • #11
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Rocky Balboa vs Clubber Lang.


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  • #12
    Kovu
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    This is the most recent one that comes to mind. My jaw almost hit the floor!
    Def not the greatest but a great finish.



  • #13
    Sheep Lover
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    Tinhaleys under 8s overcoming insurmountable odds and overturning all the major bookies to clinch a major win over Rathdrum under 12s in a friendly match in 1986. Old men still get a tear in the eye and sweaty palms when they recount that glorious day.


  • #14
    RayM
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    Michael Schumacher at the 1995 Belgian Grand Prix. He started in 16th place, but went on to win comfortably in the rain.


  • #15
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Sheep Lover wrote: »
    Tinhaleys under 8s overcoming insurmountable odds and overturning all the major bookies to clinch a major win over Rathdrum under 12s in a friendly match in 1986. Old men still get a tear in the eye and sweaty palms when they recount that glorious day.


    Was there a massive brawl at the end to top things off as is the tradition in Wicklow?


  • #16
    The_Valeyard
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    The Jamaican Bobsled team


  • #17
    Sheep Lover
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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Was there a massive brawl at the end to top things off as is the tradition in Wicklow?

    Well how would anyone know the match had ended if we didn't have half a dozen spectators boxing the head off eachother in the middle of the pitch?


  • #18
    The Backwards Man
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    'I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars, the rest I wasted.' George Best


  • #19
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,365 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Juventus?

    Relegated May 2006 due to the Italian Football Scandal.

    Promoted the following season winning Serie B.

    Winners of Serie A the past 4 seasons while winning the Italian Cup this year too and also have a chance to do the treble for the first time if they win the Champos League Final.


  • #20
    the evasion_kid
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    Dunlop winning the ulster grand Prix ahead of Jeffries after Jeffries said he was past it or something to that effect,Dunlop said nothing back in the press but did his talking on the road coming back from 8th on the first lap to finish first ahead of Jeffries.....on a bike that he took down from the roof of his pub!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Wxn998B5U


  • #21
    Baron Kurtz
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    Kovu wrote: »
    This is the most recent one that comes to mind. My jaw almost hit the floor!
    Def not the greatest but a great finish.



    That was extraordinary. Something very cartoonish about it.


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  • #22
    jamok
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    2012 Ryder Cup "Miricale at Midinah"


  • #23
    Dtp1979
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    https://youtu.be/ihJ-xKg6Pm0
    Unbelievable


  • #24
    dirtyden
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    Tipperary minor footballers v Dublin in 2011, first all Ireland in about 80 years. Underdogs in pretty much every game they played. 11 points down to Kerry in Munster. Five points down to Dublin at half time, 2 points down with 3 mins to go, won in the end with a wonder goal (although not sure if they could have won if they had to carry Djimi Traore, that was the real wonder of Istanbul).


  • #25
    Fr_Dougal
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    That time when Liverpool won the Premier League...oh wait...that never happened...


  • #26
    Jjiipp79
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 374 ✭✭Jjiipp79


    Istanbul CL final LFC....

    Easy


  • #27
    gizmo23
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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Offaly against Limerick in the 1994 All Ireland final.5 points down with 5 minutes left and end up winning by six points.

    Wexford had an unbelievable comeback against Meath in 2008 they were 10 points down at half time and end up winning


    Was at the wexford game in Dr.Cullen park what everyone forgets is they were actually 10 points down with twenty minutes to go aswell ... Unreal comeback


  • #28
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Here's mine, U14 13-A-Side football match. At half time we were down 2-7 to 0-1 and we came back to win 2-7 to 3-6. The fact that we're not a football club made it sweeter on top of the fact that it was the day before my birthday and we went to Subway afterwards and watched Euro 2012 matches.


  • #29
    Insect Overlord
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    Spurs 3-4 Man City in the FA Cup 11 years ago.

    Tottenham were 3-0 up and City got a man sent off after the half-time whistle, but they ended up winning in the last minute. That was before they had mad money too.


  • #30
    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    That time when Liverpool won the Premier League...oh wait...that never happened...

    Dougal ya big eejit ya!


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  • #31
    anncoates
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    Kenny Dalglish saying 'Velocity' to a reporter that asked for 'a quick word'.

    Great comeback.


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