From 5 1 down to winning 7 6 is there a better comeback? The Knowledge
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“In the 1950s, my father was a photographer on the Sunday Express. He took me to one game in 1956, Charlton v Huddersfield. With 20 minutes to go, Charlton were 5-1 down. The game ended with Charlton winning 7-6. Has there ever been another occasion when a team was losing so heavily, but ended up winning in such a short space of time?” asked Mitch Mitchell.
“The ‘Wunder von der Grotenburg’ on 19 March 1986 is possibly the closest in recent memory,” notes Darren Beach. “With just over half an hour left in the second leg of their Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final, East German powerhouse Dynamo Dresden led 3-1 at the home of unheralded West Germans Bayer Uerdingen, and more importantly led 5-1 on aggregate. Continue reading...
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