Winning after being three goals behind.

[upthemaggies]

Have we ever done this?
Not since the start of 1989/90 at least, where I've got all of the goal times and I can't remember us doing it since I've been following Notts.

We last drew from being 3 behind at home to Cambridge on Saturday 23rd December 2017
Last time we came from 2-0 down to win was against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup the month before (Friday 3rd November 2017).,

I don't know if we've ever lost from being 3 goals up either, but we did draw 3-3 after being 3-0 up at Bolton in 1988/89.

[countygump]

Have we ever done this?
Not since the start of 1989/90 at least, where I've got all of the goal times and I can't remember us doing it since I've been following Notts.

We last drew from being 3 behind at home to Cambridge on Saturday 23rd December 2017
Last time we came from 2-0 down to win was against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup the month before (Friday 3rd November 2017).,

I don't know if we've ever lost from being 3 goals up either, but we did draw 3-3 after being 3-0 up at Bolton in 1988/89.

Only a draw UTM, but what a cracking match that was.

[ncfcog]

Only a draw UTM, but what a cracking match that was.

The day Forte tried to celebrate his overhead equaliser with a crippled back!

[nw6pie]

Have we ever done this?
Not since the start of 1989/90 at least, where I've got all of the goal times and I can't remember us doing it since I've been following Notts.

We last drew from being 3 behind at home to Cambridge on Saturday 23rd December 2017
Last time we came from 2-0 down to win was against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup the month before (Friday 3rd November 2017).,

I don't know if we've ever lost from being 3 goals up either, but we did draw 3-3 after being 3-0 up at Bolton in 1988/89.

Seem to recall us drawing 3-3 with Chesterfield in the FA Cup after we were 3-0 up with not a huge amount of time left. We then won 1-0 in the replay.

I can remember some classic 3-2 wins from 2-0 down (Watford at home in the old first division; Crystal Palace in the early 90s when they went up as champions), but that's as good as I remember.

Weren't we 2-0 up before we crashed out of the FA Cup at Southport 4-2, and I seem to recall a similar outcome at Bournemouth during the season when they were playing their home games at Dorchester.

[upthemaggies]

Seem to recall us drawing 3-3 with Chesterfield in the FA Cup after we were 3-0 up with not a huge amount of time left. We then won 1-0 in the replay.

I can remember some classic 3-2 wins from 2-0 down (Watford at home in the old first division; Crystal Palace in the early 90s when they went up as champions), but that's as good as I remember.

Weren't we 2-0 up before we crashed out of the FA Cup at Southport 4-2, and I seem to recall a similar outcome at Bournemouth during the season when they were playing their home games at Dorchester.

That Chesterfield 3-3 was a Sunday morning kick-off and was a bit of a shock after we'd been cruising.

Our other wins from 2 goals behind this century before the 2017 Bristol Rovers comeback were.....

Saturday 12th December 2015
Notts County 4
Noble 34
McLeod 41
McLeod 71
Noble 90+6

Newport County 3
Byrne 5
Rodman 10
Boden 83


Tuesday 21st October 2014
Barnsley 2
Cole 8
Hourihane 12

Notts County 3
G.Thompson 20
Petrasso 62
Petrasso 71


Saturday 12th April 2014
Notts County 4
Spencer 27
Spencer 34
Campbell-Ryce 48
Campbell-Ryce 85

Port Vale 2
Thompson (og) 13
Tomlin 25


Saturday 16th September 2006
Barnet 2
Hendon (pen) 25
Puncheon 30

Notts County 3
White 32
Parkinson 37
Lee 55


Tuesday 21st January 2003
Notts County 3
Stallard 55
Heffernan 67
Caskey 75

Stockport County 2
Beckett 15
Beckett 30


Saturday 25th November 2000
Oxford United 2
Murphy 41
Murphy 45

Notts County 3
Allsopp 49
Allsopp (pen) 86
Newton 87

[upthemaggies]

1990s two goals down comebacks to win............






Saturday 6th November 1993
Notts County 3
McSwegan (pen) 21
McSwegan 51
Lund 80

Crystal Palace 2
Armstrong 13
Armstrong 19



Wednesday 9th October 1991
Notts County 3
Bartlett 62
Bartlett 69
T.Johnson (pen) 76

Port Vale 2
Foyle 44
Houchen 55

*the above was a 2nd leg and we lost on away goals, so doesn't count so much



Before that is not so straightforward to pin down due to a lack of info in many cases, but what I have got is.....
Saturday 30th October 1982
Notts County 3
Kilcline 45
McCulloch 51
Hooks 81

Watford 2
Blissett 29
Barnes 31

[upthemaggies]

3-0 down to end up drawing...............

Saturday 23rd December 2017
Notts County 3
Alessandra 74
Brisley 87
Forte 90+3

Cambridge United 3
Ikpeazu 40
Brown 49
Brown 68


Saturday 28th August 2010
Bournemouth 3
McQuoid 3
McQuoid 25
Robinson 28

Notts County 3
Burgess 30
Westcarr 90+1
Smith 90+4



There might have been one or two between 1960-1989 that I haven't got all of the goal times for. If not then the one before that would be......

Saturday 3rd January 1959
Notts County 4
Horobin 47
Loxley 57
Horobin 75
Brown 80

Halifax Town 4
Blackburn 16
Kilford (og) 35
Smith 42
Smith 61


So comebacks from 3 goals down are incredibly rare.

Winning from 2-0 behind is more common. 4 in the 2010s, 3 in the 2000s and 2 in the 1990s, so based on that you'd expect to see a major Notts come back once every 3 years or so.

[BigFatPie]

Totally off the top of my head, but didn’t we turn around a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 at Bristol Rovers in the late 70s, early 80s?

[Hoppie]

I was once told ‘I had a Wheelbarrow…’ was born out of mimicking an opposition chant and a 3 goal comeback (possibly against Bournemouth?). Any truth in that?

[upthemaggies]

Totally off the top of my head, but didn’t we turn around a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 at Bristol Rovers in the late 70s, early 80s?

I'm quite certain now that if we have ever turned around a 3 goal deficit to win, it would have been pre-war. There were a few candidates in the 50s/early 60s but I've been able to establish today that the scores didn't pan out that way. So it remains a possibility that Notts have never done it.