Checked in after a busy couple of days and surprised to see a lack of comment after Wednesday's excitement.
A right old game of two halves. Despair at half time. Performance was poor. Referee was dire. A goal down, a man down, the height of my ambitions was getting through the second half without further damage to goal difference or suspensions.
Then the euphoria at the final whistle. Highest I've been since Matt Paterson's late late winner against Plymouth when the points were needed for the play offs.
Got me thinking of other memorable turnarounds and where this rates alongside them.
I'm thinking 3-1 and a man down at home to York with ten minutes to go and winning it 4-3 in stoppage time. Telling my lad he'd never see that again on the walk home.
Then we did it to Salisbury a couple of months later with a last minute Daryl Clare penalty!
Three down at half time on one of my rare pass out days at Rotherham, well Sheffield at the time. Second half Shaun Harrad hat trick.
But these were all early season.
For timing, Sam Winnall's late penalty to turn 1-2 into 3-2 against Macclesfield when the points were still needed to beat the drop was important.
But for sheer guts, against a good side, and having to work around officials who were as good as a 12th man at times, I reckon this was as good as any.
Any others spring to mind?
The Greatest Escape?
posted on 21/3/15
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posted on 21/3/15
The 2nd half v Southend for me was the greatest performance I've since the home match v Wrexham in the February of the promotion year 2009. Wrexham, promotion contenders themselves under Dean Saunders, brought about 1000 fans and the Pirelli was rockin'. They outplayed us in the 1st half but in the 2nd half we came back from a goal down to win 3-1. None of us could have predicted that we would then throw away an 18 point lead and crawl over the line on the last day.
posted on 21/3/15
I agree Frank. The next most memorable Albion performance for me, after the Southend match on Wednesday night, was the Wrexham match in our promotion season. On both occasions I felt at half time that we were going to lose and then came incredible fight backs, which made me proud of the team I love to support.