The manager of a club who scored four stoppage time goals to win a match has lifted the lid on his side’s epic comeback.
Non-league Yarm & Eaglescliffe found themselves 5-2 down in the Northern League Division Two on Saturday.
Yarm & Eaglescliffe scored four stoppage time goals to win 6-5 after trailing 5-2[/caption]
Stephen Jackson’s side were heading towards a defeat away to Sunderland West End as they trailed by three goals in the 92nd minute.
However, his players went on to complete a dramatic turnaround with four strikes in just five minutes.
Their 97th minute sealing a 6-5 win in the 10th tier of English football.
Jackson has now reflected on the victory, telling Hawksbee & Jacobs: “I think (it was) the most incredible comeback in football history. We’d been 17 unbeaten going into the game and fair play at Sunderland West End.
“They’d given us a bit of a battering over 90 minutes. You’re talking and getting your team talk ready for a first defeat in a while. The lads are up again to go again. We get one back in the 92nd.
“You think, consolation? Then we get a penalty. We might get one more for a point here, knowing the group, knowing the togetherness we’ve got. Then we get the equaliser in the 94th.
“A header at the front post. Then from the kick-off, 96-minute referees added six minutes on. The lads never beat, to be fair. They did go and get the ball, that five-all.
“Let’s get one more chance and we win the ball. Straight from kick-off, one of our players reborn us across into our striker. It’s Roy of the Rovers stuff. He takes it first time.
“Our striker is a bit of a bagsman. That was his fourth of the game. His 27th of the season. His 10th in three games.
“He just finishes it. It’s scenes like I’ve never seen in football. The unbeaten run continues somehow. A 5-2 down, 92 minutes in.”
Asked if any fans had left early, he added: “I’d heard that a couple potentially. We’ve got a real core group who stick with us. I think we had nearly 50 there, which is great for us. There were celebrations going wild.
“It was more disbelief. It was such a surreal feeling. It was only last night, this morning, that I started thinking that you’d won the game. It was unbelievable. Incredible.”
Jackson continued: “I know there’s been other comebacks, but to do four goals in four minutes, I’m not sure we’ll ever be topped.”
The win leaves Yarm & Eaglescliffe top of the Northern League Division Two.
They lead the table by two points ahead of Horden CW and Jarrow.
However, Jackson will be hoping for a more straightforward victory against Billingham Synthonia on Wednesday night.
