A-League's Top 10 last-gasp winners

EXCLUSIVE: It's that day of eternal regret when you left the stadium early to beat the rush – that moment when the final kick of the ball breaks hearts and creates legends. Last weekend's A-League action saw two games decided in injury-time thanks to late goals from the Mariners’ Mitchell Duke and Ranko Despotovic for Sydney FC. We thought we’d countdown the best last-gasp winners over the course of the A-League. Do Duke and Despotovic’s goals rank among the Top 10?

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6. ARCHIE THOMPSON

Melbourne Heart v Melbourne Victory (1-2), AAMI Park, Round 12, 2012-13

It had been over two years since Melbourne Victory last defeated Heart in a derby game, which to that point had been their only derby success in the seven previous encounters between the rivals. The season-before ‘Christmas derby’ produced one of the best games in A-League history, and this one didn’t disappoint either. Marco Rojas gave the Victory the lead on 67 minutes but Heart managed to net an equaliser through an incredibly rare header from Heart’s captain at the time, Fred. But Archie Thompson was to have one last say in the matter, lobbing the ball over Clint Bolton to seal a memorable derby win for the blue side of Melbourne.