Well, I know this know, but I didn't at 9am this morning:

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Barbados needed to win the game by two clear goals in order to progress to the next round. Now the trouble was caused by a daft rule in the competition which stated that in the event of a game going to penalty kicks, the winner of the penalty kicks would be awarded a 2-0 victory.

With 5 minutes to go, Barbados were leading 2-1, and going out of the tournament (because they needed to win by 2 clear goals). Then, when they realized they were probably not going to score against Grenada's massed defence, they turned round, and deliberately scored on their own goal to level the scores and take the game into penalties. Grenada, themselves not being stupid, realized what was going on, and then attempted to score an own goal themselves. However, the Barbados players started defending their opponents goal to prevent this.

In the last five minutes, spectators were treated to the incredible sight of both team's defending their opponents goal against attackers desperately trying to score an own goal and goalkeepers trying to throw the ball into their own net. The game went to penalties, which Barbados won and so were awarded a 2-0 victory and progressed to the next round.

The incident took place during a final group match between Barbados and Grenada for the Shell Caribbean Cup in February 1994. The Barbados team had to win the match by at least two goals in order to face Trinidad and Tobago in the finals; anything less and Grenada advanced to the next round instead. The rules in effect at the time specified that if the score were tied at the end of regulation play, the match would continue into sudden-death overtime (not a penalty kicks round, as stated above), and the first team to score during the overtime period would be considered a two-goal winner.

As detailed above, Barbados was leading 2-0 well into the second half of play, when Grenada finally managed to score a goal in the 83rd minute to make the score 2-1. Barbados realized with three minutes to play that they were unlikely to score again in the time remaining and deliberately kicked the ball into their own goal to tie the match at 2-2 and force an overtime period. Grenada then attempted to score on their own goal to prevent the match from going into overtime, but Barbados had already started defending Grenada's goal to prevent them from succeeding. The two teams then spent the remaining few minutes with Barbados defending both ends of the field as Grenada tried to put the ball into either goal, but time expired with the score still tied. Four minutes into overtime play, Barbados scored and advanced to the finals.

http://www.snopes.com/sports/soccer/barbados.asp

[Edit: Here's a vid clip]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpYsN-4p7w

We have discussed it before.

How odd, that discussion was in the week I joined OTF.

Anyhow, the thread is for any piece of football news that is not quite ordinary but, as self-confessing connoisseurs of football, we might expect to know about.

Not sure about 'expecting' to have heard of that, but for me one of the joys of OTF is discovering things like that. So thanks, Ibn.

Similar situation in Northern Ireland in the early 90s

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They dropped to the new First Division after a crazy situation whereby Bangor had to lose their last game against Ards to be promoted - and they somehow managed to do just that.

There's got to be more on that somewhere, CTT... losing to get promoted? Without further explanation?

Blimey. That's amazing. I think I follow about 60% of it. And I speak as someone who fully understands how relegation works in Argentina. That's an excellent article, although it could really do with some 'before' and 'after' league tables. I think I follow though, thanks CTT...

Ibn Pickthall wrote:

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[Edit: Here's a vid clip]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpYsN-4p7w

Is that clip evidence of some Marks Radcliffe and Riley "funny" football video?

Talking of things people "should know about football", in one game at Hillsborough a few seasons ago the same person (in his forties and who had been attending matches for decades) said to me ;

"What are those marks on the goal line and touchline"

"Er, they´re so nobody can get too close to the corner taker"

and just before the start of the second half ;

"Why is the linesman marching towards Alexander (our keeper), what´s he done wrong?!"

"Er, he´s going to check the net before the game restarts"

GO , so what if it's been discussed before, not everyone who posts on here hasbeen around as long as you (or is as pedantic)

I don't think GO's reference was of a condescending nature, Muzz. I read it as a reference to a previous discussion which might be worth consulting in relation to this thread.

I think almost everything in the world has at some point been discussed on OTF.

Perhaps you are right but it seems to say we've done that , now move on which may deter newer posters from adding their views.
Apologies if I came across a bit stroppy.

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I think almost everything in the world has at some point been discussed on OTF.

I think you're right. Time to go out and play.