# I swear this actually happenned **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523 "2000-06-26T02:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DippyMonger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@DippyMonger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DippyMonger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523/1 "2000-06-26T02:24:39Z")
Forget England-Argentina/Germany/Portugal and all the rest and listen to this one. It concerns a match played between Barbados and Grenada in cup competition. 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. I found it at [http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/football.htm](http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/football.htm) ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523/2 "2000-06-26T02:26:37Z")
Sorry, I zoned out as soon as I realized it was about sports. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523/3 "2000-06-26T03:29:04Z")
Actually, it took me a bit longer, I zoned when I realized it was about soccer. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523/4 "2000-06-26T03:37:40Z")
The really bizzare thing is I almost understood that! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523/5 "2000-06-26T03:45:00Z")
I can imagine that happening. And thank you for using the plural when referring to a team. I’m thinking about starting a new thread . . . “Ask a soccer ref” but I don’t think anyone will care enough to ask me anything. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swear-this-actually-happenned/23523/6 "2000-06-26T10:14:55Z")
Not only have I heard of this match, I’ve seen some amteur footage of it. Truely bizarre. **HOLLAND! _clapclapclap_ HOLLAND! _clapclapclap_ HOLLAND! _clapclapclap_ …**