Weirdest game ever?

[Walter Ego]

Here's a funny footballing story I've just read about Grenada and Barbados in 1994.

Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals in the last group game of the Shell Caribbean Cup in order to reach the final. A draw after 90 minutes would mean extra time, while anything less than winning by two goals would see Grenada go through. However, organisers had decided that in the case of extra time a Golden Goal would count as two goals. Barbados went 2-0 up early on, but Grenada made it 2-1 in the 83rd minute, meaning Barbados would be knocked out unless they scored a goal - yes, at either end. One Barbados striker realised his side were unlikely to score another goal with only a few minutes to go and Grenada parking the bus, so decided their best chance of winning was to take the game into extra time - so he promptly hammered home past his own stunned keeper to make it 2-2. Grenada now needed to score a goal at either end to avoid extra time, so turned and headed for their own net. Barbados anticipated this and rushed to defend the Grenada goal (in addition to their own!) until the whistle went for extra time. Barbados were eventually rewarded for their quick thinking, scoring the winner four minutes into extra time, which sent them into the final.

 

[Arteta2391]

Painful this

 

[GwladysStreetHero]

Everton v Blackburn 2006

Even before a ball was kicked Wright was injured after falling into that sign in the Chelsea goal the week before which read something " do not play in the goal" affecting the keepers for this game as Martyn was already injured which is just weird in its self.

Also during the game.

3 disallowed Everton goals Cahill 2 Stubbs the other.

2 goalkeeping debuts in the same game Turner an Ruddy (19 year old Ruddy too!)

1 debut red card after Turner sent off after 10 mins also considered to be in the top ten of worse premiership debuts ever.

McFadden missing one of the worse sitters ever seen at Goodison Park hitting the bar from like 10 yards out.

Stubbs goal line clearance after Ruddy was lobbed an well beaten by a Blackburn header.

Cahill missing a shot from his own half in the dying minutes when Friedel came up for a corner.

So with Everton having only their 3rd an 4th keepers available for the game an with the 3rd getting sent off forcing the 4th in goal, Everton played about 80 mins with ten men an a inexperienced keeper at 19 yrs of age an still won the game 1-0 ensuring both debuts had clean sheets too!

 

[roydo]

I once played in a cup tie that went to pens. 3 out of 21 penalties were scored.


I would have been up next! Had concussion. That was weird.

 

[toffeejack]

I once played in a cup tie that went to pens. 3 out of 21 penalties were scored.


I would have been up next! Had concussion. That was weird.

maybe they scored more? ha

 

[roydo]

maybe they scored more? ha

Haha! Doesnt make sense does it?? But you get the gist. We went through, so must have been 20 taken.

I think.

*and Im a mod ffs*

 

[Ring master]

Everton v Blackburn 2006

Even before a ball was kicked Wright was injured after falling into that sign in the Chelsea goal the week before which read something " do not play in the goal" affecting the keepers for this game as Martyn was already injured which is just weird in its self.

Also during the game.

3 disallowed Everton goals Cahill 2 Stubbs the other.

2 goalkeeping debuts in the same game Turner an Ruddy (19 year old Ruddy too!)

1 debut red card after Turner sent off after 10 mins also considered to be in the top ten of worse premiership debuts ever.

McFadden missing one of the worse sitters ever seen at Goodison Park hitting the bar from like 10 yards out.

Stubbs goal line clearance after Ruddy was lobbed an well beaten by a Blackburn header.

Cahill missing a shot from his own half in the dying minutes when Friedel came up for a corner.

So with Everton having only their 3rd an 4th keepers available for the game an with the 3rd getting sent off forcing the 4th in goal, Everton played about 80 mins with ten men an a inexperienced keeper at 19 yrs of age an still won the game 1-0 ensuring both debuts had clean sheets too!

For the heck of me,i cant even remember one disallowed goal in that game lol [will have to look for it],despite remembering the sending off,the goal-everything else including a pretty good save late on from ruddy-which i think was his real only save of that match

here it is

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Everton v Blackpool under reserves around 1994ish?

6-5! I watched it from the main stand. Anyone else see this? @alan ball maybe?

 

[ste d' indica]

Anyone remember that game between Switzerland and Turkey in Euro 2008. It was absolutely lashing down and the ball just kept coming to a dead stop, ridiculous game but kinda funny. If I remember rightly a goal was scored from a cross that just skidded to a stop right in front someone. Totally unintentional. Surprised it was allowed to be played the conditions were that bad.

 

[rascal]

Anyone remember that game between Switzerland and Turkey in Euro 2008. It was absolutely lashing down and the ball just kept coming to a dead stop, ridiculous game but kinda funny. If I remember rightly a goal was scored from a cross that just skidded to a stop right in front someone. Totally unintentional. Surprised it was allowed to be played the conditions were that bad.

Was boss that game

 

[BluenosePaul]

Brilliant header from Beattie that!

 

[roydo]

This Saturday?

 

[tsubaki]

Istanbul. I have never seen, and probably will never see, a team get as comprehensively schooled in a major final as happened to them in that first half. What followed remains incomprehensible - akin to that Motorway Cops scene where the two mental Swedish girls get run over at about 70 miles an hour, and then start fighting.