A soccer team that advanced to the next round by deliberately scoring against itself

Apologies to the clansmen who may already know this but I have always found this fascinating:

1994, Shell Carribean Cup, Barbados vs Granada.

Barbados needed to win by two clear goals in order to advance to the next round. But there was a rule stating that should the game go to penalty kicks then the winner would be awarded a 2-0 victory.

With 5 mins to go Barbados were leading 2-1 but going out of the competition unless they won 3-1. They realised they were not going to score the 3rd goal against Granada and decided to score for Granada to make it 2-2 and then go to penalties! But Granada weren't so doff and they also decided to score against their own goals. The last 5 mins strikers were trying to shoot into their own goals, defenders were defending the opposition's goals and goalkeepers were wanting to throw the ball into their own nets.

The game did go to penalties which Barbados won and went through to the next round on a 2-0 victory.

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

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA........ That's classic !!!

A similar thing happened in a league limited overs cricket game in Durban many years ago. The batting side were piling on a huge score, but there was a rule that in order for a game to be valid each side had to face at least 15 overs (I think). So when they saw rain clouds building up in the distance they decided they ahd enough runs and had better end their innings. A couple of guys hit their wickets and walked out. However, the opposition caught on and decided to start bowling wides and no-balls. Eventually the farce had to be called off.