A Funny football story to lighten the mood...

[Guest macca777]

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

 

A match played around Dec ‘93-Feb ‘94 between Barbados and Grenada in some 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 would be awarded a 2-0 victory.

 

With 5 minutes to go, Barbados were leading 2-1, and going out of the tournament. Then, when they realised they were probably not going to score against Grenada’s massed defence, they turned round, and deliberately scored an own goal, to level the scores. Grenada, themselves not being stupid, realised 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, therefore, spectators were treated to the incredible sight of a team defending their opponents goal against attackers desperately trying to score an own goal!

 

Eventually, the game did go to penalties, which Barbados won… Apparently it was televised live.

[ManxRed]

You'd think that defending an opponents goal against an own goal would be nigh on impossible, if you consider that they only have to get the ball to the keeper and he could run into his own goal carrying the ball and the job would be done.

[stressederic]

Would it not have been smarter for Grenada to just mount a counter attack aganist Barbados' goal whilst all of their players were trying to prevent them from scoring an own goal?

[Euphrates]

You'd think that defending an opponents goal against an own goal would be nigh on impossible, if you consider that they only have to get the ball to the keeper and he could run into his own goal carrying the ball and the job would be done.

How do you get it to your keeper? Juggle it up and pass it to him with your knee?

[ManxRed]

How do you get it to your keeper? Juggle it up and pass it to him with your knee?

 

What were the rules in '93? I can't remember. He could pounce at the feet of any opposing player who receives the ball in the area, they'd be trying to dribble the ball back out!

[RP]

How do you get it to your keeper? Juggle it up and pass it to him with your knee?

 

 

That would be a back pass.

[Euphrates]

That would be a back pass.

Well then head it to him. That's allowed isn't it?]

 

 

Edit

From Fifa:

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper,

inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:

• takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his

hands before releasing it from his possession

• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released

from his possession and has not touched any other player

• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked

to him by a team-mate

• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from

a throw-in taken by a team-mate

 

Kicked, the knee isn't kicked.

Edited January 24, 2008 by Euphrates

[Euphrates]

What were the rules in '93? I can't remember. He could pounce at the feet of any opposing player who receives the ball in the area, they'd be trying to dribble the ball back out!

back-pass rule came into effect in 92

[Hassony]

were they using Zonal marking?

[Gerry]

Kicked, the knee isn't kicked.

 

Wrong I'm afraid.

 

Decision 3

Subject to the terms of Law 12, a player may pass the ball to his own

goalkeeper using his head or chest or knee, etc. If, however, in the

opinion of the referee, a player uses a deliberate trick while the ball is

in play in order to circumvent the Law, the player is guilty of unsporting

behaviour. He is cautioned, shown the yellow card and an indirect

free kick is awarded to the opposing team from the place where the

infringement occurred. * (see page 3)

A player using a deliberate trick to circumvent the Law while he is

taking a free kick is cautioned for unsporting behaviour and shown

the yellow card. The free kick is retaken.

In such circumstances, it is irrelevant whether the goalkeeper subsequently

touches the ball with his hands or not. The offence is committed

by the player in attempting to circumvent both the letter and

the spirit of Law 12.

[jimmylibel]

Would it not have been smarter for Grenada to just mount a counter attack aganist Barbados' goal whilst all of their players were trying to prevent them from scoring an own goal?

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

No cutting edge that's their problem.

[RP]

Kicked, the knee isn't kicked.

 

 

Yes it is.