OTD E0088 — 27 Jan 1994: Defending Both Goals — Barbados, Grenada, and the Caribbean Cup Qualifier That Broke Football

27 Jan 1994: Barbados need a two-goal win to qualify… so they score an own goal on purpose to force extra time—because the Caribbean Cup’s “golden goal” counted as TWO in the table. Then Grenada try to score an own goal too, and Barbados end up defending both nets at once. We reconstruct the rule, the math, the final 2–2 chaos, the sudden-death winner, and why the rule was never used again—plus other football “glitch” matches where incentives hijacked the game. Tips: [email protected]