Strangest thing to ever happen on a football pitch

gosplan · 23-12-2014 12:46pm #1

I thought this could be an interesting collection of wacky youtubes. It might end after a page or it might run for a bit.

Weird things to happen on a football pitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5loeV-_4og

I thought of that crazy Central American qualifying games with both teams trying to score and defend the wrong way around. Think it was in a thread here a while back.

gosplan · 23-12-2014 12:49pm

This too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQJS89rySI

keeponhurling · 23-12-2014 1:13pm

I found this strange
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30578964

Hammer Archer · 23-12-2014 2:57pm

The match you're talking about was the Caribbean Cup game between Barbados and Grenada in 1994.
On the phone so can't link it, but I'd suggest everyone look it up because it's one of the most bizarre games ever.
Basically, Barbados spent the last few minutes of the game attempting to stop Grenada scoring a goal at either end. The reasons for that are too complicated to go in to here.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 23-12-2014 4:17pm

The organizers of the tournament imposed a rule requiring all matches to have a winner and had chosen an unusual variant of the golden goal rule, which meant that the first goal scored in extra-time not only won the match, but also counted as double. The final score was 4−2, but only one goal was scored after the regular 90 minutes because of the rule. Barbados started the match needing to win by a margin of at least two goals to qualify for the final tournament. When Grenada scored late on in normal time to bring the scoreline to 2−1, Barbados deliberately scored an own goal to force extra-time, where they could get the two-goal winning margin they needed thanks to the unconventional golden goal rule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_4%E2%80%932_Grenada_%281994_Caribbean_Cup_qualification%29

jonnyfingers · 23-12-2014 4:31pm

I give you a drunk referee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkFVgqhYlk

23-12-2014 4:41pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCKeSrsMYA

Lord TSC · 23-12-2014 4:47pm

Topic has potential to be interesting, so can we not get these stupid United/Liverpool arguments going early? Try and keep it to "strange and unusual", not "Trolling with some banta'!", in a bid not to derail the topic...

Going to delete some posts to try and not have the topic head down the sink hole straight off the bat.

Howard the Duck · 23-12-2014 4:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJRPOltifI

Smegball · 23-12-2014 5:51pm

John Obi Mikel scoring a goal.

gosplan · 23-12-2014 6:29pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UObYcthr9Zo

HalloweenJack · 23-12-2014 7:21pm

That celebration reminds me of this guy. Not so much strange as funny. He was sacked afterwards:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4RpjvPvMSU

In a similar vein, and which was fairly odd, Delio Rossi attacking Adem Ljajic. Also sacked afterwards:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDvXXl5Bh4

Panthro · 23-12-2014 7:38pm

Has anyone mentioned Gary Lineker's infamous poop on a pitch?!

thelad95 · 23-12-2014 7:54pm

Anyone remember this cretin from a few years ago?

cj maxx · 23-12-2014 10:27pm

The weirdest thing ive seen , given it was a world cup final , is zidanes head butt.
Absolutely dumbfounded when it happened

gosplan · 23-12-2014 10:32pm

cjmc wrote: »

The weirdest thing ive seen , given it was a world cup final , is zidanes head butt.
Absolutely dumbfounded when it happened

I was gonna put that it.

Not only who it what and where it was but WHAT it was.

The most bizzare way to attack another human.

Kirby · 23-12-2014 10:36pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYN54NZqlcw

Nunu · 23-12-2014 10:43pm

Someone post the tampon being removed from the pitch by a physio...<shudders>

fuzzydunlop85 · 23-12-2014 10:54pm

Remember seeing a rasper of a volley at the old dell (possibly mark Hughes ?) go in but hit the hoardings behind the net and go straight back out again, never given as a goal iirc. On phone can't find you tube clip of it.

Nib · 24-12-2014 1:46am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx_1dodiyJ8

dan1895 · 24-12-2014 11:54am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BxwfKTXCs8

Fr Tod Umptious · 24-12-2014 3:18pm

Strange to things that happen on the pitch often involve Serbs in some way.

From the Zagreb v Red Star riot in 1990 to the Albanian flag incident this year they always supply good YouTube material.

Cienciano · 24-12-2014 3:28pm

Some weird celebrations above, reminds me of this one:

Captain Havoc · 25-12-2014 4:56pm

There was the Servette Geneva player who lost his finger when his wedding ring got caught in the fence while celebrating scoring. He also got booked for excessive celebrating.

NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRzHu4heNiU

callaway92 · 26-12-2014 2:56am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URzKQc4s7Wc

Frankie Lee · 26-12-2014 5:22pm

Heskey is after scoring for Bolton

Kirby · 26-12-2014 5:25pm

Nothing strange at all about that Suarez clip. Very regular occurrence on a football pitch so I think it's in the wrong thread.

Paco Rodriguez · 27-12-2014 4:00pm

jonnyfingers wrote: »

I give you a drunk referee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkFVgqhYlk

I think that ref had back spasms rather than being drunk.

gosplan · 27-12-2014 10:52pm

Apparently, Zaire were told there would be dire consequences to losing badly to Brazil.

So what do you do when Jarzinho lines to to take a free kick?