Barbados played Grenada in a final group match of the Shell Caribbean Cup in February 1994.

Barbados needed to win the game by two clear goals to progress to the next round. Now the trouble was caused by a strange rule which stated that in the event of a game going into penalty kicks, the winner would be awarded a two goal victory.

With five minutes to go, Barbados were leading 2-1 and going out of the tournament. When they realized they had no chance of scoring past Grenada 's mass defence they turned around and deliberately scored an own goal to tie the game and send the teams into a penalty shoot out.

Grenada, themselves not being stupid, realized what was going on attempted to score an own goal too, putting Barbados back on top and sending them out of the competition. However, the Barbados players started defending their opposition's goal to prevent them doing this.

During the games last five minutes the fans were treated to the sight of a team defending their opponent's goal preventing them from scoring in the back of their own net.

Eventually the game did go to penalties which Barbados won