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The 149-0 soccer score
SO l'Emyrne scored own goals again and again to protest refereeing in an earlier match that cost them the national championship; the scoreboard had it coming.

At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “The 149-0 soccer score”.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 4:40 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Chip Darnell.
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- WikipediaThe 149-0 soccer score
What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe scoreboard is begging for mercy!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAw, no. That can't be real. Who loses on purpose?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorA team that is furious, my friend. Referees made calls in an earlier match that cost them the national championship, and this is their protest.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorA war crime against the scoreboard, and they committed it themselves!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHuh. I mean, I once lost a corn dog eating contest on purpose, but I had a reason. I wanted the corn dog.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe old record was Arbroath beating Bon Accord thirty-six to nothing in the Scottish Cup in eighteen eighty-five. Thirty-six!

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat stood for well over a century!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThirty-six is a lot, Rex!

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAS Adema wins one hundred forty-nine to nothing! One hundred forty-nine! Somebody get that scoreboard a chair!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOne hundred forty-nine? Nope. No way. That did not happen.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorOctober thirty-first, two thousand two, in Toamasina, Madagascar, against SO l'Emyrne.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorPer the record books, the highest scoreline in football history, according to Guinness World Records.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the team that lost was the one that made the point.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorChip, that is the best protest ever played, and I sat on a bench for four seasons without even getting in.
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