Is Fernandes' Own Goal The Worst Of All Time?

ByJonty Colman

BBC Sport journalist

Porto defender Martim Fernandes made nan headlines for each nan incorrect reasons during Thursday's Europa League quarter-final tie pinch Nottingham Forest by scoring a bizarre ain goal.

Fernandes, 20, beat his ain goalkeeper Diogo Costa from 45 yards pinch a misplaced backpass to level up nan first leg, which ended 1-1.

To make matters worse, nan Portuguese past suffered an wounded minutes later and had to beryllium substituted.

But is Fernandes' ain extremity nan worst of each time? BBC Sport looks astatine immoderate of football's astir infamous OGs.

Former Arsenal duo Lee Dixon and David Seaman were portion of a formidable backline for nan Gunners during nan 1990s and early 2000s - and some besides featured for England.

Indeed, specified was nan Gunners' spot astatine nan backmost that '1-0 to nan Arsenal' became a acquainted chant from nan terraces.

But successful 1991, Dixon and his goalkeeper were surely not connected nan aforesaid page erstwhile he attempted a long-range backmost walk to Seaman successful a lucifer against Coventry astatine Highbury.

And nan correct backmost gave his goalkeeper nary chance erstwhile nan shot sailed complete Seaman's caput and into nan net.

On nan penultimate play of nan 1997-98 First Division season, Manchester City hosted Queens Park Rangers knowing they needed a consequence to springiness themselves nan chance of avoiding relegation down to England's 3rd tier.

But they didn't count connected Jamie Pollock doing his champion Paul-Gascoigne-versus-Scotland-at-Euro-96 belief - only astatine nan incorrect extremity of nan pitch.

Pollock someway managed to flick a QPR transverse precocious into nan aerial and, successful 1 graceful movement, caput nan shot complete goalkeeper Martyn Margetson and into nan nett to put City's opponents 2-1 up.

City would equalise to gain a 2-2 draw. But contempt a 5-2 triumph astatine Stoke connected nan last day, they were relegated to what is now League One by a azygous point.

Franck Queudrue spent 9 years successful English football, featuring for Middlesbrough, Fulham, Birmingham and Colchester, but it was months anterior to leaving boyhood nine Lens successful 2001 that he produced 1 of nan astir iconic ain goals of each time.

In a Ligue 1 lucifer against Bastia, nan left-back attempted a volleyed clearance 30 yards retired from his ain goal.

Queudrue connected pinch nan shot superbly, but successful wholly nan incorrect guidance to loop it precocious into nan aerial and complete his ain goalkeeper.

For a defender who only scored only 28 convention goals successful his full career, it is astir apt a contender for 1 of his best-ever strikes, albeit into nan incorrect net.

Darlington were aiming to sneak a play-off spot astatine nan extremity of nan League Two play and successful a lucifer against Bury, were talented nan cleanable start.

Bury defender Chris Brass' attempted clearance smashed into his ain look earlier trickling past a young Kasper Schmeichel successful Bury's goal.

There was bully news, of sorts, for Brass, though. The unfortunate incident really saved him having room connected his nose, which he'd surgery earlier successful his career, specified was nan impact. Every cloud.

And contempt nan early setback, Bury won 3-2 and went connected to debar relegation. Darlington missed nan play-offs.

Brazil are known for nan measurement they play nan beautiful game. But Alisson Cassiano would surely for illustration not to beryllium remembered for scoring 1 of football's slickest ain goals.

In a 2nd section match, Cassiano produced nan uncommon feat of scoring an ain extremity for Sport Recife without their opponents Novorizontino moreover rubbing nan ball.

From kick-off, Sport Recife passed nan shot among themselves for 18 seconds earlier Cassiano vanished nan move - to his ain embarrassment.

After his team-mates had knocked it astir pinch their opponents chasing shadows, Cassiano rolled nan shot backmost towards his ain extremity - only to spot his goalkeeper opinionated adjacent to him connected nan separator of nan punishment area and nan shot transverse nan statement for an unfortunate, and beautiful, ain goal.