When Everything Goes Wrong: Is This One of The Most Unluckiest Performances in Football History?

Cameron Burgess Suffers Horror Afternoon Against His Old Side

An own-goal in football is something of a rare occurrence for a player, even if they are positioned in the defence.

Richard Dunne takes the record for the most own-goals in football history with 10, whilst legendary defender Franco Baresi and ex-Liverpool man Martin Skrtel are joint second with eight.

So, when a couple of them arrive at once in a game where your team get humiliated and are in a run of bad form, it is likely to go down in the history books with the worst performances in history.

Oh, and to save it in your first game against your former side only adds insult to injury.

History of Cameron Burgess

The 30-year-old centre-back called Portman Road his home from 2021 to 2025, and made 111 appearances for the Tractor Boys.

Following their relegation back to the Championship in the summer, Burgess departed and switched to Swansea City.

Since then, he has played all 15 league games for the Swans.

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Swansea City is delighted to confirm the club has reached an agreement to sign Cameron Burgess, subject to international clearance 🦢

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— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) June 14, 2025

Worst Game of His Career

Swansea came into the game against Ipswich Town on Saturday in terrible spirits and needing a result, having lost two of their last three matches and four from seven.

Ipswich, on the other hand, were in good form and hunting down a play-off place after turning a page from their poor start to the season.

Someone may want to tell Cameron Burgess that he left Ipswich for Swansea, because he clearly didn’t get the memo… pic.twitter.com/Qmu93HxUlc

— The Real EFL (@RealEFLSocial) November 8, 2025

They took the lead in the 36th minute through Jack Clarke, but were pegged back five minutes after the break by Goncalo Franco.

Then, in the 55th minute, Ipswich's lead was restored, as Burgess dived in to try and block a shot, but could only divert it goal wards and past his own goalkeeper.

Ivan Azon made it three for the visitors with 14 minutes left to play, which effectively put the result beyond doubt.

To compound the hosts' misery for good measure though, Burgess stuck the ball into his own net for a second time, again with a sliding block, as he tried to snuff out a dangerous cross.

A very bad day at the office for Swansea's Cameron Burgess 😳

Not once, but TWICE putting the ball in his own net against former club Ipswich! pic.twitter.com/e8V5zRvuNR

— ITV Football (@itvfootball) November 9, 2025

Four goals conceded with two of them coming from your own boot to continue a dire run of form, you'd struggle to find many worse afternoons for a footballer.

Jon Walters Beaten?

Back in the 2012/13 season, Stoke striker Jon Walters found the back of the net twice, but again they came at the wrong end.

That day, his Potters side lost at home 4-0 to Chelsea

To make matters worse, it was Walters' 100th Premier League appearance and he also missed a penalty in the match.

Due to the missed penalty, the fact he's a striker which makes own-goals rarer and it was on a personal milestone, Walters just pips Burgess to the unluckiest performance in recent memory.