Non-League football clubs set astonishing word record for longest ever penalty shootout
Two non-league football clubs have created history after they set a new world record for the longest ever penalty shoot-out.
A total of 54 spot-kicks were needed to separate winning team Washington FC from Bedlington Terriers in a shootout which eventually finished 25-24.
Amazingly, there were more penalties taken during the League Cup tie inSunderland, than there were fans attending.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Not bad at kicking the ball from 12 yards from both teams ð pic.twitter.com/1eJ2iA1a68The sides finished level after drawing 3-3 in regular time in front of just 40 spectators, meaning penalties were needed to determine a winner.
The previous Guinness Record for the longest shoot-out stood at 48 meaning the two clubs, who both play in the Ebac Northern League, are now world record holders.
Rob Cutler, Washington’s club treasurer of eight years, witnessed the thrilling conclusion and said: ‘The reaction from everyone was just amazement.
‘Everyone in the crowd was getting more and more excited the longer it went on. I don’t think anyone was thinking that we were going to set a world record but clearly it was going on for a very long time.
‘I did shout over to the referee at one point and asked if he had ever experienced anything like this and he said no. It was really tense and we ended up being stood behind the goal for quite a while watching it all happen.
‘We finished the game just after half-past nine and I got home just after 11pm which is near the ground, so I think the shoot-out must have lasted between 45 and 50 minutes.’
The previous record belonged to KK Palace and Civics, who saw 48 penalties taken during a Namibian Cup match in 2005.
Each player on both sides had to take at least two each but some even
