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Goalkeeper scores longest goal in football history, Guinness World Records confirms [Photos]

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Soccer Football - FA Cup - Third Round - Newport County AFC v Brighton & Hove Albion - Rodney Parade, Newport, Britain - January 10, 2021, Newport County's Tom King saves from Brighton & Hove Albion's Neal Maupay in the penalty shootout [Reuters, /Michael Steele]

Newport County goalkeeper Tom King has gone into the record books for scoring the longest goal in a competitive football match. 

King’s hit on Tuesday, January 19 against Cheltenham in League Two, according to the Guinness World Records site, traveled 96.01 metres (105 yards). 

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