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Newport County keeper breaks world record with 96-metre goal against Cheltenham Town – ABC News
Newport County’s goalkeeper scored past his opposite number from a goal kick, 96 metres from his opponents’ goal, after just 12 minutes of the League Two match…
For the world’s attention to be directed to League Two, English football’s fourth tier, something pretty special has to happen.
Yet at Cheltenham Town’s homely Whaddon Road ground on Tuesday, something pretty special did.
- Newport County keeper Tom King hit the ball 96.01 metres to open the scoring
- It beat the previous record of 91.9 metres, set by Asmir Begovi for Stoke in 2013
- The match finished 1-1 when Matty Blair equalised in first half stoppage time
Newport County goalkeeper Tom King’s enormous…
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