Thursday, May 26, 2011

 Longest five-a-side football match: Little League Sports sets world record (Video)

LIVERPOOL, UK -- A GROUP of 16 players smashed the world record at the longest five-a-side football match , during a tournament organised by Little League Sports (LLS), which provides sporting activities for children and young people across Merseyside.

  Photo: Anthony McLoughlin in the world's longest ever game of five-a-side football. Photo by: ( enlarge photo )

  The Guinness world record for the longest five-a-side football marathon is 33 hr 30 min by members of Youghal United AFC (Ireland).

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most consecutive football passes: 557, set by members of the McDonald'sYouth Foootball Scheme, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China.

   The aim of the organisers was originally to break the existing world record of 35 hours. Coincidentally, at the same time as the Liverpool event, a separate world record breaking attempt was being held in Newcastle- upon-Tyne, which saw the bar raised to 40 hours.
  This meant the organisers had to increase their own target to 41 hours, which they did.

   The players worked in rotation to keep playing continuously, with some playing for as long as six hours without a break.

   They were divided into blue and red teams, with the final score 1022-1072 to the reds.

   The players battled through rainy weather and fatigue to reach the target.

   Video:
Longest five-a-side football match

   Leading the world record breaking attempt were LLS directors Joe Mulhearn and Jordan Wright.

  Mr Mulhearn said: "This will help us to raise funds to put on free sporting events for schools. The aim is to reach £30,000.

  "The competition to beat that figure added value to the publicity of what we were trying to do. It's an amazing achievement to break the world record – I just hope ours lasts longer than the day which Newcastle held theirs."

Related world records:  
Longest game of futsal: Bethel College (HD Video)

Longest soccer game: Loughborough University players

Largest Vuvuzela: Hyundai South Africa

Largest football sculpture: Telkom

Oldest World Cup volunteer : Amrit Daya
Most World Cup matches attended: Thulani Ngcobo
Largest sounding trumpet: Hyundai South Africa
Biggest Soccer Ball: MTN
Largest football sculpture: Telkom
Longest soccer game: Bristol Academy and Leeds Badgers
Oldest Football Coach: Ivor Powell
Oldest international football ground: Wrexham Racecourse
Longest soccer marathon: Joeys Soccer Club
Longest football throw-in: Danny Brooks
Longest 5-a-side football game: Surrey County Council
Oldest Football Coach: Ivor Powell

Thursday, May 26, 2011