32 penalties taken in FA Cup match between Scunthorpe United and Worcester City

Scunthorpe United’s Miguel Llera shakes hands with Sean Geddes at the end of the penalty shoot-out on Wednesday

The FA cup second-round replay between Worcester City and Scunthorpe United ended in dramatic circumstances when the match saw 32 penalties in the shootout. Scunthorpe eventually beat Worcester 14-13 on penalties at Aggborough on Wednesday.

Paddy Madden scored the first goal of the game in the 45th minute to give Scunthorpe the lead but Sean Geddes then scored the equaliser for Worcester in the 69th minute. The game was locked at 1-1 after regulation time of 90 minutes and neither side could score a goal in extra time either.

An astonishing 32 penalties were taken by both teams and Miguel Ángel Llera scored the deciding penalty for Scunthorpe after Sam Slocombe saved Wayne Thomas’s 16th penalty kick. The game eventually ended at 10:45 PM.

The game saw several records being broken. The previous highest scoreline in penalties in a League Cup match was 9-8, which was recorded on 3 occasions – Arsenal vs Rotterdam in 2004, Manchester City vs Stoke in 1982 and Aston Villa vs Colchester in 1979.

New FA Cup record

It also broke the FA Cup record for the highest penalty scoreline, the previous scoreline being 11-10 in a game between Macclesfield and Forest Green in the first round of the tournament in November 2001.

It also equalled the record in English Professional Football that was first set in the first round match of the 2011 Football League Trophy played between Dagenham & Redbridge and Leyton Orient and then the feat was matched once again in September earlier this year when Liverpool defeated Middlesbrough 14-13 in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.