IT'S A PENALTY TO MISS

Non-league Worcester City bowed out the FA Cup in their second round replay at home against Scunthorpe. 0-1 down after 45 minutes, the home team drew level but could not snatch a late winner so the game went to penalties. Miguela Llera scored the 32nd penalty to be taken, to make it 14-13. 16 consecutive penalties were taken successfully until Wayne Thomas' effort was saved. It's a tough way to leave the Cup. In 2013 Andover Town and Brockenhurst played out a draw in their Hampshire Senior Cup match and it took 30 penalties to decide the winner, Brockenhurst 15-14. This beat Dagenham and Redbridge v Leyton Orient in 2011 when their Johnstone's Paint trophy game went to 28 penalties with the Daggers triumphant. Tunbridge Wells and Littlehampton Town in a preliminary FA Cup game went to 40 penalties with misses and the Wells won 16-15. The longest shoot out in a first class match was 48 penalties in the 2009 Greek Cup Final when Olympiakos Piraeus beat AEK Athens 15-14. After 44 penalties Argeninos Juniors beat Racing Club 20-19 in the 1988 Argentinian Championship.