NO PRESSURE.

This is not necessarily appropriate for an 8th April anniversary, but shoot outs (penalty kicks) have been mentioned in recent blogs and I came across this little snippet that occurred at Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire. I was actually keen to find out what happened to Wakefield City (?) FC eventually after the fun and games of sharing success under the name of Emley FC. I think Wakefield went to the wall and since they ended up in the West Riding County Amateur Football League. So I found myself in West Yorkshire

A penalty shoot out was introduced to ensure there would be a winner. When Littletown played Storthes Hall it took 34 kicks before bad light stopped play! The Gunniess Book of records confirmed that this was a record.

On December 29th 2001 both teams met in a Premier Division League Cup tie. The score was 1-1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Penalties began until it was 17-17. The Storthes Hall goalie had slotted twice. There were no floodlights at that time so car headlights were switched on and nearby street lights helped a little until one spectator claimed "it was like playing down a pit".

The referee Bob Hargreaves of Halifax abandoned the match and then questions were asked; toss a coin, more pens, draw straws?, "goalden goal" and so on. You know how humourous Yorkshiremen can be. They replayed four weeks later. Anyone know who won?

In 1998, a junior Derby Community Cup tie, with under 10s, took 66 kicks at goal with the first 60 missing the goal altogether. One team won 2-1. Small goals big keepers?

An FA Cup record had been set when Macclesfield won a first round replay 11-10 over Forest Green Rovers after 24 penalties were taken. Three penalties had been  awarded during normal time, so at least three players had been practised!

Here are some others:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29338700