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  Longest soccer marathon-world record set by Joeys Soccer Club

[Feb 5]ARMIDALE, Australia--JOEYS Soccer Club broke the record for the longest soccer marathon, with a 32 hours and 50 minutes game.

    Photo: Phil Donnan, from Joeys FC, with the teams that broke the record for the world’s longest football match
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   The previous world record for the longest game was 30 hours and 10 minutes.

 
  The longest game was also one of the highest scoring. Joeys’ blue team overcame a second Joeys side 315-296.

  
Seamus Jabour was the star of the match, scoring an amazing 82 goals. Joeys players from Grafton, Tenterfield, Inverell, Armidale, Moree, Tamworth, and Lightning Ridge took part in the memorable feat.    

 
 Joeys FC founder Heinrich Haussler said it was an amazing effort by the players who faced challenging conditions.

    Organiser Phil Donnan said a number of factors meant the big match could not go for 40 hours as originally intended.

    “We had a late start, which meant we could only go for 32 hours,” he said. “We were also a few players short, but they did very bloody well to get there.”  

   The club needed three attempts before they even got onto the park to try and break the record.

   “We were rained out on two occasions in November,” Donnan said.

     “Then on Saturday the weather bureau was predicting severe weather, and when the storms came we thought ‘here we go again’ but it managed to clear up in time for the match.”


    Haussler said event organiser Phil Donnan did a fantastic job along with Sharyn Donnan, Rob Eccles and the dedicated referees and parents. He also said the organisers appreciated the support of sponsors Goodman Fielder, Country Energy and Hungry Jacks.

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