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KEEPER KING ON TOP OF WORLD!

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The LeaguePaper Team
24 January 2021

By Tom Blackett
LEAGUE TWO
GOALSCORING keeper Tom King has already got his eyes on a present for next Christmas – the Guinness Book of World Records!
The 25-year-old Newport County custodian set a new a new world record for the longest goal scored in competitive football in the 1-1 draw at Cheltenham on Tuesday.
His booming goal-kick was picked up in the wind, catching out Robins keeper Josh Griffiths before flying into the net. Guinness World Records confirmed King “officially broke the record for the longest goal scored in a competitive football match, which covered an incredi...

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