A small piece of football history was made on Wednesday when Scunthorpe United FC defeated Worcester City FC 14-13 on penalties in an FA Cup second round replay. The 32-attempt shoot-out was the longest in any top-level English football competition, surpassing the previous record set only in September by Liverpool FC and Middlesbrough FC in the League Cup third round. However, these recent marathons are far from the only epics since FIFA introduced the tie-break system in 1970 ...
Origin
• FIFA adopted the shoot-out on 27 June 1970, proposed by Israel Football Association (IFA) president Michael Almog after watching his nation lose a 1968 Olympic quarter-final on the drawing of lots.
First
• The first shoot-out in UEFA competition came on 30 September 1970 when Budapest Honvéd FC beat Aberdeen FC 5-4 in the European Cup Winners' Cup first round.
• That November, Everton FC eliminated VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-3 in the European Champion Clubs' Cup second round.
Finals
• Czechoslovakia beat West Germany 5-3 with Antonín Panenka's famous chip to win the 1976 UEFA European Championship, the only time the final has gone to penalties. The now defunct golden goal rule was used in 1996 and 2000.
Czech prowess
• Czechoslovakia in all took 14 penalties in major shoot-outs and, scored them all, following up the 1976 European final with a 9-8 defeat of Italy for third place in 1980.
• The Czech Republic has picked up where they left off, converting all six to beat France in the 1996 semi-finals, the only shoot-out they have taken part in since the split from Slovakia.
©Getty Images Anton Ferdinand misses for EnglandEpics
• The 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship semi-final penalty competition between the Netherlands and England lasted 32 penalties before the Dutch hosts prevailed 13-12 in the longest shoot-out in any UEFA competition. Coincidentally, the two players that missed in England's first senior shoot-out – the 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-final against West Germany – were in Heerenveen, Stuart Pearce managing the team and Chris Waddle in the stands.
• The Turkish Cup last-16 tie between Galatasaray AS and Gençlerbirligi SK on 28 November 1996 saw 32 consecutive penalties scored, a record for a top-level shoot-out. Galatasaray substitute Ilyas Kahraman missed their 17th before Gençlerbirligi converted to win 17-16. Galatasaray goalkeeper Hayrettin Demirbas converted his kick but let in all 17 he faced despite Fatih Terim shouting at him to open his hands when diving for the ball. Hayrettin's opposite number Kubilay Aydin was overheard saying to him during the shoot-out: "It's a disgrace for both of us. Man, at least you save one," and "let this finish."
• Just a month earlier, the French Cup fifth round tie between FC Obernai and ASCA Wittelsheim went to penalties but was halted when the score reached 15-15 after 20 kicks each. Bad light stopped play, and under competition regulations, the lower-division club Obernai went through after what is considered the longest European shoot-out in a major competition.
• There was an even longer shoot-out in the 2004/05 Namibian Cup, KK Palace beating Civics 17-16 after 48 attempts.
Shortest
• The fewest penalties scored in a major shoot-out was on a major occasion, FC Steaua Bucure?ti beating FC Barcelona 2-0 in the 1986 European Cup final, Helmut Duckadam saving all four of the Spanish contenders' penalties.
Most frequent
• Since UEFA changed the regulations of the European U17 Championship for 2011/12 to remove the possibility of extra time, all three finals have gone to penalties, resulting in second titles for the Netherlands, Russia (who also won on spot kicks in 2006) and England.
Some advice from the master...
Panenka's penalty secrets from UEFA Training Ground
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