A new world record for the longest football match
has been set at St Mary's, the home of
Southampton FC, after a 102 hour-long charity
game.
The 36 players, from the Testlands Support Project,
a Southampton charity, played on until 00:30 BST on
Friday to break the previous record, of 101 hours.
The players took turns to take breaks to eat, get
physiotherapy and sleep.
They began the 11-a-side match at 18:30 on
Sunday, scoring over 1,600 goals.
The Reds went on to beat the Whites 910-725.
Organiser Luke Newman said players were
getting about one hour's sleep each time they
took a break
A squad of 36 players played in shifts in the bid
to beat the previous record
Players' tents and sleeping bags were drenched
during Monday night's storms
Organiser Luke Newman, who was also one of the
36 who took part, said: "The last time I slept was
the night before last night and that was probably
about an hour.
"Monday night was so bad - I think it must have
rained from about eight or nine o'clock in the
evening, through to about 11 o'clock in the morning
- it was just solid rain.
"We had to play for a 12-hour stint so we couldn't
change our clothes.
"The tents all got absolutely soaking wet. The
clothes inside and the sleeping bags were just
drenched."
Players took it in turns to take a rest so they
could eat and sleep
Some players conceded the match would put
them off playing football for a few weeks
After reading about their plight on Facebook,
supporters arrived with dry sleeping bags and
supplies.
Each squad was allowed 18 players, but if the
number on the pitch at any one time fell below eight,
their successful attempt to set the new official
world record would have failed.
Sports massage therapist Julie Monteiro said: "The
ground is quite hard so they've been having a lot of
knee issues from the impact of the ground. Monday
was the worst day."
A sports massage therapist has been on hand to
help players continue
Player and event manager Ryan Ship said: "It's
been one of those challenges where you just think,
you're only going to do it once, so you've got to just
live it."
The match was organised to raise money for
Testlands Support Project's summer activities for
the city's underprivileged children.
It is believed the event has raised funds in the
region of £20-25,000.

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Must everything be record Cc lalasticlala this should be ob FP

dapyd1:
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you need to change your drugs.. The old ones aren't having effect on you again.

This one is football madness , the risk involved was more than the money realized for the charity home .
Anyways , they broke a record and set another one!

Oyibo people sha