{"id":10318,"date":"2026-07-16T20:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T04:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:18:41","slug":"did-tom-king-really-score-from-96-01-metres-checking-the-guinness-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/did-tom-king-really-score-from-96-01-metres-checking-the-guinness-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Tom King Really Score from 96.01 Metres? Checking the Guinness Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Content reviewed: 2026-09-12<\/p>\n

Tom King\u2019s 96.01-metre goal is an authenticated record. Guinness lists Thomas King<\/a>, Newport County at Cheltenham Town, Jonny-Rocks Stadium, 19 January 2021. Its category is the longest goal in a competitive football match, not a World Cup record.<\/p>\n

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Image: original Let\u2019s Canada distance schematic using the Guinness figure; not match photography, a reconstructed flight path or a measured stadium plan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It began as a goal kick. In his next-day club interview<\/a>, King described an intended pass helped by wind and a bounce. Calling it a deliberately aimed 96-metre shot would go beyond his account.<\/p>\n

Nor was it a match-winning goal. The manager\u2019s interview<\/a> records King scoring within the opening 12 minutes and Matty Blair equalizing before half-time: 1\u20131. The spectacular moment and the final result are different facts.<\/p>\n

Guinness published its confirmation on 21 January 2021<\/a>, comparing the previous 91.9-metre record set by Asmir Begovic in 2013. The goal date and confirmation-publication date should not be confused. That report also links the club\u2019s footage.<\/p>\n

The public record page still listed King and 96.01 metres when checked for this update, but warns that changes may not appear online immediately. It verifies the recorded achievement; it cannot guarantee that no newer result awaits publication. Neither a video angle nor this illustration establishes measurement precision.<\/p>\n

If you came looking for 2026 World Cup information<\/a>, check the year and competition: this clip belongs to an English league match in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check Tom King\u2019s 96.01-metre goal, the 2021 match and 1\u20131 result using Guinness and club accounts. Separate the goal date from its confirmation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lc_last_content_reviewed_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_last_fact_checked_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_fact_check_status":"verified","_lc_source_grade":"A","_lc_source_titles":"","_lc_source_publish_dates":"","_lc_source_accessed_at":"2026-09-12T04:18:41+00:00","_lc_claims_checked":"name, goalkeeper, distance, date, teams, score, goal-kick origin, Guinness status, World Cup relationship","_lc_claims_corrected":"Clarified that the record occurred in 2021 and is not a 2026 World Cup match.","_lc_unresolved_claims":"","_lc_correction_note_required":"1","_lc_reviewer_notes":"","_lc_fact_check_source_urls":["https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/111981-longest-goal-scored-in-a-competitive-football-soccer-match","https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2021\/1\/british-goalkeeper-tom-king-breaks-record-for-longest-football-goal-646285","https:\/\/www.newport-county.co.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/tom-king-post-cheltenham","https:\/\/www.newport-county.co.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/michael-flynn-post-cheltenham-town"],"_lc_affiliate_widget_allowed":"","_lc_affiliate_widget_type":"","_lc_affiliate_widget_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,717],"tags":[771,770,769,772],"lc_primary_section":[777],"lc_location":[808],"lc_topic":[817],"lc_freshness":[833],"class_list":["post-10318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup","category-world-cup-results","tag-tom-king","tag-world-record","tag-football-2","tag-football-stories","lc_primary_section-historical-features","lc_location-canada","lc_topic-sports","lc_freshness-historical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12275,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions\/12275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"lc_primary_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_primary_section?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"lc_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_location?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"lc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_topic?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"lc_freshness","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_freshness?post=10318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}