21 Nov 2022

Football game breaks record for length

From Morning Report, 8:52 am on 21 November 2022

A Wellington football game has broken the world record for the longest match, and raised more than $50,000 as a result.

Twenty-eight people played a continuous game of indoor football this past weekend for 45 hours.

The previous world record was a 36-hour game of football. More than 2000 goals were scored during the match, with one side winning by about 200 goals.

More Than A Game charity co-founder Graham Matheson was on the field for half of those minutes.

He spoke to Corin Dann