A record 54 penalties were needed to separate the sides at the end of the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup tie.

After an entertaining 3-3 draw in normal time, Washington eventually triumphed 25-24!

The Guinness World Record for the longest shootout was 48 attempts.

The first round tie at the Ford Quarry Football Hub surpasses the efforts it took for KK Palace to overcome Civics 17-16 in a 2005 Namibian Cup shoot-out in 2005.

It also surpasses the recently set English shootout record of 44 spot-kicks, which saw Old Wulfrunians get the better of Bloxwich-based Lane Head 19-18 in a near half-hour long shoot-out.

On this occasion, the spot-kick drama was not even contained to just the penalty competition between the two sides, with a stoppage time penalty from Washington's Bradley Chisholm to complete his hat-trick needed to take make it 3-3 after 90 minutes.