Scunthorpe beat Worcester City in FA Cup-record 32-penalty shootout

Updated: May 17, 2023, 06:25 am
Scunthorpe goalkeeper Sam Slocombe, center, is congratulated by winning penalty taker Miguel Llera, right, as their squad eliminated Worcester City from the FA Cup.
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Miguel Llera's spot-kick brought an end to non-league Worcester's FA Cup run in extraordinary fashion as Scunthorpe won their second-round replay 14-13 on penalties.

The Spaniard had a chance to win it before the sudden-death spot-kicks but saw his effort saved by Nathan Vaughan. He held his nerve on the 32nd penalty of the match to knock out the Conference North side, who had held the Iron to a 1-1 scoreline after extra-time.

As had been the case in their first encounter, Worcester had come from behind to level the match with former Manchester United trainee Sean Geddes cancelling out Paddy Madden's first-half goal.

The game reached a gripping finale as 16 consecutive successful penalties finally ended when Wayne Thomas' effort was saved, allowing Llera to stroke home and book Scunthorpe a third-round encounter against either MK Dons or Chesterfield.