David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are famous for their long-range goals, but Newport County's Harrison Biggins has eclipsed even their best efforts. Biggins' screamer in Newport's 2-1 defeat at Salford City has been measured at exactly 77.7 yards, which may well be an English Football League (EFL) record. The sensational effort might even put Beckham's 59-yard stunner for Manchester United at Wimbledon in 1997 in the shade.
It also surpasses in distance Rooney's remarkable 61-yard goal for Everton at West Ham United in 2017. Fans of League Two Newport are no strangers to applauding long-range 'worldie' goals. Their former goalkeeper Tom King proudly boasts the Guinness World Record distance for a goal scored in a competitive football match - an astonishing 105-yard effort for Newport at Cheltenham in 2021.
BBC Sport Wales takes a look back at some of the furthest goals ever scored. Where else could this list start, but with the World Record holder Tom King. When Newport faced Cheltenham in blustery conditions at the Jonny-Rock Stadium in 2021, even King himself could have not expected what would follow.
The now-Everton stopper prepared to take an ordinary goal-kick. But aided by the wind, his strike travelled the length of the pitch, bouncing over Cheltenham goalkeeper Joshua Griffiths and into the net. It was the first time a goalkeeper had scored in a match in the English Football League since Barry Roche for Morecambe against Portsmouth in 2016.
King later admitted that even he didn't know how to celebrate the moment as he surpassed Asmir Begovic's previous record of 100.5 yards. If King owns the overall record, then Moritz Stoppelkamp's effort for Paderborn is the longest ever scored by an outfield player. Paderborn were leading Hannover 1-0 in a Bundesliga match in September 2014 when the visitors committed everyone forward in search of a late equaliser, including goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler.
After the danger was cleared, the ball dropped to Stoppelkamp on the edge of his own penalty area. With one touch to set himself, he unleashed a stunning strike on the volley from 83 metres (91 yards), into the unguarded net. The effort set a new Bundesliga distance record, surpassing Giorgos Tzavellas' previous mark by 10 metres - more than 13 yards further than Biggins' strike.
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