----Five penalties awarded in less than half an hour----
Crystal Palace took on Brighton & Hove Albion at Selhurst Park in a Second Division game in March 1989, referee Kelvin Morton made history by awarding five penalties in the space of just 27 minutes.
To this day this bizarre record still stands.
The penalties ran as follows:
Palace are 1-0 up, Brighton are reduced to ten men and Mark Bright scores the first penalty of the match to make it 2-0.
Minutes later Palace win another spot-kick, but this time Mark Bright sees his effort saved by Brighton keeper John Keeley.
Palace win a third penalty in five minutes. Bright passes responsibility onto fellow striker Ian Wright, who in turn misses.
After a ten-minute period either side of half time without incident, Morton breaks the monotony by awarding another penalty.
This time he awards it to Brighton, who score courtesy of Alan Curbishely.
The score is now 2-1 to Palace.
The fifth and final penalty goes to Palace, who miss again, this time through defender John Pemberton.
The game ended: Crystal Palace 2 Brighton 1
To this day this bizarre record still stands.
The penalties ran as follows:
Palace are 1-0 up, Brighton are reduced to ten men and Mark Bright scores the first penalty of the match to make it 2-0.
Minutes later Palace win another spot-kick, but this time Mark Bright sees his effort saved by Brighton keeper John Keeley.
Palace win a third penalty in five minutes. Bright passes responsibility onto fellow striker Ian Wright, who in turn misses.
After a ten-minute period either side of half time without incident, Morton breaks the monotony by awarding another penalty.
This time he awards it to Brighton, who score courtesy of Alan Curbishely.
The score is now 2-1 to Palace.
The fifth and final penalty goes to Palace, who miss again, this time through defender John Pemberton.
The game ended: Crystal Palace 2 Brighton 1
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