Tom King

Thomas Lloyd King (born Plymouth; 9 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Salford City. He represented England at youth level and received his first call-up to the Wales senior squad in November 2019.

He is the current record holder for the longest goal in the world, according to the Guinness World Records.

Club Career

Millwall

King signed a one-year contract with Millwall in August 2014, having left the Crystal Palace youth team earlier in the year.

He joined National League club Welling United on an initial one-month youth loan on 24 July 2015. He went on to make 20 appearances for the "Wings", before he was recalled by Millwall on 21 December.

King returned to the National League on 19 February 2016, joining Braintree Town on an initial 28-day emergency loan. He was involved in a controversial incident in only his second appearance for the club, during a 1–1 draw with Guiseley at Nethermoor Park. He conceded the equalising goal after Oliver Norburn broke a fair play protocol and lobbed him from 30-yards out rather than passing the ball to him, after Braintree had kicked the ball into touch to allow an injured Braintree player to receive treatment; a five-minute fracas followed but the goal was allowed to stand after security staff separated the players and management, and Guiseley manager Mark Bower refused to allow Braintree to walk through and score. Bower went on to say: "Their keeper stood there with his arms in the air and allowed the ball to into the net. It put us in a really difficult position whether we should allow them to score or not but we decided no. I think their keeper was trying to be clever and had simply let the ball go in." King said he was "bewildered" by Bower's statement, and speaking on the incident itself said that: "It is one of those things that will be remembered for a long time, I'll be remembered for a long time and it will carry on forever". The incident was described as