Lionhearts Team captain and event organiser Jon Arnold on the ball. (0753210)

A GUERNSEYMAN has broken the world record for the longest game of five-a-side football ever played.

Former Hautes Capelles schoolboy footballer Jon Arnold took on the challenge to raise money for the children’s heart ward that saved his baby daughter Zoe and he has already ended up raising twice what he set out to.

‘I only made the Hautes Capelles B team for a five-a-side competition at Beau Sejour when I was at primary school, but now I’m a world record holder perhaps they will see the error of their ways,’ he joked.

The 31-year-old and 15 of his friends played for 25 hours, the equivalent of more than 10 full-length football matches in a row, with five people playing and three substitutes at a time.

This beat the previous record of 24 hours and 30 minutes and each player was on the pitch for a minimum of 15 hours and 30 minutes.

‘We are all exhausted, but delighted,’ said Mr Arnold, who now lives with his family in Methley, Yorkshire.