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Published 18:11 18 Oct 2021 BST
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"We've gone out there with the attitude of whoever we're playing, score as many goals as we can and entertain the people that are watching."
Andy Hutchcraft, a spectator in attendance, has revealed that he "lost count" of the score, adding that he is unlikely to ever see anything like it ever again.
"Even if I live to be 100 I don't think I'll see 40 goals in a football match again," he said.
Despite the heavy defeat, Sawtry Reserves can take some comfort in the fact that they are a considerable way off the world record for the highest scoreline in a game of football.
In 2002, AS Adema won 149–0 against SO l'Emyrne in Madagascar, a result that holds the world record for the highest scoreline, as recognised by The Guinness Book of Records.
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