When football turned to penalties to end 'cruel' system
Martyn Kelly remembers wishing he had a stool to climb on like the rest of the kids in the ground to get a better view.
The world's first official penalty shootout was not something he wanted obscured by other people's heads.
On a warm evening on 5 August 1970 at Boothferry Park in Hull, a star-studded Manchester United reached the end of extra time level at 1-1 with second-tier Hull City in a cup match.
Six weeks earlier, football's lawmakers had decided to end the days of the coin toss to decide winners in favour of five players from each team taking a kick from 11 yards out with just the keeper to beat.






