Plymouth Argyle Invented the Pass-Penalty 52 Years Before Messi and Suarez

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez's outrageous pass-penalty has been the talk of the football world this week—but they weren't the first to attempt the alternative spot-kick.

That honour belongs to Plymouth Argyle, who successfully converted when Johnny Newman teed up Mike Trebilcock from the spot in a Second Division game against Manchester City in 1964.

Others have since followed the Pilgrims' lead, including Johan Cruyff in 1982 and Thierry Henry and Robert Pires (unsuccessfully) in 2005, before Messi and Suarez combined to enthral and infuriate the world in equal measure on Sunday.

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