🧤 Cartwright penalty heroics spare Town blushes

STAFFORD RANGERS 3 GRIMSBY TOWN 3 (Grimsby Town win 3-2 on penalties)

Sunday 8 November 2026 | FA Cup First Round | 3,113

The Mariners are in the hat for the second round of this season’s FA Cup. In some ways, that’s all that matters. But the final score and statistics far from tell the full story of what was a pulsating cup tie, as David Artell’s side avoided the slipperiest of banana skins at the home of eighth tier Stafford Rangers…by the skin of their teeth.

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😤 Salop two Shrew-d for Misfiring Mariners

Grimsby Town 1 (F. Cartwright) Shrewsbury Town 2 (Lloyd, McMahon-Brown)

Grimsby Town have problems – make no mistake about it. They allowed a quite ordinary Shrewsbury Town side to dictate the play on a sunny October afternoon at Blundell Park. There are some names when you see them on the team-sheet and you know the Mariners are in for a rough ride. There are some names when you don’t see them on the team-sheet and you know that the Mariners are in for a rough ride.

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