🧤 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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