Fourth-tier Fleetwood knock Arsenal out of League Cup on penalties
League Two side Fleetwood Town beat 10-man Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to reach the League Cup quarter-finals.
Fleetwood Town, a fourth-tier club, knocked out Premier League champions Arsenal in the League Cup last 16. Arsenal had 10 men. The match ended 1-1, and Fleetwood won the shootout 5-3.
The Guardian reports the game was played on Tuesday night in wet and windy conditions on England's north-west coast. It calls the competition the Carabao Cup. The paper says Fleetwood's town was in disbelief the next morning.
The Guardian also notes a link between the clubs. Arsenal played at Highbury until 2006. Fleetwood's ground has the same name, taken from the neighboring Highbury Avenue.
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- Al JazeeraArsenal knocked out of League Cup by fourth-tier Fleetwood TownWed, Oct 28, 2:07 AM EDT
- Al JazeeraWhere does Arsenal’s Fleetwood humiliation place in English cup shocks?Wed, Oct 28, 3:54 AM EDT
- The Guardian‘This isn’t supposed to happen’: giant-slaying Fleetwood revels in fairytale Arsenal winWed, Oct 28, 12:52 PM EDT
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