Grimsby Town 3-0 Luton Town: League Two side shock Championship high-fliers in replay

Grimsby Town past reached the 5th circular successful 1996 erstwhile they mislaid to Chelsea aft a replay

Grimsby Town stunned Championship high-fliers Luton to scope the FA Cup 5th circular for the archetypal clip since 1996.

Danilo Orsi's half-volley doubled the pb earlier a Danny Amos free-kick enactment the Mariners 3-0 up astatine half-time.

Goalkeeper Max Crocombe past made a drawstring of saves to unafraid a travel to Southampton connected Wednesday, 1 March.

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Despite 60 places separating the sides, the Mariners had already knocked retired League One sides successful this season's cupful run, including a 5-1 demolition of promotion-chasing Plymouth Argyle.

Grimsby are presently 16th successful League Two, 9 points disconnected some the driblet portion and the play-off places, but volition enactment up successful the past 16 against Premier League absorption arsenic the lowest-ranked team.

Luton brag Rob Edwards made six changes from the starting XI which bushed Stoke to spell 4th successful the Championship connected Saturday, but 5 of that broadside were named connected the bench.

They looked successful request of a rescue enactment aft conscionable 9 minutes, however, erstwhile Orsi burst into the container and teed up Clifton whose left-footed onslaught bushed Hatters goalkeeper Ethan Horvath.

Clifton past turned provider, flicking connected a throw-in to Orsi whose half-volley recovered the bottommost corner, and an upset looked odds-on erstwhile Amos whipped a left-footed free-kick successful disconnected the post.

It capped a nightmare archetypal fractional for the visitors who were firmly second-best and created conscionable 1 decent chance, astatine 2-0, erstwhile Elijah Adebayo's header, pursuing Gabriel Osho's run, was kept retired by Crocombe's good save.

After a double-change from Luton astatine half-time, Crocombe someway kept retired Cauley Woodrow's point-blank header aboriginal successful the 2nd half, and Edwards made 2 much attacking substitutions earlier the hr successful an effort to spark a comeback.

Crocombe got down good to his near to halt Luke Berry's drilled changeable and past denied Carlton Morris arsenic substitute Alfie Doughty and Woodrow caused problems.

But the resilient Mariners managed the crippled well, and arsenic the visitors' menace began to fizzle out, Bryn Morris astir made it 4-0, putting his back-post effort inches wide.