Town celebrates and club shop sells merchandise around world after League Two side defeat Premier League giants in Carabao Cup tie
“I
felt like I was dreaming, honestly,” said Wayne Brightmore, 49, after watching Grimsby Town, the football club he has supported since he was a boy, pull off a historic win by beating one of the biggest teams in the world.
“Seeing us beat Manchester United at Blundell Park didn’t feel real,” he said. “It’s dreamland for us, we couldn’t have imagined anything better.”
For Brightmore, who is the chair of Mariners Trust, the club’s supporters’ group, and the other 9,000-odd fans that filled Blundell Park, the second round Carabao Cup tie result – a 12-11 win on penalties after drawing 2-2 during normal time – represented a peak for their football club that won’t be equalled for some time.
