Overview

• The EFL fined Grimsby Town for fielding an ineligible player and let their penalty‑shootout victory over Manchester United stand.
• Clarke Oduor’s registration was completed one minute after the noon deadline; he came on in the second half and missed his penalty.
• The league said a £10,000 sum is suspended through the 2025/26 season after Grimsby self‑reported the breach, and the club is set to face Sheffield Wednesday in the next round.
• Manchester Evening News reports United are not preparing an appeal, while Mark Goldbridge urged one and Jason Cundy and Darren Bent called for Grimsby’s removal from the competition.
• Grimsby head coach David Artell said the club owned the clerical error and maintained that the players’ performance should not be discounted.