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Arsenal lose on penalties at a Highbury after nine-minute drone delay
Fleetwood, eighteenth in the fourth tier, beat the reigning Premier League champions on penalties after a drone stopped play for about nine minutes.
Watch it as it aired: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Dr. Nina Byte on this story, from BBN Tonight at 6:35 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “🚨 League Cup shock, Arsenal knocked out by League Two's 18th-placed side !”, with reporting from headtopics (reprinting LBC) and LBC.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 6:35 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Dr. Nina Byte.
- Topics: Arsenal.
- BBN covered this story before: Alaska lawsuit, LeBron out, France marches, Arsenal win (October 24).
The real story
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- Yahoo Sports🚨 League Cup shock, Arsenal knocked out by League Two's 18th-placed side !
- headtopics (reprinting LBC)Fleetwood v Arsenal delayed after drone spotted flying above Highbury stadium October 27, 2026 · facts used on air
- LBCFleetwood v Arsenal delayed after drone spotted flying above Highbury stadium October 27, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorArsenal, the reigning Premier League champions, lose a League Cup tie at Fleetwood on penalties, and the Yahoo Sports report says Bruno Guimaraes misses the kick that ends it.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFleetwood sit eighteenth in the fourth tier.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd the match was played at Highbury Stadium, which is also the name of Arsenal's old ground in London.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat's a betrayal, I'm telling you.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThey walk out on the old Highbury, move to the shiny place, and the other Highbury waits years to collect.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe referee also stopped play barely two minutes in for a drone. About nine minutes, the LBC report says, until police identified the operator.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorGyökeres scores in the fiftieth minute, and then it all unravels. That drone was scouting.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNobody has said that, Rex. By your logic the police found the operator and the operator is now Fleetwood's chief scout.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorFine, but Fleetwood had never gone this far in the cup in fifteen years as a league club. And Arsenal still lost to a stadium with their own name on the gate.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRosa, you're in the game! Go, go, go!
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