Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town knock Arsenal out of the League Cup

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA fourth-tier club from a seaside town knocked the Premier League champions out of the League Cup, and it took a penalty shootout.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorArsenal. The reigning champions. Out to Fleetwood Town?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYes. The match finished one-one in regulation, and Fleetwood won the shootout five-three, according to ABC News.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd how did they get the one? Surely they pressed them for ninety minutes.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFleetwood sit eighteenth in League Two, and they scored with one of only two shots on goal all match.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo shots. One goal. That's a fifty percent conversion rate, and the rest was Arsenal helping.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe shootout was decided when Bruno Guimarães had his penalty saved by Jay Lynch, on Arsenal's fourth attempt, per ESPN.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd Fleetwood scored all five of theirs.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPerfect, yes. There was also a pause when the referee noticed a drone hovering above the stadium.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA drone. Nobody's claimed it, I assume, and I'd say that's the most suspicious part.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI'd guess nobody has said who flew it. I'll note only that the match resumed.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHow rare is this, though?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGulf News says the last fourth-tier club to knock out the reigning English champions in a domestic cup was Wrexham, over Arsenal in the FA Cup, thirty-four years ago, in nineteen ninety-two.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorArsenal again. They've had thirty-four years to fix that.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFleetwood is a coastal town in northwest England, best known as the club where Jamie Vardy made his name.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWho'd have backed them?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDraftKings had Fleetwood at plus fifteen hundred to advance just before kickoff, according to ESPN. The market was not generous.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd Arsenal's teenager, Max Dowman, was sent off late for kicking out at a Fleetwood midfielder.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGulf News reports it, yes. A red card in a one-all game is a very expensive piece of temper.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGloria, are you agreeing with me?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOn the red card, yes. Do try to cope.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the version for anyone just waking up: a fourth-tier side, two shots, one drone, five perfect penalties.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo shots, a drone, and a goalkeeper. Frankly, I've seen governments run on less.