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Fleetwood's fairytayle: How the Cod Army created Carabao Cup history

Only once before had the reigning champions of England been knocked out of the League Cup by fourth-tier opposition. You have to go back more than 50 years to 1974/75, when Leeds United suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Chester City in the fourth round. Now, Fleetwood Town have joined them in the history books.

— EFL, publisher's words · Read the original ↗

16 outlets6 languages7 countriesUpdated

Who broke it

Weszlo

PL · PL

Followed by

15

outlets in 5 languages over 17 h 57 min.

Our read

Official

Announced on the record: 13 outlets carrying a result or a statement. Identical wording is normal here, not copying.

Judged on the 13 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 16 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

16 outlets · first-seen order
  1. +0 min

    WeszloPL · PLBroke it

    Kompromitacja Arsenalu! Mistrzowie Anglii wyrzuceni przez czwartoligowca

  2. +1 h 54 min

    CaughtOffsideEN · GBOfficial

    What Mikel Arteta had to say about his players’ performance in defeat against Fleetwood

    Cites Sky Sports

  3. +6 h 50 min

    n-tv — SportDE · DEOfficial

    Erst Drohne, dann Debakel: Meister Arsenal blamiert sich bei Viertligist völlig

  4. +7 h 22 min

    Digi SportRO · ROOwn reporting

    Umilință pentru Arsenal: Reacția lui Arteta, după ce a fost eliminat de o echipă din Liga 4 din Cupa Ligii

  5. +7 h 46 min

    VoetbalPrimeurNL · NLOfficial

    Arteta reageert op bekerblamage Arsenal: 'Ik kan hen niets verwijten...'

  6. +8 h 27 min

    kicker — AktuellDE · DEOwn reporting

    "Irgendwie haben wir den Meister geschlagen": Fleetwoods Pokal-Held Lynch versagt die Stimme

  7. +9 h

    Voetbal InternationalNL · NLOfficial

    De dodende blik van Arteta na rood Dowman: 'Vóór de wedstrijd nog over gehad'

  8. +9 h 44 min

    AD SportNL · NLOfficial

    Ongeloof bij Engelse media na ‘shock’ voor Arsenal, Mikel Arteta boos op 16-jarige na rood

  9. +10 h 1 min

    Het Laatste Nieuws SportNL · BEOfficial

    “Geen normale reactie”: Mikel Arteta lijkt 16-jarig toptalent de les te spellen na rode kaart die bekertrauma voor Arsenal inluidt

  10. +10 h 12 min

    Mirror FootballEN · GBOfficial

    Fleetwood manager says Mikel Arteta's tunnel behaviour after cup upset sums up Arsenal boss

  11. +11 h 6 min

    Mundo Deportivo — FútbolES · ESOfficial

    Max Dowman: de un historial impecable a dos expulsiones en menos de un mes

  12. +12 h 41 min

    EFLEN · GBOfficial

    Fleetwood's fairytayle: How the Cod Army created Carabao Cup history

  13. +14 h

    Football365EN · GBOfficial

    Mikel Arteta reaction to Fleetwood defeat ‘sums up’ Arsenal boss in shock absence of ‘true colours’

  14. +14 h 53 min

    The Guardian — FootballEN · GBOfficial

    Max Dowman’s Fleetwood fracas leaves him, Arsenal and Arteta red-faced

  15. +16 h 39 min

    Daily Mail FootballEN · GBOfficial

    Mikel Arteta taught Max Dowman an important lesson with his reaction to Fleetwood red card - forget the woke punditry gone mad, one day Arsenal wonderkid will look back and thank his manager

  16. +17 h 57 min

    Football InsiderEN · GBOfficial

    Mikel Arteta facing ‘automatic’ Arsenal suspension - 'I have no sympathy for him'

First seen is our own clock across 245+ feeds; it is not a guarantee of who published first. Each time is the earlier of the publisher's own timestamp and our first sighting. Headlines and summaries are the publishers' own words, linked to the original. How we work out who broke it.