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Blackpool and Grimsby Town meet in League Cup — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
League Cup · England · 08.08.2026 · kick-off 18:45 UTC
How Blackpool and Grimsby Town have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Blackpool:
Date Event Score 02.05.2026 Reading vs Blackpool 0 - 1 25.04.2026 Blackpool vs Leyton Orient 1 - 0 18.04.2026 Wycombe Wanderers vs Blackpool 0 - 1
Grimsby Town:
Date Event Score 15.05.2026 Salford City vs Grimsby Town 1 - 2 10.05.2026 Grimsby Town vs Salford City 1 - 2 02.05.2026 Tranmere Rovers vs Grimsby Town 1 - 1
When Blackpool and Grimsby Town have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 08.04.2017 Blackpool vs Grimsby Town 1 - 3 31.12.2016 Grimsby Town vs Blackpool 0 - 0
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Blackpool — 17
Grimsby Town — 28
Goals conceded so far:
Blackpool — 17
Grimsby Town — 15
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Blackpool vs Grimsby Town
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. OddsFan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
