Grimsby brutally trolled Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim with a hilarious line-up announcement following their Carabao Cup heroics. It was the first time in history that United had ever been eliminated from the competition by a team from the fourth tier of English football.

• Grimsby knocked Amorim's men out of the Carabao Cup
• The Portuguese manager was at the centre of a meme fest
• Grimsby troll Man United with line-up announcement

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Despite United being the favourites, they played with a level of disarray and lack of urgency that could only be described as embarrassing. By halftime, they found themselves 2-0 down, having been completely outclassed by their League Two opponents. Despite a brief late rally, which saw United equalise and push the match into penalties, they lost 12-11 following a dramatic shootout.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  As the cameras panned to the United bench, they captured Amorim sitting in the rain, hunched over a magnetic tactics board, meticulously rearranging counters as he tried to devise a plan to turn the tide. The sight of a drenched Amorim, leaning over his board in deep thought, while his team struggled to string together even the most basic of passes, was symbolic of United’s current malaise. The image instantly went viral, sparking a wave of jokes, memes, and jibes on social media.

• TELL ME MORE

  In an act of pure social media genius, Grimsby decided to play along with the meme frenzy and take it one step further. Ahead of their League Two clash with Bristol Rovers, they unveiled their starting XI using a magnetic tactics board, a clever, cheeky reference to Amorim’s now-infamous moment that had fans in stitches.

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