With the wind biting and a sold‑out home crowd sniffing proverbial blood once again in the League Cup, this had all the hallmarks of a horrible and tricky evening for Brentford on the banks of the River Humber.
However, it is a sign to the flow Keith Andrews’s side are in right now that, after weathering a nervy first 20 minutes, this never really felt like a night where Brentford would be added to the list of Grimsby’s scalps this season. By half-time, there was no doubt about the outcome and by full time it had become a glorified exhibition.
