Furthest FA Cup Run by a Non-League Team - Ever?
Ellie Treutel
2025-06-11 09:46:34
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Lincoln are the only non-league team to reach a post-war FA Cup quarter-final. They beat Premier League Burnley in the fifth round thanks to defender Sean Raggett’s late winner – having previously accounted for Championship pair Ipswich and Brighton. They eventually lost 5-0 to Arsenal.
Norval Vandervort
2025-06-03 08:15:34
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Lincoln City made FA Cup history on Saturday, becoming the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup quarter-final since QPR in 1914. The last time a non-league side advanced to the semi-final the FA Cup was the 1911-12 season, when Swindon reached the last four.
Kitty Kohler
2025-05-21 08:35:25
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Lincoln’s run to the quarterfinals remains the furthest a non-league side has gone in the competition in recent years.
Alongside Lincoln’s run to the quarterfinals in 2016/17, there was another National League side that produced a memorable FA Cup journey.
Sutton United overcame several sides in leagues above to reach the fifth round and set up a sensational home tie with eventual winners Arsenal.
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