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Lincoln secure hero status after stunning FA Cup upset over Burnley: We can win it
LINCOLN City wrote themselves a place in the history books yesterday when they became the first non-league side in more than a century to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.
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Not since QPR in 1914 had a team from outside the top four divisions made it into the last eight.
But Sean Raggett’s 89th-minute header gave the Imps an incredible 1-0 giantkilling victory at Premier League Burnley and earned them a place in today’s Sixth Round draw.
Lincoln boss Danny Cowley said: “It’s a football miracle for a non-league team to be in the last eight.
Lincoln recorded one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history
Lincoln are the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals since 1914
Match-winner Raggett said: "This is unheard of in modern football. It's an unbelievable feeling, it hasn’t really sunk in yet.”
And Matthew Rhead doesn't believe their FA Cup dream-run has to end in the quarter-finals.
“There was a lot of water flying around in the dressing room but no champagne," he said.
“We haven’t won anything yet so there’s no point in celebrating.
“It’s a great day for our fans and the club because we’ve reached the quarter-finals but we want a medal at the end of the year.”
League One side Millwall also got in on the act when they saw off reigning Premier League champions Leicester City 1-0 – despite being down to 10 men for most of the second half at The Den.
Millwall also shocked reigning Premier League champions Leicester
Again, it was a last-minute winner, this time from Shaun Cummings, that secured victory.
This season’s FA Cup was already shaping up to be an historic one, with Lincoln and Sutton United – who play Arsenal on Monday – ensuring this was the first time since 1888 that two non-league sides had reached the fifth round.
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