Lincoln City's Giant-Killing Journey | Emirates FA Cup

Relive Lincoln City's history-making 2016-17 FA Cup run to the quarter-finals, becoming the first non-league club to reach that stage since 1914.
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[@Tom_3566]

that run did so much for them, now they’re a top league 1 club. the money must’ve helped big time.

[@goatedgoat88]

it wasn’t even the money, i’d say regardless of the money they then knew they could advance further beyond where they were and it gave them a motivation boost

[@michaelellul6408]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN MONEY ARE YOU DRUNK I THINK YOU ARE

[@pablorudd3072]

Yeah the money helped us get a new training ground

[@DarkwearGT]

I mean its a few hundred thousnad aka 180000

[@federalbureauofinvestigati1294]

Luke McNally coming in now also

[@somyagarg2811]

The Lincoln fans away at Arsenal were superb. Those were true fans supporting their team that got so far.

[@jottyr3553]

I loved our FA Cup run in 2016/17 And i loved when we played arsenal even though we lost it was amazing

[@ryanwakley1640]

@@jottyr3553 outside our pub in Finsbury Park when Lincoln fans were walking past singing 'We're going to Wembley ', so I said you got a stadium tour lined up, both sides laughed and shook hands

[@henrybrothers2209]

They did great, but when teams like Arsenal is going to be your next matchup, you dont have a chance

[@Satryo.M]

But Arsenal in FA Cup are no joke😂

[@Snek2305]

@@Satryo.M FA cup Arsenal and Carabao cup M.City are Lethal😂

[@farhanmarco7827]

Now they are in League One. What a journey.

[@farhanmarco7827]

@Jakob Berhane I think it is possible to see them in PL this decade. Look at Bournemouth who were in League Two in 2010.

[@legendarygamerno2714]

@@farhanmarco7827 Currently in the play off places in League One. Not saying we could but....

[@SamritpalSingh]

@@legendarygamerno2714 I hope you do! Would love to see them playing against the big boys week in week out.

[@legendarygamerno2714]

@@SamritpalSingh Heh, well I’d still say that surviving a second straight season in League One would be impressive. It still is remarkable just how well Lincoln has done though

[@Piglymane]

In 2022, Lincoln City will be in the Premier league

[@goodbyemra7917]

Always lovely to see and underdog do well

[@lincaidan8609]

Growing up from Lincoln I've never been more proud to be from there after this FA Cup run. The fact we are in league one and one of the favorites to get promoted to the championship is honestly emotional to me it's just amazing

[@rickiejohn]

Amazing ..

[@grillah3795]

i grew up suporting lincoln and mostly support arsenal so when we had ticekts to watch this game was like a dream, lovely to re live the memories

[@BigSmokeMUFC]

I would love to see yous in the Premier League. That’ll be awesome.

[@farhi411]

This is why FA Cup exists. Stories like Wigan and Portsmouth winning FA Cup, Marine, Boreham Wood and Lincoln City's greatest run will be remembered

[@jonathanfrimerman8855]

Grimsby Town who were non league teams just last year are now in fa cup quarter final

[@pollydorner1697]

Well arsenal won the whole tournament so it’s credit to Lincoln as every team who play arsenal lost/drew and lost in the replay so it could be kind of nice to know they weren’t the only ones

[@josephschneider8930]

No replays I don’t think every team who played arsenal just straight up lost

[@pizzaman4237]

@@josephschneider8930 there are replays in the fa cup... clearly shown in the video

[@ottovonbismarck7715]

@@pizzaman4237 he's talking about the teams who faced arsenal

[@SebHaarfagre]

Too bad it wasn't the Arteta Arsenal they met, could've gone to the semis!

[@bentaylor834]

@@SebHaarfagre despite Arteta’s arsenal just won the fa cup

[@aobasuzukaze1032]

Yoo that Tomori OG man from that to play regularly with Chelsea

[@cakhng7495]

Nah, it's Silva-Zouma

[@liltone9614]

Different tomori

[@danielcrawford9283]

@@liltone9614 no it’s the same one look at him it’s the same person

[@SA-pj3fz]

@@liltone9614 It’s the same Tomori

[@tarkanbashllari1627]

More like from that to play for AC Milan.

[@rosstaylor1039]

As a Sutton fan, I remember their win at Burnley like it was yesterday, because we were supposed to play them that day, and had Arsenal in the same round. When the draw came out and it would have been Sutton v Lincoln in the Quarter-Finals if we'd pulled off a miracle, it was just brilliant, because it would have guaranteed a Non-League side in the Semi-Final. And look at both clubs now - we're in the Play-Off spots in League Two and they're in League One.

[@darryllew]

Playing in emirates, against one of the biggest club in europe, what an achievement, regardless of the result, still won many heart of football fans

[@user-kz9rw6gf5f]

As an arsenal fan tbh I couldn't tell who I wanted to win that last game😂

[@jacksatt1uk]

one of the biggest clubs in europe 😂

[@user-kz9rw6gf5f]

@@jacksatt1uk shut up

[@user-kz9rw6gf5f]

​@Man Peeradon Ukkarapipitpinyo because a non league side that hardly beat burnley would easily win

[@kedda4515]

@@user-kz9rw6gf5f arsenal barely wins burnley

[@aw1726]

One of the best fa cup years

[@craigbradley7220]

Still get goosebumps seeing that Raggett goal at Burnley

[@billyblanden5585]

sean raggett for england

[@jbclaret1983]

As a Burnley fan Raggett's goal broke my heart that day, That said fair play to Lincoln, they deserved to win on the day.

[@Piglymane]

Unbelievable achievement for Lincoln City. 4 years ago they were at the 5th tier of English Football. Now they are in League One.

[@sirrichel9155]

What a dream run. Sad way to go out in the end.

[@juaquemate]

I don't think it was very sad, you can't expect to go against Arsène Wenger 's arsenal as a Vanarama team and expect to win! They did so well to get there anyway.

[@maxmel1778]

TBH i think the best part of the cup was going to play at the Emirates

[@herbiewares8770]

It was arsenal in the FA cup. It was inevitable really

[@reth4761]

Against prime Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey? Not really

[@eldobledee]

I flew from Philadelphia to London & took the train to Lincoln to watch the Arsenal match on a big-screen TV in the Sincil Bank parking lot. It was an amazing run and amazing fun.

[@tuckering7777]

I remember two months after the burnley match, i was on holiday with my lincoln shirt on in yorkshire , and there just happenend to be a group of burnley fans just outside a pub, and i've never had a more confident 10 second stroll in my life

[@assortedcave7408]

It’ll be a sad day in football when Martin Tyler hangs up the Microphone, the amount of times his commentary has given me goose bumps, incredible, do we get a video about Sutton’s run as well?

[@konstantinossotiriou5094]

Well tomorrow we do

[@akbarfe2840]

There you are, fa make it yesterday

[@virob9561]

Isn’t that Peter drury?

[@kinnexion]

Martin Tyler isn't in this video though

[@kinnexion]

@@virob9561 I was gonna say. I think he's confusing the two commentators

[@tinnyfou2295]

Woooow happy for Lincoln fans Greatest run ever Football fan from algeria

[@nffctrickett]

This was only a few seasons ago and it's amazing to see that they are now playing in League One fighting for promotion :)

[@liamgencarelli4482]

First in league one now

[@lukeducker943]

I remember going to Sincil bank and watching the Lincoln City vs Brighton and Hove Albion game. At the end of the match I walked up to the barrier and had a selfie with the Cowley brothers and a couple of the Lincoln city players. It was a day to remember.

[@somekidnamedenzo4932]

Nice

[@yoestoyluis433]

wow man that scene its like your in a scene from giant killing

[@psy-lion]

At the ending scenes watching the warm look of Lincolns coach brings me to tears. Well done boys!

[@bppmurphy]

I think it's worth mentioning what a run Theo Robinson was on during their fa cup campaign. I think he scored 7 goals in 7 games during it

[@BounceHub]

Magic, stuff like this just doesn’t happen in other sports best sport in the world!

[@Electric__]

2016/17 was such an unpredictable season

[@LlGHTNINGS]

Giant killing, and now you're above us in L1. How ambition plays a huge part in where we both are as clubs now

[@jeysoncastillo3862]

Are you a Sunderland fan?

[@LlGHTNINGS]

@@jeysoncastillo3862 Clearly.

[@miorsaifulawieruddin4790]

now they are 1 in league one.. they can go to champhionship.. wow.. wonderful team..

[@NxDoyle]

What pride these guys will feel the rest of their days.

[@amarasangkuti]

I wanna play FM career with this club!

[@matthitchings5043]

This is why we need the fa cup

[@ronnie101ke]

“A player who combines his playing career with being a trade barber has cut Ipswich’s name out of the cup”

[@ramirotorrekens4280]

This is why i love National cups like FA and EFL cup

[@paulcrisp9861]

You can't stop the Lincoln Loco,we are still on a dream journey we never give up Dec 20 into 21 🔴⚪🔴⚪

[@somekidnamedenzo4932]

😀

[@yon4526]

Ady ady ady ooooooh lincoln city fc red white army

[@paulcrisp9861]

@@somekidnamedenzo4932 the mischievous imps are still here. League one status. April two thousand and twenty one 🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪

[@somekidnamedenzo4932]

@@paulcrisp9861 red white armyyy

[@paulcrisp9861]

@@somekidnamedenzo4932 passion pride red white armt the city of Lincoln onwards and upwards keep the faith 🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴

[@dzav2282]

Even seeing them on the same field as Arsenal and all their talent is insane. Must have been a trip for the players lol

[@rodsepulveda825]

That's the magic of the domestic cups, nothing spect that superb campaigns

[@ccktravis4128]

The moral of this story: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE UNDERDOGS!!!

[@JamesAHirons_]

Still looking back on this 6 years later with pride. Was the year I was dragged away from Lincoln but spent most my life there. Missed.

[@BigSmokeMUFC]

I hope Lincoln City get promoted to the Premier League in 2022. A side like them would be so fun to watch.

[@jonathanbattersby660]

Shed a tear behind the goal at Turf Moor that day.....

[@bobkippuz]

U Caroline's dad ?

[@Mazillius]

They could probably beat Arsenal if they played them this season...

[@djmorley718]

The biggest upset was beating altrincham. Best part time team in England

[@akostoth6898]

I never heard this story before, but that is fantastic

[@marcus.dwyer0569]

And now there probably gonna go up to the championship what a story

[@raul1001]

Fun Fact : They defeated 1914 F.A cup champs Burnley to set record as a team after 1914.

[@premierleaguefantv.6990]

They were going without brakes, what'd they expected? 😂

[@mrgreatbritain]

One of the FA Cup’s greatest stories, but you know what the best part is? It meant so much to every single fan home and away, the wild celebrations, the incredible numbers travelling to Turf Moor and the Emirates. The fact they dumped out a weakened Brighton made me smile, and Arsenal in that quarter final couldn’t even fill their stadium. Look at the amount of empty seats! Sincil Bank would have been sold out in minutes, seconds even. Seeing a team who care about the FA Cup warms my heart. Hope to see another cup run in the next few years!

[@moluther2826]

To be fair, they care about it because it's a potential cash cow - the same exact reasons the top clubs prioritise the other competitions. Comes to the same thing really.

[@mrgreatbritain]

@@moluther2826 it’s still a competition that is so historical and well known around the world that it deserves respect. Not just from the teams that need the money. It is the literal play-out of a knockout all the way

[@moluther2826]

@@mrgreatbritain I'm not disputing that. I find it regretful that the Cup isn't respected anymore, I'm just saying that club's interest - or lack thereof - in it depends entirely on what they stand to gain financially. That goes for Sutton and Lincoln just as much as it does Arsenal.

[@alfie69420]

4:47 big up the 1 tooth mandem

[@fran1514]

glad I wasnt the only one who noticed lol

[@hyperrat12]

Ironic that their cup run ended in North London given that the only non League team to ever win the FA cup was the only and is the only North London team, Tottenham Hotspur.

[@wsg8283]

All the way from the 4th qualifying round...

[@rickiejohn]

They did great journey 👍

[@wozza1136]

The memories 😍

[@GaurangDabhi]

That's why I love ⚽

[@markkumanninen6524]

Such a fab run, turned me into an Imps fan. Wish to see them in the Championship!

[@justme-hm1ju]

they’re just like bournemouth they’re gonna be in the championship in the next 2 years

[@kirksouth502]

Always want to watch the imps when i am home. Ill have to wait now

[@clark7366]

Lincoln are my local team so I support them and liverpool

[@Murtydaking]

Sanchez was truely delightful

[@dol1030]

Peter Drury's got a Lincolnshire reference and he's not afraid to use it, time and time again...

[@jjimywoods1363]

Ahh great stuff .... what a journey,, it did em well!

[@gregorelopez6928]

Amazing achievement.

[@jordanvaughan6399]

It was a fantastic effort

[@keagan1117]

I honestly can’t believe that commentators like guy mowbery and Peter drury have been commentating on our fa cup games. It’s crazy to think that now their always on the champions league nights

[@svdh1155]

Yes sir, there is one team you don't want to come up against when you on a dream run in the FA cup! But wow, all credit to Lincoln, this this what makes the FA cup great!

[@harrytoffoloenjoyer3441]

Now this does put a smile on my face, as they are my home team.

[@mrttripz3236]

Do you reckon they will be in the prem soon?

[@harrytoffoloenjoyer3441]

@@mrttripz3236 2 years on Lincoln are beating Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield 😂

[@gingerjesus7012]

Tomori played for Brighton? Interesting

[@Glinty_]

Managers like these at a team like Portsmouth now, shaky start but I’m still excited to see where they take the club

[@Eggmanjames]

Everyone supporting Lincoln until they beat us all 😂

[@tarkanbashllari1627]

Fairly enough I guess, Bournemouth and Burnley have been through the same treatment as well once they entered the Prem.

[@mrttripz3236]

Eh ever since Watford got relegated I've been in need for some excitement in football. I support Watford first but I definitely have a soft spot for Lincoln

[@mykehyslop198]

Love the FA Cup.❤

[@SerchhipChelsea]

Love it. ❤️

[@GIOGS]

Happy Place, Happy Place, Turf Moor 🔴⚪️🔴

[@mahlukuranus9695]

Their manager was probably takeshi tatsumi

[@thoriqal7043]

Sepemikiran gan, wkwk

[@johnny8447]

Fast forward to 2022 & Arsenal are at Lincoln away

[@Michael-hi7tq]

“3,000 that could’ve been 7,000, but sound like 70,000

[@bobkippuz]

9000 at arsenal

[@omaralkayal7598]

Theo Robinson 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@thomasbarnes1498]

No shame in losing to a Team that are the the FA cup! Great achievement no matter what!

[@Ankur3108]

Wow ❤

[@lincolnkoop5518]

my name is Lincoln

[@BestInTheWorld13x]

Season we won it

[@brianchester4218]

never happen again but what a rush Lincoln gave us thanks Danny and Nicky, just wish Theo Robinson had seen it through he deserved the plaudits as well

[@hb2001]

Hoping we can do the same on Monday against West Ham!!

[@hb2001]

@Reversal🥊 lost 1-0 to a premier league side who played their strongest team...no shame in that whatsoever. Took them just shy of 85 minutes to score which says a lot

[@duckyducky8912]

Don’t forget Sutton United also do great

[@Sheluvwh]

Boy do Lincoln have the celebrations

[@joemorris1282]

Shame they changed camera angles for Arnold's goal. I hate it when they do that! Like for pens as well.

[@donaldobama7204]

Great to beat Burnley, but they were a newly promoted Prem team, it's not like they beat a big team.

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

Non league at the time facing arsenal goosebumps!

[@williamsimpson2777]

I like the happy DnB :)

[@LukakuGOALZSKILLS]

Sounds like someone's FM save

[@jonathanfrimerman8855]

Grimsby Town were just promoted from the National League to League 2 last year after a crazy playoff they had, they are now just one win away at Brighton from reaching the fa cup final four If it happens they will surpass Lincoln City and will become the lowest tear league team to reach the fa cup final four😳😳😳 They became the first team to win 5 straight rounds vs teams that in higher tears than them Plymooth in First Round Cambridge United 2nd Round Burton Albion 3rd Round Luton Town 4th round Southampton in 5th round Now Brighton

[@zaidansari-fi8yx]

Does Martin Tyler teleport or timetravel, how is he there in every match!!

[@BristolRoversFan]

Lol what?

[@kip741]

Fr how is he commentating third round fa cup games

[@ZolaMagic25]

@@kip741 commentary after the game

[@zaidansari-fi8yx]

@@BristolRoversFan It feels like he's commentating every game, he's in the premier league, in the first division, and in facup third rounds, sometimes I've even heard him commentating non league games

[@thomasbarnes1498]

Funny part is he's at none of the matches, well the commentary is added after at least.

[@sweatpants36]

If it was 2020/2021 arsenal the game would've been much tighter

[@OliverKiller582]

Im a Lincoln fan, Born in red

[@fungusz_4292]

Imagine winning against all those bigger clubs then getting thrashed 5-0 by the to-be champions

[@yalocalkebab_yt6093]

That Ramsey goal was just like the Tottenham 1st goal against marine😂

[@jcgamez8754]

What a year, Up The Imps 🔴⚪🔴⚪

[@wactos_factos2604]

I didn’t know that was fikayo tomori 😂

[@mrgumbwit5307]

Can someone tell my why Lincoln City were wearing kits made by Errea, but the Lincoln City coaching staff were wearing coats made by Jako?

[@djmorley718]

National league coats

[@mattf1sh97]

Coats provided by the league

[@ericaasen4512]

Im guessing linclon was league 2 and ippswitch premier at the time? Commentator said 3 leagues between them. Now lincoln is league one and ippswitch championship

[@4_bdvl]

I wished that they'd won the whole thing

[@jjbabatunde2773]

Whose here after they got promoted to the Championship?

[@andikagifaridwitama8933]

Still has to beat Blackpool first in the playoff final but hopefully Lincoln will be promoted

[@tomcornelius1014]

Imagine having to field one of your best XIs against a side that at the time was in the National League. Embarrassing but that's Arsenal for you.

[@SG-kw4pd]

We still won the whole tournament so...

[@PhotonicScales]

That Team in the National League made it to the Q-Finals, I think they deserved to play against players like Alexis Sanchez and go out by being taken Seriously rather than Arsenal playing youngsters and go out that way

[@ryankimura5355]

Pardon me... What does it mean the team is non-league? They're semi-pro, amatuer or part timers footballers?

[@benditlikebossman2574]

They play below the top 4 tiers Which means they are semi-pro

[@danieltulen7683]

Basically there are 4 major leagues in England, if you are in the 5th division, you are considered as a non-league team. Lincoln city, at that time, was a non-league team, but right now they are in 3rd, if I remember correctly

[@ZolaMagic25]

@@benditlikebossman2574 well, some non-league sides are professional