‘Crazy, a non-league side in the quarter-finals in modern football, it's unheard of’

Goalscorer Sean Raggett could barely believe Lincoln's "crazy" achievement.

‘Crazy, a non-league side in the quarter-finals in modern football, it's unheard of’

Sean Raggett could barely believe Lincoln's "crazy" achievement after his 89th-minute goal secured a 1-0 upset at Premier League club Burnley and a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Raggett nodded in at the far post late on as Danny Cowley's Imps, from the Vanarama National League, became the first team from outside the Football League to reach the last eight since QPR in 1914.

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