Since the establishment of its current format in 1925, ten non-League football clubs – that is, clubs outside the divisions of the Football League and, since 1992, the Premier League – have reached the Fifth Round of the FA Cup, to become one of the last 16 clubs in the competition. To date, only Lincoln City has subsequently reached the next round, the "quarter-finals" (formally called the Sixth Round).[1][2]

The Football League was founded in 1888; prior to this, all teams entered the FA Cup as equals, and random byes were used where required based on the number of clubs entering.[3] A qualifying tournament was introduced in 1888–89, giving priority access to the first round for leading Football League clubs, though stronger non-League teams were also given direct entry, ahead of lower-ranked Football League teams.

After the foundation of the Football League, non-League teams reached the FA Cup Final on four occasions: The Wednesday of the Football Alliance in 1889–90, Southampton of the Southern League in 1899–1900 and 1901–02, and Tottenham Hotspur of the Southern League, who became the only non-League winners in 1900–01. The Football League continued to strengthen over time, and in 1920–21 it expanded to absorb the 20 strongest Southern League teams, followed by the addition of two more southern teams and 18 leading northern non-League clubs the following year, making the eminent so-called non-League divisions by this point feeders to the Football League rather than be running parallel to it. The reformatting of the FA Cup to six rounds before the semi-finals, was introduced a few years later for the 1925–26 FA Cup.[4] Prior to this new format, the last non-League teams to reach the last 16 were Southampton and Queens Park Rangers of the Southern League in 1914–15, after the latter had made the quarter-finals in 1913–14.

Results

Note: Scores show the listed team first, irrespective of the match being home, away, or at a neutral venue.

1947–48 – Colchester United – Southern League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying15 November 1947Chelmsford City (4)Away3–1[5]
1st29 November 1947Banbury Spencer (5)Home2–1[5]
2nd13 December 1947Wrexham (3)Home1–0[5]
3rd10 January 1948Huddersfield Town (1)Home1–0[5]
4th24 January 1948Bradford (Park Avenue) (2)Home3–2[5]
5th7 February 1948Blackpool (1)Away0–5[5]
1948–49 – Yeovil Town – Southern League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying13 November 1948Lovell's Athletic (4)Away3–2[6]
1st27 November 1948Romford (4)Home4–0[6]
2nd11 December 1948Weymouth (4)Away4–0[6]
3rd8 January 1949Bury (2)Home3–1[6]
4th29 January 1949Sunderland (1)Home2–1[6]
5th12 February 1949Manchester United (1)Away0–8[6]
1977–78 – Blyth Spartans – Northern League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
1st qualifying17 September 1977Shildon (7)Away3–0[7]
2nd qualifying8 October 1977Crook Town (7)Away1–1[7]
2nd qualifying (replay)12 October 1977Crook Town (7)Home3–0[7]
3rd qualifying22 October 1977Consett (7)Away4–1[7]
4th qualifying5 November 1977Bishop Auckland (7)Away1–0[7]
1st26 November 1977Burscough (7)Home1–0[7]
2nd17 December 1977Chesterfield (3)Home1–0[7]
3rd7 January 1978Enfield (5)Home1–0[7]
4th6 February 1978Stoke City (2)Away3–2[7]
5th18 February 1978Wrexham (3)Away1–1[7]
5th (replay)27 February 1978Wrexham (3)Home1–2[7]
1984–85 – Telford United – Alliance Premier League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
1st17 November 1984Lincoln City (3)Away1–1[8]
1st (replay)20 November 1984Lincoln City (3)Home2–1[8]
2nd8 December 1984Preston North End (3)Away4–1[8]
3rd5 January 1985Bradford City (3)Home2–1[8]
4th29 January 1985Darlington (4)Away1–1[8]
4th (replay)4 February 1985Darlington (4)Home3–0[8]
5th16 February 1985Everton (1)Away0–3[8]
1993–94 – Kidderminster Harriers – Football Conference
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying23 October 1993Chesham United (6)Away4–1[9]
1st13 November 1993Kettering Town (5)Home3–0[9]
2nd4 December 1993Woking (5)Home1–0[9]
3rd8 January 1994Birmingham City (2)Away2–1[9]
4th29 January 1994Preston North End (4)Home1–0[9]
5th19 February 1994West Ham United (1)Home0–1[9]
2010–11 – Crawley Town – Conference National
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying23 October 2010Newport County (5)Away1–0[10]
1st6 November 2010Guiseley (6)Away5–0[10]
2nd26 November 2010Swindon Town (3)Home1–1[11]
2nd (replay)7 December 2010Swindon Town (3)Away3–2[12]
3rd10 January 2011Derby County (2)Home2–1[13]
4th29 January 2011Torquay United (4)Away1–0[14]
5th19 February 2011Manchester United (1)Away0–1[15]
2012–13 – Luton Town – Conference National
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying20 October 2012Cambridge United (5)Away2–0[16]
1st3 November 2012Nuneaton Town (5)Home1–1[16]
1st (replay)13 November 2012Nuneaton Town (5)Away2–0[16]
2nd1 December 2012Dorchester Town (6)Home2–1[17]
3rd5 January 2013Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)Home1–0[18]
4th26 January 2013Norwich City (1)Away1–0[19]
5th16 February 2013Millwall (2)Home0–3[20]
2016–17 – Lincoln City – National League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying15 October 2016Guiseley (5)Home0–0[21]
4th qualifying (replay)18 October 2016Guiseley (5)Away2–1[21]
1st5 November 2016Altrincham (6)Home2–1[22]
2nd5 December 2016Oldham Athletic (3)Home3–2[23]
3rd7 January 2017Ipswich Town (2)Away2–2[24]
3rd (replay)17 January 2017Ipswich Town (2)Home1–0[25]
4th28 January 2017Brighton & Hove Albion (2)Home3–1[26]
5th18 February 2017Burnley (1)Away1–0[27]
Quarter-finals11 March 2017Arsenal (1)Away0–5[1]
2016–17 – Sutton United – National League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying15 October 2016Forest Green Rovers (5)Home2–1[28]
1st5 November 2016Dartford (6)Away6–3[29]
2nd3 December 2016Cheltenham Town (4)Home2–1[30]
3rd7 January 2017AFC Wimbledon (3)Home0–0[31]
3rd (replay)17 January 2017AFC Wimbledon (3)Away3–1[32]
4th29 January 2017Leeds United (2)Home1–0[33]
5th20 February 2017Arsenal (1)Home0–2[34]
2021–22 – Boreham Wood – National League
RoundDateAgainst (tier)VenueScore
4th qualifying16 October 2021Barnet (5)Away1–0
1st6 November 2021Eastleigh (5)Home2–0
2nd6 December 2021St Albans City (6)Home4–0
3rd8 January 2022AFC Wimbledon (3)Home2–0
4th6 February 2022Bournemouth (2)Away1–0
5th2 March 2022Everton (1)Away0–2

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