Both National League sides – Lincoln City and Sutton United are through to the 4th round of The FA Cup! The Imps will play Brighton and Hove Albion at home on 28th January 2017, while The U’s are to host Leeds United a day later.
The Imps earned a precious victory against Ipswich Town at home, after recording a 2-2 draw at Portman Road. Nathan Arnold scored the only goal of the game in the very last seconds! He found himself one on one against the goalkeeper after a great pass by Adam Marriot, and Arnold had no problems to go past the keeper and put the ball into the net for one of the greatest ever victories for Lincoln City!
The 15th-positioned in The National League – Sutton United were even more impressive, turning things around against AFC Wimbledon to 3-1, after being 1-0 down until the 75th minute of the game! Tom Elliott opened the score for Wimbledon early in the game, but his teammate – the experienced defender Paul Robinson was sent off in the 15th minute. The 5th-tier side could equalize 6 seconds into the second half, but The U’s missed on an open goal! However, a quarter of hour before the end of the game, the midfielder Roarie Deacon equalized with a good shot outside the box!
Then, the midfielder assisted to Biamou, who found himself unmarked on an open goal and scored to give the lead to the 5th-tier side for the first time in the match in the 90th minute! In the stoppage time, the striker Dan Fitchett found the Wimbledon’s net for the third time in the match and sent his team into the 4th round of the competition!
That’s the 3rd time Sutton United made it to the 4th round of the competition, but they have never reached further! In comparison, Lincoln City’s record is reaching the 5th round, but that was too long ago – in 1887.
