From Raggs to riches for Imps NOW GUNNERS FAN SEAN DREAMS OF FACING ARSENAL IN LAST EIGHT
LINCOLN’S goal hero and self-confessed Gooner Sean Raggett roared, “Bring on Arsenal” after helping create FA Cup history.
The National League side who overcame an 81-place difference to humble Premier League Burnley at Turf Moor yesterday in one of the competition’s biggest ever shocks are the first non-league team to reach the quarter-finals for 103 years.
Central defender Raggett headed in the winner in the record breaking 1-0 triumph with just 60 seconds of normal time remaining.
Asked who he would like in the quarter-finals, he quickly replied: “I am an Arsenal fan and so I would love it if we met them – providing they beat Sutton of course!
“What we achieved hasn’t really sunk in yet. It was crazy, unbelievable. We have a real special group of players. Believe me we didn’t come to draw the game, we came here to win.
“Crazy, a non-league side in the quarter-finals in modern football – it’s unheard of.”
Raggett, a modest signing from Dover Athletic, confessed the worst moments of a magical afternoon were the agonising seconds waiting for his goal to be confirmed.
A close-range header appeared to have crossed the line but referee Graham Scott went over to his linesman before the goal- line technology registered the goal.
“I looked over to the officials and, at first, I thought they weren’t going to give it. I knew the ball was over but it was agony waiting.”
Manager Danny Cowley, who together with brother and assistant boss Nicky are making a huge impression in the game, added: “Thank God for goal-line technology. We don’t have it in our league. The first thing that came into my mind was ‘ has the ball crossed the line?’”
Cowley revealed that the original plan had been for him to race off after the final whistle to watch North Ferriby, Lincoln’s National League opponents on