Editing FA Cup (section)

===Non-League cup runs===

For non-League teams, reaching the third round proper – where all Level 1 sides now enter – is considered a major achievement. In the [[2008–09 FA Cup]], a record eight non-League teams achieved this feat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/03/fa-cup-third-round-non-league |work=The Guardian |location=London |title=Non-league presence in third round of FA Cup breaks all-time record |first=Anna |last=Kessel |date=3 January 2009 |access-date=2 May 2010 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105044643/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/03/fa-cup-third-round-non-league |url-status=live }}</ref> As of the [[2023–24 FA Cup|2023–24]] season, only [[List of non-League clubs in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup since 1925–26|eleven non-League teams]] have reached the fifth round proper (last 16) since 1925,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/sports_talk/1060082.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Ask Albert – Number 8 |date=7 December 2000 |access-date=2 May 2010 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423180227/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sports_talk/1060082.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and only [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] have progressed to the quarter-finals (last 8), during the [[2016–17 FA Cup|2016–17]] edition of the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38940052 |publisher=BBC News |title=Burnley 0 – 1 Lincoln City |date=18 February 2017 |access-date=18 February 2017 |archive-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710122819/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38940052 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Chasetown F.C.|Chasetown]], while playing at [[English football league system#The system|Level 8]] of English football during the [[2007–08 FA Cup|2007–08 competition]], were the lowest-ranked team to ever play in the third round proper (final 64, of 731 teams entered that season). Chasetown was then a member of the [[2007–08 Southern Football League|Southern League Division One Midlands]] (a lower level within the [[Southern Football League]]), when they lost to [[Football League Championship]] (Level 2) team [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]], the eventual FA Cup runners-up that year.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7163953.stm Chasetown 1–3 Cardiff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106183454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7163953.stm |date=6 January 2008 }}.</ref> Their success earned the lowly organisation over £60,000 in prize money. [[Marine F.C.|Marine]] matched this in the [[2020–21 FA Cup|2020–21 competition]] as a member of the [[Northern Premier League]] Division One North West, and were drawn against [[Premier League]] (Level 1) team [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], to whom they lost 5–0.

During the [[2023–24 FA Cup|2023–24]] season, [[Maidstone United F.C.|Maidstone United]] in the [[National League South]] (Level 6) had an 8–game cup run, reaching the fifth round when they won 2–1 away at [[EFL Championship]] (Level 2) side [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=28 January 2024 |title=Ipswich 1–2 Maidstone: Non-League Stones stun Championship high-flyers in major FA Cup shock |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/ipswich-vs-maidstone-utd/report/502451 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Sky Sports}}</ref> Their run ended at the fifth round after losing 5–0 away to another EFL Championship side [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2024 |title=Simms hat-trick sees Coventry end Maidstone's cup run |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68384184 |access-date=26 February 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> They became the [[List of non-League clubs in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup since 1925–26|eleventh non–League team]] to reach the fifth round, and the lowest-ranked team to do so since [[Blyth Spartans A.F.C.|Blyth Spartans]] (Level 7) in [[1977–78 FA Cup|1977–78]]. Maidstone's co–owner Oliver Ash stated that their cup run had earned the club 'something like £700,000 before tax'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2024 |title=FA Cup fifth round: Non-league Maidstone United's cup run nets them '£700,000 before tax' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68309354 |access-date=26 February 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>