Lincoln hero: 'No time for celebrations, it's North Ferriby on Tuesday'

Sean Raggett, who became Lincoln City's hero when he forced Saturday's 89th-minute winner over the line at Burnley, says there's no time to get carried away with the minnow's heroics when a trip to North Ferriby's Grange Lane looms.

The Imps became the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup's quarter-final stage since 1914, and in doing so claimed a victory at Turf Moor - something Manchester United, Liverpool, and Premier League leader Chelsea have been unable to do this term.

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In a sobering affair just three days later, however, Lincoln travels to a 2,700-capacity ground in a village near Hull.

"No time for celebrations, it's North Ferriby on Tuesday," warned Raggett, according to the Guardian's Scott Murray.

England international goalkeeper Tom Heaton couldn't bat away Raggett's header before it crossed the line, with Lincoln's representatives facing a nervous few seconds until referee Graham Scott pointed to the centre circle to award the goal.

"An unbelievable feeling, I'm a little bit lost for words," he told BBC Sport. "It shows this group of players is special. What a win.

"I knew it was in but the lino didn't look like he was going to give it for a minute."

Although it's salient to mention that a club of Lincoln's stature, situated in a beautiful cathedral city and with a ground which dwarfs many of its non-league rivals, should be in one of the English Football League's top-four tiers, it was still an undoubted cup classic.

Presided over by brothers, manager Danny Cowley and assistant Nicky, the spirited away side battled in an affair which threatened to boil over. A Burnley player would've been brave to get too lairy though, with Lincoln's barrel-chested and balding Matt Rhead spearheading the attack.

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Overall, it was a deserved win for a club striving for promotion from the fifth rung.

"They used everything they needed to use. They played our pitch well, played resolutely with their back four not going anywhere and they got the ball forward," said Burnley boss Sean Dyche.

"You have to work, be diligent, and believe you will get another chance - I think they only had one chance, credit to them.

"My team were nowhere near the level they can show."

Lincoln will learn its opponent in the FA Cup sixth round in Monday's draw, with the fixture set for the weekend of March 10-12, sandwiching it between trips to Braintree Town and Maidstone United.