<P> 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 nine non-league teams achieved this feat . As of the 2016--17 season, only nine non-league teams have reached the Fifth Round Proper (final 16) since 1945, and only Lincoln City have progressed to the Sixth Round (final 8), during the 2016--17 edition of the tournament . Prior to Lincoln's run, Kidderminster Harriers were the last team to reach the 5th round, in 1994, where they had a chance to inflict a giant - killing of their own against a Premier League side . They were drawn at home against West Ham United in Round 5 but lost 0 - 1 in a close game at Aggborough . </P> <P> Chasetown, while playing at Level 8 of English football during the 2007--08 competition, are 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 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, the eventual FA Cup runners - up that year . Their success earned the lowly organisation over £ 60,000 in prize money . </P> <P> In games between league sides, one of the most notable results was the 1992 victory by Wrexham, 92nd / last in the previous season's league, over reigning league champion Arsenal . Another similar shock was when Shrewsbury Town beat Everton 2--1 in 2003 . Everton finished 7th in The Premier League and Shrewsbury Town were relegated to the Football Conference that same season . </P> <P> Four clubs have won consecutive FA Cups on more than one occasion: Wanderers (1872, 1873 and 1876, 1877, 1878), Blackburn Rovers (1884, 1885, 1886 and 1890, 1891), Tottenham Hotspur (1961, 1962 and 1981, 1982) and Arsenal (2002, 2003 and 2014, 2015). </P>

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