Linked to this giant-killing is the progression of teams beyond what would normally be expected. A few teams have won the FA Cup whilst outside of the top division, though no team from the third level of the football league has progressed to the final. For non-league teams, reaching the third round - where all top flight sides now enter - is considered a major achievement.
The 2008-09 FA Cup saw a record nine teams achieve this feat, and whilst Tottenham Hotspur won the 1901 FA Cup as a Southern League club, no non-league team has since progressed past the fifth round, this occurring most recently to Kidderminster Harriers in 1994. Chasetown are the lowest ranked team to play in the third round, playing eventual runners-up Cardiff City in the 2007–08 competition. The game took place on 5 January 2008 whilst Chasetown were playing in the Southern League Division One Midlands, the eighth tier of the English football pyramid.
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