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Leeds United knocked out of Cup by non league Sutton United

Published: 29 Jan 2017 - 07:21 pm | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 06:09 pm
Sutton United's English defender Jamie Collins scores the opening goal from the penalty spot during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Sutton United and Leeds United at the Borough Sports Ground in London on January 29, 2017.  AFP / Ad

Sutton United's English defender Jamie Collins scores the opening goal from the penalty spot during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Sutton United and Leeds United at the Borough Sports Ground in London on January 29, 2017. AFP / Ad

Reuters

London: A Jamie Collins penalty secured non league Sutton a 1-0 win over second tier highflyers Leeds United and a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history on Sunday.

Sutton, who had reached the fourth round on two previous occasions including a famous win over then top tier Coventry in 1989, deservedly claimed the scalp of the 1972 FA Cup winners, who are fourth in the Championship.

Sutton, whose assistant coach Ian Baird ironically captained Leeds to the 1987 FA Cup semi-finals, join Lincoln in the last 16, the first time in the competition's history two non league clubs have reached that stage.