Notts County skipper Robert Ullathorne fired home an extra-time stunner to condemn Bradford City to another early cup exit.
The Bantams have failed to win any cup tie for three years and despite taking an early lead against their visitors they never looked like killing off the contest.
Although Bradford made the best of starts with an early penalty from in-form striker Dean Windass, Gary Mills' side never let their heads drop and Ullathorne's 30-yard wonder goal at the end of the first period of extra-time proved the clincher.
City got off to a flyer when County midfielder David Pipe fouled winger Ben Muirhead after six minutes and Windass coolly sent the keeper the wrong way with his low right-foot spot-kick.
But the Bantams failed to press home their advantage and they had some lucky escapes before the Magpies finally drew level.
Bradford keeper Paul Henderson made a great save to push away a curling free-kick from Tony Scully, before County danger man Matthew Williams clipped a post with his 14-yard drive.
City were on the back foot and in a flashback to last season a goalmouth scramble proved their undoing.
Steven Schumacher did brilliantly to hook Williams' looping header off the goal line but the ball came back across the box and Ian Richardson crashed home a six-yard volley at the back post.
With ten minutes left Henderson produced another fine block to deny Williams before Bradford sub Kevin Sanasy saw his long-range lob drift wide of the target.
In the dying minutes of the first period of extra-time Pipe hooked a sitter over the bar from inside the six-yard box, but just seconds later his skipper showed him how to finish with a left-foot thunderbolt which shattered Bradford's cup hopes.