Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1977–78 is the 97th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 28 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.
Preliminary round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Cheltenham Town 4–1 Moor Green 2 Clapton 4–1 Metropolitan Police 3 Clevedon Town 4–0 Mangotsfield United 4 Didcot Town 2–2 Leytonstone 5 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 1–0 South Bank 6 Glastonbury 0–1 Merthyr Tydfil 7 Gravesend & Northfleet 4–0 Staines Town 8 Halesowen Town 2–1 Oldbury United 9 Harwich & Parkeston 4–0 Southall & Ealing Borough 10 Hatfield Town 1–2 Marlow 11 Heanor Town 2–2 Leek Town 12 Hillingdon Borough 3–3 Slough Town 13 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–2 Spennymoor United 14 Hounslow 2–1 Molesey 15 Ilford 1–0 Woking 16 Ilkeston Town 0–0 Tamworth 17 Kempston Rovers 2–1 Potton United 18 Kidderminster Harriers 5–2 Sutton Coldfield Town 19 Kingstonian 0–1 Tilbury 20 Leyton Wingate 2–0 Uxbridge 21 Littlehampton Town 0–1 Three Bridges 22 Melksham Town 1–0 Welton Rovers 23 Milton Keynes City 0–2 Rushden Town 24 North Shields 1–1 West Auckland Town 25 Romford 1–1 Walthamstow Avenue 26 Ruislip Manor 1–3 Windsor & Eton 27 Runcorn 4–0 Bacup Borough 28 Sheppey United 1–2 Bexhill Town 29 Skelmersdale United 0–3 Accrington Stanley 30 Southwick 0–1 Waterlooville 31 Spalding United 2–3 Arnold 32 Stourbridge 1–1 Tividale 33 Sudbury Town 1–1 Bury Town 34 Sutton Town 2–1 Belper Town 35 Taunton Town 1–2 Bath City 36 Trowbridge Town 1–1 Weston Super Mare 37 Tunbridge Wells 5–0 Canterbury City 38 V S Rugby 0–0 Bedworth United 39 Wadebridge Town 0–7 Barnstaple Town 40 Wallsend Town 2–3 Whitby Town 41 Whitstable Town 0–1 Ashford Town (Kent) 42 Wigmore Athletic 1–3 East Grinstead 43 Willesden 4–3 Bedford Town 44 Wingate (Durham) 2–1 Annfield Plain 45 Winsford United 1–1 Ashton United 46 Winterton Rangers 0–1 Appleby Frodingham 47 Wisbech Town 5–0 Clacton Town 48 Witton Albion 1–1 Bangor City 49 Wolverton Town & B R 1–1 Banbury United 50 Yeovil Town 2–2 Alton Town 51 Yorkshire Amateur 0–2 Barton Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Leytonstone 1–0 Didcot Town 11 Leek Town 2–0 Heanor Town 12 Slough Town 0–1 Hillingdon Borough 13 Spennymoor United 3–1 Horden Colliery Welfare 16 Tamworth 1–0 Ilkeston Town 24 West Auckland Town 2–1 North Shields 25 Walthamstow Avenue 3–2 Romford 32 Tividale 1–0 Stourbridge 33 Bury Town 2–0 Sudbury Town 36 Weston Super Mare 2–1 Trowbridge Town 38 Bedworth United 0–1 V S Rugby 45 Ashton United 0–2 Winsford United 48 Bangor City 2–0 Witton Albion 49 Banbury United 4–1 Wolverton Town & B R 50 Alton Town 0–4 Yeovil Town
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A P Leamington 3–1 Tividale 2 Addlestone 0–1 Clapton 3 Alfreton Town 0–1 Leek Town 4 Alvechurch 2–2 Kidderminster Harriers 5 Andover 2–0 Three Bridges 6 Atherstone Town 0–0 Cheltenham Town 7 Aveley 0–2 Leytonstone 8 Aylesbury United 0–3 Kempston Rovers 9 Barking 5–2 Chalfont St Peter 10 Barnet 4–1 Camberley Town 11 Barry Town 4–1 Melksham Town 12 Barton Rovers 1–1 Hemel Hempstead 13 Basingstoke Town 2–0 Marlow 14 Berkhamsted Town 0–5 Gravesend & Northfleet 15 Billericay Town 1–1 Harwich & Parkeston 16 Billingham Synthonia 2–0 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 17 Bilston 1–2 Brierley Hill Alliance 18 Bishop Auckland 3–0 West Auckland Town 19 Bognor Regis Town 0–2 Farnborough Town 20 Boldon Community Association 3–1 Carlisle City 21 Bracknell Town 1–2 Tilbury 22 Bridgend Town 4–3 Clevedon Town 23 Bridlington Town 1–1 Durham City 24 Bridlington Trinity 1–2 Appleby Frodingham 25 Bridport 0–3 Bath City 26 Brigg Town 2–0 Farsley Celtic 27 Burgess Hill Town 2–1 Bexhill Town 28 Burnham 0–1 Chertsey Town 29 Burscough 2–2 Accrington Stanley 30 Burton Albion 1–0 Stratford Town 31 Calne Town 3–1 Chippenham Town 32 Cambridge City 1–1 Bury Town 33 Carshalton Athletic 2–3 St Albans City 34 Chard Town 1–0 Barnstaple Town 35 Chatteris Town 1–6 Arnold 36 Chesham United 5–0 Willesden 37 Cheshunt 3–2 Walton & Hersham 38 Chorley 5–1 Clitheroe 39 Consett 1–1 Wingate (Durham) 40 Corby Town 1–1 V S Rugby 41 Corinthian Casuals 5–1 Epping Town 42 Coventry Sporting 1–1 Enderby Town 43 Crawley Town 3–1 Deal Town 44 Crook Town 3–0 Evenwood Town 45 Croydon 3–3 Tunbridge Wells 46 Darlaston 3–0 Eastwood Town 47 Dorchester Town 0–0 Fareham Town 48 Dover 0–1 Maidstone United 49 Droylsden 0–2 Runcorn 50 Dudley Town 1–1 Gloucester City 51 Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 Egham Town 52 Easington Colliery Welfare 4–4 Whitley Bay 53 Eastbourne United 4–0 East Grinstead 54 Edgware Town 4–1 Dunstable 55 Ely City 1–2 Holbeach United 56 Emley 3–2 Barton Town 57 Enfield 6–0 Wembley 58 Epsom & Ewell 1–1 Feltham 59 Erith & Belvedere 4–2 Hounslow 60 Evesham United 0–0 Merthyr Tydfil 61 Falmouth Town 0–1 Newquay 62 Faversham Town 0–3 Folkestone & Shepway 63 Felixstowe Town 2–4 Gorleston 64 Ferryhill Athletic 2–4 Spennymoor United 65 Finchley 1–0 Vauxhall Motors 66 Forest Green Rovers 3–2 Larkhall Athletic 67 Formby 1–0 Lancaster City 68 Friar Lane Old Boys 1–2 Telford United 69 Frickley Athletic 3–1 North Ferriby United 70 Frome Town 2–1 Yeovil Town 71 Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 Ashby Institute 72 Glossop 0–2 Winsford United 73 Goole Town 6–1 Louth United 74 Gornal Athletic 1–3 Halesowen Town 75 Gosport Borough 0–0 Hungerford Town 76 Grays Athletic 1–1 Hillingdon Borough 77 Great Harwood 1–1 Prestwich Heys 78 Gresley Rovers 2–2 Sutton Town 79 Hampton 3–0 Wokingham Town 80 Haringey Borough 2–2 Ware 81 Harlow Town 5–0 Stowmarket 82 Harrow Borough 1–1 Witney Town 83 Hastings United 2–2 Margate 84 Hayes 0–2 Ilford 85 Hednesford Town 1–0 Hyde United 86 Herne Bay 2–2 Bromley 87 Hertford Town 1–1 Tring Town 88 Highgate United 2–1 Willenhall Town 89 Hinckley Athletic 0–0 Tamworth 90 Histon 0–1 Chelmsford City 91 Hoddesdon Town 0–1 Boreham Wood 92 Hornchurch 0–1 Leyton Wingate 93 Horsham 4–1 Worthing 94 Horsham Y M C A 1–0 Ringmer 95 Horwich R M I 1–0 Barrow 96 Ilminster Town 0–2 Swaythling 97 Irthlingborough Diamonds 3–1 Stamford 98 King's Lynn 1–2 Wisbech Town 99 Letchworth Garden City 3–0 Rushden Town 100 Lewes 1–0 Ashford Town (Kent) 101 Llanelli 1–1 Worcester City 102 Long Eaton United 0–2 Stalybridge Celtic 103 Lowestoft Town 4–1 Newmarket Town 104 Lye Town 3–3 Banbury United 105 Lytham 0–1 Rossendale United 106 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Mossley 107 Maidenhead United 3–0 Windsor & Eton 108 March Town United 2–1 Skegness Town 109 Medway 0–1 Sutton United 110 Mexborough Town 1–3 Buxton 111 Nantwich Town 1–1 Bangor City 112 Netherfield 4–0 Willington 113 New Brighton 1–0 St Helens Town 114 New Mills 1–2 Curzon Ashton 115 Newbury Town 0–1 Bridgwater Town 116 Newport I O W 0–0 Waterlooville 117 Oswestry Town 2–0 Porthmadog 118 Oxford City 2–0 Racing Club Warwick 119 Parson Drove United 0–2 Boston 120 Peacehaven & Telscombe 1–1 Ramsgate 121 Penrith 3–3 Washington 122 Penzance 2–2 Tiverton Town 123 Poole Town 4–1 Selsey 124 Prescot Town 0–1 Darwen 125 Radcliffe Borough 2–6 South Liverpool 126 Rainham Town 0–5 Walthamstow Avenue 127 Redditch United 1–3 Wellingborough Town 128 Redhill 0–1 Eastbourne Town 129 Retford Town 1–2 Worksop Town 130 Rhyl 0–0 Congleton Town 131 Rothwell Town 4–1 Bourne Town 132 Salisbury 5–1 Cowes 133 Selby Town 3–1 Denaby United 134 Shildon 0–3 Blyth Spartans 135 Sidley United 0–0 Tonbridge 136 Sittingbourne 0–2 Haywards Heath 137 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 2–1 Cray Wanderers 138 Soham Town Rangers 0–2 Great Yarmouth Town 139 St Blazey 0–1 Bideford 140 St Neots Town 2–1 Thetford Town 141 Thame United 1–3 Bromsgrove Rovers 142 Ton Pentre 2–2 Weston Super Mare 143 Tow Law Town 0–4 Whitby Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 Alvechurch 6 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Atherstone Town 12 Hemel Hempstead 3–1 Barton Rovers 15 Harwich & Parkeston 1–4 Billericay Town 23 Durham City 1–0 Bridlington Town 29 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Burscough 32 Bury Town 1–2 Cambridge City 39 Wingate (Durham) 1–4 Consett 40 V S Rugby 0–2 Corby Town 42 Enderby Town 1–0 Coventry Sporting 45 Tunbridge Wells 0–2 Croydon 47 Fareham Town 1–2 Dorchester Town 50 Gloucester City 1–2 Dudley Town 52 Whitley Bay 3–2 Easington Colliery Welfare 58 Feltham 2–1 Epsom & Ewell 60 Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Evesham United 75 Hungerford Town 3–0 Gosport Borough 76 Hillingdon Borough 4–1 Grays Athletic 77 Prestwich Heys 1–5 Great Harwood 78 Sutton Town 2–1 Gresley Rovers 80 Ware 3–3 Haringey Borough 82 Witney Town 2–1 Harrow Borough 83 Margate 1–2 Hastings United 86 Bromley 5–0 Herne Bay 87 Tring Town 2–3 Hertford Town 89 Tamworth 1–1 Hinckley Athletic 101 Worcester City 2–0 Llanelli 104 Banbury United 2–1 Lye Town 111 Bangor City 4–1 Nantwich Town 116 Waterlooville 0–1 Newport I O W 120 Ramsgate 1–0 Peacehaven & Telscombe 121 Washington 1–0 Penrith 122 Tiverton Town 3–1 Penzance 130 Congleton Town 0–2 Rhyl 135 Tonbridge 8–1 Sidley United 142 Weston Super Mare 3–2 Ton Pentre
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Alvechurch 0–1 Kidderminster Harriers 80 Ware 0–1 Haringey Borough 89 Hinckley Athletic 2–1 Tamworth
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Barking 1–3 Hillingdon Borough 2 Barnet 2–1 Erith & Belvedere 3 Boldon Community Association 2–1 Whitby Town 4 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–1 Halesowen Town 5 Brigg Town 1–0 Gainsborough Trinity 6 Burton Albion 2–1 Cheltenham Town 7 Calne Town 0–4 Merthyr Tydfil 8 Chertsey Town 1–1 Ilford 9 Cheshunt 2–1 Clapton 10 Chorley 1–0 Horwich R M I 11 Cinderford Town 0–4 Bridgend Town 12 Corinthian Casuals 0–2 Walthamstow Avenue 13 Crawley Town 3–2 Bromley 14 Crook Town 1–1 Blyth Spartans 15 Darlaston 0–1 Hinckley Athletic 16 Dorchester Town 4–3 Bridgwater Town 17 Dudley Town 0–2 A P Leamington 18 Dulwich Hamlet 1–1 Leyton Wingate 19 Durham City 1–2 Spennymoor United 20 Edgware Town 2–2 Boreham Wood 21 Enderby Town 5–0 Rothwell Town 22 Enfield 2–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 23 Farnborough Town 3–0 Newport I O W 24 Feltham 3–2 Maidenhead United 25 Finchley 2–2 Chesham United 26 Folkestone & Shepway 5–2 Eastbourne Town 27 Forest Green Rovers 0–2 Weston Super Mare 28 Formby 2–2 Darwen 29 Frickley Athletic 1–2 Appleby Frodingham 30 Goole Town 7–0 Selby Town 31 Gorleston 1–1 Chelmsford City 32 Great Harwood 0–1 Burscough 33 Hampton 1–1 Basingstoke Town 34 Haringey Borough 1–3 Billericay Town 35 Harlow Town 1–0 Cambridge City 36 Hastings United 5–1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 37 Hednesford Town 1–0 Buxton 38 Hemel Hempstead 2–2 Letchworth Garden City 39 Hertford Town 1–0 Kempston Rovers 40 Highgate United 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers 41 Holbeach United 0–1 Boston 42 Horsham 3–2 Andover 43 Horsham Y M C A 4–1 Eastbourne United 44 Hungerford Town 0–1 Salisbury 45 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–2 Corby Town 46 Lowestoft Town 4–1 Great Yarmouth Town 47 Maidstone United 5–0 Burgess Hill Town 48 March Town United 3–8 Arnold 49 Mossley 1–0 Curzon Ashton 50 Netherfield 1–1 Bishop Auckland 51 New Brighton 1–3 Winsford United 52 Newquay 2–3 Bideford 53 Oswestry Town 1–2 Rhyl 54 Oxford City 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 55 Poole Town 0–2 Frome Town 56 Ramsgate 2–0 Haywards Heath 57 Rossendale United 1–2 Runcorn 58 South Liverpool 2–2 Bangor City 59 St Albans City 2–0 Leytonstone 60 St Neots Town 4–4 Wisbech Town 61 Stalybridge Celtic 6–0 Sutton Town 62 Sutton United 2–0 Croydon 63 Swaythling 1–1 Bath City 64 Telford United 3–0 Leek Town 65 Tiverton Town 2–0 Chard Town 66 Tonbridge 1–0 Lewes 67 Washington 0–3 Consett 68 Wellingborough Town 1–2 Banbury United 69 Whitley Bay 3–1 Billingham Synthonia 70 Witney Town 0–3 Tilbury 71 Worcester City 1–0 Barry Town 72 Worksop Town 4–2 Emley
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 8 Ilford 6–1 Chertsey Town 14 Blyth Spartans 3–0 Crook Town 18 Leyton Wingate 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet 20 Boreham Wood 4–2 Edgware Town 25 Chesham United 0–0 Finchley 28 Darwen 2–0 Formby 31 Chelmsford City 5–0 Gorleston 33 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Hampton 38 Letchworth Garden City 4–3 Hemel Hempstead 50 Bishop Auckland 1–1 Netherfield 58 Bangor City 1–0 South Liverpool 60 Wisbech Town 2–1 St Neots Town 63 Bath City 3–0 Swaythling
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 25 Finchley 3–2 Chesham United 50 Netherfield 3–4 Bishop Auckland
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Appleby Frodingham 2–2 Brigg Town 2 Arnold 2–0 Boston 3 Banbury United 1–0 Oxford City 4 Bangor City 1–0 Rhyl 5 Bath City 2–0 Dorchester Town 6 Billericay Town 3–1 Walthamstow Avenue 7 Bishop Auckland 3–2 Boldon Community Association 8 Bridgend Town 1–3 Merthyr Tydfil 9 Burscough 3–0 Chorley 10 Burton Albion 1–0 Halesowen Town 11 Cheshunt 1–0 Hillingdon Borough 12 Consett 1–4 Blyth Spartans 13 Corby Town 1–2 Enderby Town 14 Enfield 4–0 Leyton Wingate 15 Finchley 1–5 Boreham Wood 16 Frome Town 2–2 Salisbury 17 Hampton 1–1 Ilford 18 Harlow Town 1–1 Chelmsford City 19 Hertford Town 0–3 Letchworth Garden City 20 Horsham 2–0 Farnborough Town 21 Horsham Y M C A 2–2 Folkestone & Shepway 22 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 A P Leamington 23 Maidstone United 1–1 Crawley Town 24 Runcorn 2–0 Darwen 25 St Albans City 2–4 Barnet 26 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 Hednesford Town 27 Sutton United 1–0 Hastings United 28 Telford United 1–0 Hinckley Athletic 29 Tilbury 4–1 Feltham 30 Tiverton Town 0–0 Bideford 31 Tonbridge 2–0 Ramsgate 32 Whitley Bay 2–2 Spennymoor United 33 Winsford United 1–1 Mossley 34 Wisbech Town 0–3 Lowestoft Town 35 Worcester City 1–1 Weston Super Mare 36 Worksop Town 2–2 Goole Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Brigg Town 1–2 Appleby Frodingham 16 Salisbury 1–0 Frome Town 17 Ilford 1–1 Hampton 18 Chelmsford City 2–1 Harlow Town 21 Folkestone & Shepway 3–0 Horsham Y M C A 23 Crawley Town 1–1 Maidstone United 26 Hednesford Town 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 30 Bideford 3–0 Tiverton Town 32 Spennymoor United 4–1 Whitley Bay 33 Mossley 3–3 Winsford United 35 Weston Super Mare 1–2 Worcester City 36 Goole Town 2–2 Worksop Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 23 Maidstone United 4-1 Crawley Town 25 Finchley 3–2 Chesham United 50 Netherfield 3–4 Bishop Auckland
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Stafford Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Matlock Town, Altrincham, Morecambe, Dartford, Bishop's Stortford, Hendon, Grantham, Boston United, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Leatherhead, Hitchin Town, Tooting & Mitcham United, Marine, Minehead, Nuneaton Borough, Wealdstone and Northwich Victoria.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Appleby Frodingham 0–2 Mossley 2 Arnold 3–0 Telford United 3 Bideford 1–0 Banbury United 4 Bishop Auckland 0–1 Blyth Spartans 5 Boreham Wood 3–2 Dartford 6 Boston United 1–2 A P Leamington 7 Burscough 0–0 Morecambe 8 Chelmsford City 0–3 Folkestone & Shepway 9 Goole Town 2–1 Matlock Town 10 Grantham 0–2 Burton Albion 11 Hampton 1–2 Barnet 12 Hendon 3–2 Billericay Town 13 Hitchin Town 2–2 Kettering Town 14 Horsham 0–4 Enfield 15 Leatherhead 4–1 Cheshunt 16 Letchworth Garden City 0–0 Enderby Town 17 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Bishop's Stortford 18 Marine 0–3 Wigan Athletic 19 Merthyr Tydfil 1–2 Bath City 20 Northwich Victoria 2–2 Stafford Rangers 21 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Hednesford Town 22 Runcorn 2–1 Altrincham 23 Salisbury 1–1 Minehead 24 Spennymoor United 2–1 Bangor City 25 Tilbury 4–3 Tonbridge 26 Tooting & Mitcham United 3–0 Sutton United 27 Wealdstone 2–1 Maidstone United 28 Worcester City 2–2 Weymouth
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Morecambe 0–1 Burscough 13 Kettering Town 2–1 Hitchin Town 16 Enderby Town 1–0 Letchworth Garden City 20 Stafford Rangers 2–1 Northwich Victoria 23 Minehead 2–1 Salisbury 28 Weymouth 2–1 Worcester City
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