1977–78 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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.

1977–78 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales

Preliminary round

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Ties

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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

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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

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Ties

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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

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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

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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

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Ties

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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

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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

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Tie Home team Score Away team
25 Finchley 3–2 Chesham United
50 Netherfield 3–4 Bishop Auckland

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

1977–78 FA Cup

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See 1977-78 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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