1977–78 FA Trophy

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1977-78 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Country England &  Wales
Teams235
ChampionsAltrincham
Runners-upLeatherhead
1976-77
1978-79

The 1977–78 FA Trophy was the ninth season of the FA Trophy.

Preliminary round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Accrington Stanley 5-0 Belper Town
2 Alton Town 1-0 Andover
3 Armitage 0-2 Enderby Town
4 Arnold 2-4 Boston
5 Aveley 0-2 Crawley Town
6 Bacup Borough 2-1 Bridlington Trinity
7 Barnstaple Town 2-0 Bridgwater Town
8 Barry Town 1-1 Ferndale Athletic
9 Bedworth United 2-1 Darlaston
10 Bilston 0-2 Hednesford Town
11 Bognor Regis Town 4-1 Corinthian-Casuals
12 Bootle 2-2 Colwyn Bay
13 Bromley 3-1 Canterbury City
14 Cambridge City 6-3 Dunstable
15 Cheshunt 4-2 Finchley
16 Cinderford Town 2-2 Clevedon
17 Clapton 2-3 Hampton
18 Dawlish Town 0-1 Glastonbury
19 Fareham Town 1-1 Oxford City
20 Frome Town 2-3 Gloucester City
21 Harlow Town 1-0 Hertford Town
22 Harwich & Parkeston 0-0 Lowestoft Town
23 Louth United 3-0 Eastwood Town
24 Moor Green 0-1 Dudley Town
25 Oswestry Town 0-0 Eastwood Hanley
26 Retford Town 0-1 Emley
27 Sheppey United 1-1 Ramsgate
28 Sittingbourne 0-2 Harrow Borough
29 Stowmarket Town 4-2 Letchworth Garden City
30 Sully 2-4 Llanelli
31 Sutton Coldfield Town 1-1 Heanor Town
32 Taunton Town 1-1 Dorchester Town
33 Thackley 2-2 Skelmersdale United
34 Tonbridge 1-1 Lewes
35 Trowbridge Town 1-0 Poole Town
36 Walton & Hersham 2-1 Hornchurch
37 Ware 1-0 Chesham United
38 Wellingborough Town 3-2 Lye Town
39 Welton Rovers 2-1 Mangotsfield United
40 Westland-Yeovil 0-1 Bridport
41 Weston super Mare 2-1 Shepton Mallet Town
42 Wisbech Town 1-1 Corby Town
43 Witney Town 2-1 Maidenhead United
44 Wokingham Town 1-2 Salisbury

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Ferndale Athletic 1-0 Barry Town
12 Colwyn Bay 2-3 Bootle
16 Clevedon 2-1 Cinderford Town
19 Oxford City 2-2 Fareham Town
22 Harwich & Parkeston 2-2 Lowestoft Town
25 Eastwood Hanley 2-1 Oswestry Town
27 Ramsgate 0-0 Sheppey United
31 Heanor Town 3-1 Sutton Coldfield Town
32 Dorchester Town 2-0 Taunton Town
33 Skelmersdale United 0-4 Thackley
34 Lewes 0-0 Tonbridge
42 Corby Town 1-0 Wisbech Town

2nd replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
19 Fareham Town 4-3 Oxford City
22 Harwich & Parkeston 3-4 Lowestoft Town
27 Sheppey United 2-1 Ramsgate
34 Tonbridge 5-0 Lewes

First qualifying round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 A P Leamington 0-0 Alvechurch
2 Accrington Stanley 0-0 Durham City
3 Alfreton Town 0-5 Boston
4 Ashford Town (Kent) 1-1 Tonbridge
5 Barnet 2-4 Carshalton Athletic
6 Bideford 2-1 Trowbridge Town
7 Billingham Synthonia 2-1 Bacup Borough
8 Bognor Regis Town 1-0 Southall & Ealing Borough
9 Boreham Wood 0-0 Salisbury
10 Bridgend Town 2-0 Ferndale Athletic
11 Bromley 1-1 Folkestone & Shepway
12 Cheshunt 3-0 Gorleston
13 Clevedon 0-1 Ton Pentre
14 Corby Town 0-0 Worksop Town
15 Crawley Town 3-2 Alton Town
16 Croydon 2-1 Basingstoke Town
17 Darwen 2-3 Shildon
18 Dorchester Town 0-1 Weston super Mare
19 Droylsden 5-1 Nelson
20 Dudley Town 0-0 Heanor Town
21 Dulwich Hamlet 3-1 Medway
22 Enderby Town 2-0 Spalding United
23 Fareham Town 0-1 Harrow Borough
24 Ferryhill Athletic 2-3 Horden Colliery Welfare
25 Formby 0-1 Ashton United
26 Frickley Athletic 1-1 Whitley Bay
27 Glastonbury 1-6 Barnstaple Town
28 Gloucester City 2-3 Paulton Rovers
29 Hayes 1-1 Kingstonian
30 Hednesford Town 4-0 Tamworth
31 Highgate United 1-2 Milton Keynes City
32 Horsham 1-0 Hampton
33 Ilford 2-0 Leytonstone
34 Kirkby Town 2-0 Rhyl
35 Leek Town 4-0 Hyde United
36 Llanelli 0-2 Cheltenham Town
37 Long Eaton United 0-1 Ilkeston Town
38 Louth United 0-2 Sutton Town
39 Lowestoft Town 2-2 Barking
40 Middlewich Athletic 0-1 Thackley
41 Mossley 1-3 Witton Albion
42 Nantwich Town 2-0 New Mills{1}
43 Netherfield 3-1 Evenwood Town
44 New Brighton Rakers 1-0 Burscough
45 North Shields 1-1 Emley
46 Penrith 0-2 Great Harwood
47 Prestwich Heys 1-3 Horwich R M I
48 Radcliffe Borough 3-3 Buxton
49 Sheppey United 0-1 Gravesend & Northfleet
50 St Albans City 1-2 Wembley
51 St Helens Town 4-1 Eastwood Hanley
52 Stalybridge Celtic 3-2 Bootle
53 Stourbridge 1-1 Redditch United
54 Stowmarket Town 1-1 Harlow Town
55 Tilbury 0-1 Walthamstow Avenue
56 Tow Law Town 2-0 Rossendale United
57 Ware 2-2 Cambridge City
58 Waterlooville 2-0 Metropolitan Police
59 Wealdstone 1-1 Walton & Hersham
60 Wellingborough Town 3-0 Bedworth United
61 Welton Rovers 1-1 Bridport
62 West Auckland Town 0-2 South Bank
63 Witney Town 0-2 Woking

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alvechurch 0-2 A P Leamington
2 Durham City 1-0 Accrington Stanley
4 Tonbridge 4-1 Ashford Town (Kent)
9 Salisbury 1-0 Boreham Wood
11 Folkestone & Shepway 2-3 Bromley
14 Worksop Town 0-1 Corby Town
20 Heanor Town 1-2 Dudley Town
26 Whitley Bay 1-2 Frickley Athletic
29 Kingstonian 4-3 Hayes
39 Barking 2-1 Lowestoft Town
45 Emley 3-1 North Shields
48 Buxton 3-0 Radcliffe Borough
53 Redditch United 5-3 Stourbridge
54 Harlow Town 1-0 Stowmarket Town
57 Cambridge City 3-1 Ware
59 Walton & Hersham 1-2 Wealdstone
61 Bridport 3-1 Welton Rovers

Second qualifying round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 A P Leamington 3-1 Corby Town
2 Barking 3-4 Harlow Town
3 Barnstaple Town 1-1 Weston super Mare
4 Barrow 2-1 Durham City
5 Boston 0-0 Dudley Town
6 Bridport 0-2 Waterlooville
7 Carshalton Athletic 0-1 Harrow Borough
8 Cheshunt 1-3 Walthamstow Avenue
9 Emley 4-0 Thackley
10 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-0 Croydon
11 Hednesford Town 0-0 Leek Town
12 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-1 Great Harwood
13 Horwich R M I 2-0 Droylsden
14 Ilford 1-1 Cambridge City
15 Ilkeston Town 1-4 Stalybridge Celtic
16 Kingstonian 4-1 Crawley Town
17 Nantwich Town 2-5 Ashton United
18 Netherfield 2-0 Billingham Synthonia
19 Paulton Rovers 2-3 Bridgend Town
20 Redditch United 2-3 Enderby Town
21 Salisbury 0-1 Cheltenham Town
22 Shildon 1-3 Frickley Athletic
23 South Bank 0-2 Tow Law Town
24 St Helens Town 3-1 Buxton
25 Sutton Town 1-0 Kirkby Town
26 Ton Pentre 0-1 Bideford
27 Tonbridge 2-3 Horsham
28 Wealdstone 4-2 Dulwich Hamlet
29 Wellingborough Town 1-0 Milton Keynes City
30 Wembley 2-2 Bognor Regis Town
31 Witton Albion 1-3 New Brighton Rakers
32 Woking 3-1 Bromley

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Weston super Mare 3-0 Barnstaple Town
5 Dudley Town 2-0 Boston
11 Leek Town 0-2 Hednesford Town
12 Great Harwood 3-1 Horden Colliery Welfare
14 Cambridge City 2-1 Ilford
30 Bognor Regis Town 2-0 Wembley

Third qualifying round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 A P Leamington 1-3 Worcester City
2 Ashton United 6-0 South Liverpool
3 Banbury United 2-1 Kidderminster Harriers
4 Barrow 0-2 Frickley Athletic
5 Bideford 0-2 Bridgend Town
6 Blyth Spartans 3-0 St Helens Town
7 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-0 Bishop's Stortford
8 Burton Albion 3-1 Sutton Town
9 Cambridge City 3-0 Enderby Town
10 Cheltenham Town 7-1 Bath City
11 Dover 0-1 Sutton United
12 Dudley Town 1-0 Macclesfield Town
13 Grantham 3-2 King's Lynn
14 Gravesend & Northfleet 5-0 Margate
15 Harlow Town 1-2 Walthstow Avenue
16 Harrow Borough 3-0 Wealdstone
17 Hednesford Town 4-2 Telford United
18 Hillingdon Borough 1-0 Bognor Regis Town
19 Horsham 0-2 Staines Town
20 Horwich R M I 0-1 Chorley
21 Kingstonian 0-1 Woking
22 Maidstone United 0-0 Hastings United
23 Marine 3-0 Netherfield
24 Mexborough Town 2-3 Great Harwood
25 New Brighton Rakers 0-2 Goole Town
26 Romford{2} 0-0 Chelmsford City
27 Stalybridge Celtic 1-3 Gainsborough Trinity
28 Tow Law Town 1-0 Emley
29 Waterlooville 0-1 Dartford
30 Wellingborough Town 3-3 Hitchin Town
31 Weston super Mare 0-2 Merthyr Tydfil
32 Whitby Town 2-1 Bishop Auckland

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
22 Hastings United 2-0 Maidstone United (Hastings disqualified)
26 Chelmsford City 2-3 Romford{2}
30 Hitchin Town 2-1 Wellingborough Town

1st round[]

The teams that given byes to this round are Scarborough, Workington, Matlock Town, Morecambe, Stafford Rangers, Weymouth, Wigan Athletic, Bedford Town, Kettering Town, Boston United, Yeovil Town, Atherstone Town, Runcorn, Lancaster City, Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Dagenham, Tooting & Mitcham United, Leatherhead, Willington, Spennymoor United, Falmouth Town, Altrincham, Minehead, Nuneaton Borough, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City, Hendon, Slough Town, Winsford United, Consett and Crook Town.

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashton United 1-3 Wigan Athletic
2 Banbury United 1-2 Leatherhead
3 Bedford Town 2-0 Hillingdon Borough
4 Boston United 4-1 Worcester City
5 Bridgend Town 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
6 Cheltenham Town 1-2 Hednesford Town
7 Consett 0-1 Lancaster City
8 Crook Town 2-1 Blyth Spartans
9 Dartford 2-0 Sutton United
10 Dudley Town 1-2 Atherstone Town
11 Enfield 2-0 Staines Town
12 Falmouth Town 3-0 Minehead
13 Frickley Athletic 4-0 Morecambe
14 Goole Town 3-1 Tow Law Town
15 Great Harwood 1-2 Whitby Town
16 Harrow Borough 0-1 Dagenham
17 Maidstone United 0-0 Slough Town
18 Marine 1-4 Chorley
19 Matlock Town 1-0 Burton Albion
20 Merthyr Tydfil 4-1 Hitchin Town
21 Nuneaton Borough 2-0 Grantham
22 Romford{2} 0-2 Hendon
23 Scarborough 2-2 Bangor City
24 Spennymoor United 2-1 Gainsborough Trinity
25 Stafford Rangers 0-0 Bromsgrove Rovers
26 Tooting & Mitcham United 3-0 Cambridge City
27 Walthamstow Avenue 1-1 Kettering Town
28 Weymouth 2-1 Yeovil Town
29 Willington 1-1 Runcorn
30 Winsford United 1-0 Northwich Victoria
31 Woking 0-0 Gravesend & Northfleet
32 Workington 0-0 Altrincham

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
17 Slough Town 1-1 Maidstone United
23 Bangor City 1-1 Scarborough
25 Bromsgrove Rovers 0-2 Stafford Rangers
27 Kettering Town 0-1 Walthamstow Avenue
29 Runcorn 4-0 Willington
31 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-0 Woking
32 Altrincham 4-0 Workington

2nd replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
17 Maidstone United 0-1 Slough Town
23 Scarborough 1-4 Bangor City

2nd round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 4-0 Frickley Athletic
2 Atherstone Town 1-0 Stafford Rangers
3 Bedford Town 1-1 Hednesford Town
4 Dagenham 4-2 Crook Town
5 Goole Town 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
6 Hendon 4-0 Falmouth Town
7 Leatherhead 5-1 Dartford
8 Merthyr Tydfil 4-0 Gravesend & Northfleet
9 Nuneaton Borough 0-0 Bangor City
10 Runcorn 1-0 Boston United
11 Tooting & Mitcham United 3-1 Lancaster City
12 Walthamstow Avenue 3-1 Chorley
13 Weymouth 0-1 Matlock Town
14 Whitby Town 3-5 Spennymoor United
15 Wigan Athletic 1-1 Enfield
16 Winsford United 1-0 Slough Town

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Hednesford Town 2-2 Bedford Town
9 Bangor City 2-1 Nuneaton Borough
15 Enfield 1-1 Wigan Athletic

2nd replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Bedford Town 1-0 Hednesford Town
15 Wigan Athletic 3-0 Enfield

3rd round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Goole Town 1-2 Merthyr Tydfil
2 Hendon 1-1 Bedford Town
3 Leatherhead 2-0 Wigan Athletic
4 Matlock Town 1-1 Altrincham
5 Runcorn 1-0 Tooting & Mitcham United
6 Spennymoor United 2-1 Atherstone Town
7 Walthamstow Avenue 0-1 Dagenham
8 Winsford United 3-1 Bangor City

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Bedford Town 2-1 Hendon
4 Altrincham 2-0 Matlock Town

4th round[]

Ties[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 4-2 Winsford United
2 Bedford Town 0-0 Leatherhead
3 Merthyr Tydfil 0-0 Runcorn
4 Spennymoor United 1-0 Dagenham

Replays[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Leatherhead 5-2 Bedford Town
3 Runcorn 3-2 Merthyr Tydfil

Semi finals[]

First leg[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 0-0 Runcorn
2 Leatherhead 2-0 Spennymoor United

Second leg[]

Tie Home Team Score Away Team Aggregate
1 Runcorn 0-1 Altrincham 0-1
2 Spennymoor United 2-1 Leatherhead 2-3

Final[]

Home Team Score Away Team
Altrincham 3-1 Leatherhead

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