1977–78 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 1977-78 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 235 Altrincham Leatherhead 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 References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1977-78 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy