1978–79 FA Trophy

Tenth season of the FA Trophy FA Trophy 1978-79 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 227 Stafford Rangers Kettering Town 1977-78 1979-80 The 1978–79 FA Trophy was the tenth season of the FA Trophy, and this was to be the last season in which the Northern Premier League, Southern League and Isthmian League would be Level 5 in the English Pyramid System. Preliminary round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 1-3 Bridlington Trinity 2 Arnold 1-1 Stourbridge 3 Ashford Town (Kent) 3-1 Bromley 4 Basingstoke Town 2-1 Welton Rovers 5 Bilston 2-1 Moor Green 6 Bootle 4-1 Connah's Quay Nomads 7 Boston 2-0 Spalding United 8 Bridport 2-3 Tiverton Town 9 Cinderford Town 0-1 Barry Town 10 Clacton Town 3-0 Gorleston 11 Clapton 4-0 Aveley 12 Colwyn Bay 1-0 Oswestry Town 13 Corby Town 1-0 St Albans City 14 Darlaston 1-0 Tamworth 15 Dawlish Town 1-1 Bridgwater Town 16 Dunstable 3-1 Wokingham Town 17 Eastwood Hanley 1-1 Bedworth United 18 Eastwood Town 6-1 Belper Town 19 Epsom & Ewell 1-1 Hounslow 20 Fareham Town 3-0 Andover 21 Finchley 0-1 Crawley Town 22 Folkestone & Shepway 3-1 Sheppey United 23 Glastonbury 1-3 Clevedon Town 24 Harwich & Parkeston 4-0 Sudbury Town 25 Heanor Town 1-3 Alvechurch 26 Hertford Town 6-1 Chesham United 27 Hornchurch 2-0 Hampton 28 Ilford 2-1 Addlestone 29 Kirkby Town 1-0 Skelmersdale United 30 Maidenhead United 3-2 Aylesbury United 31 Mangotsfield United 2-1 Shepton Mallet Town 32 Medway 0-0 Ramsgate 33 Paulton Rovers 1-2 Salisbury 34 Tonbridge 2-0 Sittingbourne 35 Trowbridge Town 2-2 Gloucester City 36 Walton & Hersham 1-1 Corinthian-Casuals 37 Wembley 2-1 Metropolitan Police Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Stourbridge 0-1 Arnold 15 Bridgwater Town 2-1 Dawlish Town 17 Bedworth United 1-0 Eastwood Hanley 19 Hounslow 0-1 Epsom & Ewell 32 Ramsgate 0-1 Medway 35 Gloucester City 1-2 Trowbridge Town 36 Corinthian-Casuals 0-0 Walton & Hersham 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 36 Walton & Hersham 1-2 Corinthian-Casuals First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alvechurch 2-2 Witney Town 2 Arnold 4-2 Wellingborough Town 3 Barking 7-0 Clacton Town 4 Barrow 2-1 Billingham Synthonia 5 Bideford 1-1 Dorchester Town 6 Bognor Regis Town 3-1 Ashford Town (Kent) 7 Bootle 3-1 Pwllheli & District 8 Boston 2-0 Ashton United 9 Bridgend Town 0-2 Llanelli 10 Bridgwater Town 3-1 Poole Town 11 Burscough 1-0 Rhyl 12 Cambridge City 2-2 Wealdstone 13 Clapton 2-2 King's Lynn 14 Clevedon Town 0-3 Weston super Mare 15 Colwyn Bay 0-2 Formby 16 Corby Town 0-2 Lye Town 17 Corinthian-Casuals 3-3 Basingstoke Town 18 Croydon 5-0 Epsom & Ewell 19 Darlaston 0-1 A P Leamington 20 Dudley Town 2-2 Bedworth United 21 Dulwich Hamlet 1-0 Carshalton Athletic 22 Dunstable 1-2 Hayes 23 Emley 1-1 Penrith 24 Enderby Town 2-1 Sutton Coldfield town 25 Evenwood Town 0-2 Accrington Stanley 26 Folkestone & Shepway 3-1 Crawley Town 27 Frome Town 1-2 Taunton Town 28 Harlow Town 1-1 Harwich & Parkeston 29 Harrow Borough 5-3 Ware 30 Hertford Town 0-1 Tilbury 31 Highgate United 1-1 Bilston 32 Horden Colliery Welfare 2-0 Durham City 33 Ilford 1-0 Hornchurch 34 Kirkby Town 2-1 St Helens Town 35 Leek Town 1-2 Mossley 36 Leytonstone 1-1 Boreham Wood 37 Long Eaton United 2-0 Worksop Town 38 Louth United 2-2 Eastwood Town 39 Maidenhead United 1-1 Kingstonian 40 Mangotsfield United 0-2 Redditch United 41 Medway 2-0 Horsham 42 Mexborough Town 1-2 Droylsden 43 Milton Keynes City 1-0 Lowestoft Town 44 Nantwich Town 0-2 Stalybridge Celtic 45 New Brighton 0-0 South Liverpool 46 New Mills{1} 1-2 Buxton 47 North Shields 0-0 Netherfield 48 Prestwich Heys 2-5 Gateshead 49 Radcliffe Borough 2-1 Ferryhill Athletic 50 Salisbury 1-1 Tiverton Town 51 Shildon 0-0 Bridlington Trinity 52 South Bank 0-4 Darwen 53 Sutton Town 2-0 Hyde United 54 Ton Pentre 0-3 Oxford City 55 Tonbridge 2-1 Fareham Town 56 Tow Law Town 1-0 West Auckland Town 57 Trowbridge Town 1-1 Barry Town 58 Wembley 1-1 Barnet 59 Whitley Bay 1-4 Horwich R M I 60 Wisbech Town 1-1 Chelmsford City 61 Witton Albion 2-1 Middlewich Athletic 62 Woking 2-2 Waterlooville Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Witney Town 2-1 Alvechurch 5 Dorchester Town 2-1 Bideford 12 Wealdstone 0-0 Cambridge City 13 King's Lynn 3-1 Clapton 17 Basingstoke Town 1-2 Corinthian-Casuals 20 Bedworth United 2-1 Dudley Town 23 Penrith 1-4 Emley 28 Harwich & Parkeston 0-1 Harlow Town 31 Bilston 3-2 Highgate United 36 Boreham Wood 2-2 Leytonstone 38 Eastwood Town 4-3 Louth United 39 Kingstonian 0-1 Maidenhead United 45 South Liverpool 3-2 New Brighton 47 Netherfield 1-3 North Shields 50 Tiverton Town 0-4 Salisbury 51 Bridlington Trinity 2-1 Shildon 57 Barry Town 4-1 Trowbridge Town 58 Barnet 2-3 Wembley 60 Chelmsford City 2-2 Wisbech Town 62 Waterlooville 3-3 Woking 2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 12 Wealdstone 2-1 Cambridge City 36 Leytonstone 0-4 Boreham Wood 60 Wisbech Town 2-3 Chelmsford City 62 Waterlooville 0-0 Woking 3rd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 62 Woking 1-0 Waterlooville Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Arnold 0-3 Eastwood Town 2 Barking 10-2 Chelmsford City 3 Barry Town 2-1 Weston super Mare 4 Bilston 1-5 Sutton Town 5 Bognor Regis Town 1-1 Woking 6 Bootle 0-3 Witton Albion 7 Boreham Wood 3-3 Tilbury 8 Boston 3-0 Bedworth United 9 Bridgwater Town 1-1 Salisbury 10 Bridlington Trinity 1-1 North Shields 11 Burscough 2-3 Barrow 12 Buxton 1-1 South Liverpool 13 Corinthian-Casuals 0-4 Wembley 14 Croydon 3-1 Folkestone & Shepway 15 Darwen 1-1 Tow Law Town 16 Droylsden 0-1 Accrington Stanley 17 Emley 1-1 Gateshead 18 Enderby Town 1-1 Long Eaton United 19 Harrow Borough 2-1 A P Leamington 20 Hayes 2-1 Milton Keynes City 21 Horden Colliery Welfare 0-0 Radcliffe Borough 22 Horwich R M I 3-0 Ashington 23 King's Lynn 2-1 Ilford 24 Llanelli 1-4 Redditch United 25 Lye Town 1-1 Witney Town 26 Medway 0-1 Maidenhead United 27 Mossley 2-2 Formby 28 Southall & Ealing Borough 0-1 Oxford City 29 Stalybridge Celtic 4-0 Kirkby Town 30 Taunton Town 3-2 Dorchester Town 31 Tonbridge 2-3 Dulwich Hamlet 32 Wealdstone 1-2 Harlow Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Woking 2-0 Bognor Regis Town 7 Tilbury 2-1 Boreham Wood 9 Salisbury 2-1 Bridgwater Town 10 North Shields 0-2 Bridlington Trinity 12 South Liverpool 0-2 Buxton 15 Tow Law Town 7-2 Darwen 17 Gateshead 2-1 Emley 18 Long Eaton United 4-2 Enderby Town 21 Radcliffe Borough 1-2 Horden Colliery Welfare 25 Witney Town 1-0 Lye Town 27 Formby 2-3 Mossley Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 6-1 Gateshead 2 Bishop Auckland 4-0 Willington 3 Bridlington Trinity 1-3 Chorley 4 Bromsgrove Rovers 0-2 Witney Town 5 Burton Albion 1-1 Grantham 6 Buxton 1-1 Gainsborough Trinity 7 Cheltenham Town 4-2 Banbury United 8 Dulwich Hamlet 1-2 Barking 9 Eastwood Town 1-0 Telford United 10 Enderby Town 1-1 Boston 11 Frickley Athletic 1-2 Barrow 12 Harlow Town 1-1 Croydon 13 Harrow Borough 2-0 Gravesend & Northfleet 14 Hayes 1-0 Hitchin Town 15 Hednesford Town 0-2 Northwich Victoria 16 Hillingdon Borough 2-0 Bishop's Stortford 17 Horden Colliery Welfare 0-1 Consett 18 King's Lynn 2-1 Sutton Town 19 Macclesfield Town 0-0 Witton Albion 20 Maidenhead United 1-2 Minehead 21 Margate 4-1 Dartford 22 Oxford CIty 1-4 Kidderminster Harriers 23 Redditch United 3-0 Barry Town 24 Salisbury 0-2 Taunton Town 25 Staines Town 1-2 Hastings United 26 Stalybridge Celtic 1-1 Mossley 27 Sutton United 4-0 Walthamstow Avenue 28 Tow Law Town 1-1 Horwich R M I 29 Wembley 0-3 Dover 30 Woking 0-0 Tilbury 31 Workington 2-2 Goole Town 32 Yeovil Town 8-1 Merthyr Tydfil Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Grantham 1-0 Burton Albion 6 Gainsborough Trinity 3-2 Buxton 10 Boston 1-1 Enderby Town 12 Croydon 0-1 Harlow Town 19 Witton Albion 3-1 Macclesfield Town 26 Mossley 2-3 Stalybridge Celtic 28 Horwich R M I 6-0 Tow Law Town 30 Tilbury 0-1 Woking 31 Goole Town 3-0 Workington 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Enderby Town 3-0 Boston 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Altrincham, Southport, Scarborough, Matlock Town, Morecambe, Stafford Rangers, Weymouth, Bedford Town, Kettering Town, Boston United, Atherstone Town, Runcorn, Lancaster City, Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Dagenham, Tooting & Mitcham United, Leatherhead, Spennymoor United, Falmouth Town, Nuneaton Borough, Bangor City, Hendon, Slough Town, Winsford United, Crook Town, Bath City, Maidstone United, Worcester City, Marine, Blyth Spartans and Whitby Town. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 1-2 Cheltenham Town 2 Atherstone Town 1-2 Boston United 3 Barrow 2-1 Southport 4 Bishop Auckland 0-0 Crook Town 5 Consett 3-2 Accrington Stanley 6 Dagenham 1-1 Tooting & Mitcham United 7 Dover 0-0 Bedford Town 8 Eastwood Town 0-5 Worcester City 9 Enderby Town 3-0 Winsford United 10 Gainsborough Trinity 1-2 Northwich Victoria 11 Goole Town 0-0 Blyth Spartans 12 Grantham 2-3 Runcorn 13 Hayes 2-0 Harrow Borough 14 Hendon 1-2 Witney Town 15 Kettering Town 1-1 Nuneaton Borough 16 Kidderminster Harriers 2-2 Witton Albion 17 King's Lynn 1-0 Redditch United 18 Leatherhead 2-1 Hillingdon Borough 19 Maidstone United 3-0 Harlow Town 20 Margate 2-1 Hastings United 21 Marine 3-1 Bangor City 22 Minehead 2-1 Bath City 23 Morecambe 0-1 Scarborough 24 Slough Town 3-0 Woking 25 Spennymoor United 2-1 Horwich R M I 26 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Matlock Town 27 Stalybridge Celtic 2-2 Chorley 28 Sutton United 0-1 Enfield 29 Weymouth 5-1 Taunton Town 30 Whitby Town 1-3 Lancaster City 31 Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Barking 32 Yeovil Town 3-0 Falmouth Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Crook Town 1-1 Bishop Auckland 6 Tooting & Mitcham United 0-0 Dagenham 7 Bedford Town 3-2 Dover 11 Blyth Spartans 2-1 Goole Town 15 Nuneaton Borough 0-1 Kettering Town 16 Witton Albion 4-2 Kidderminster Harriers 26 Matlock Town 1-2 Stafford Rangers 27 Chorley 2-1 Stalybridge Celtic 2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Bishop Auckland 2-0 Crook Town 6 Dagenham 3-1 Tooting & Mitcham United 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bedford Town 1-3 Runcorn 2 Bishop Auckland 4-2 King's Lynn 3 Blyth Spartans 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers 4 Boston United 4-0 Worcester City 5 Chorley 2-2 Cheltenham Town 6 Enderby Town 1-0 Minehead 7 Hayes 2-1 Consett 8 Kettering Town 3-0 Scarborough 9 Lancaster City 0-0 Leatherhead 10 Maidstone United 3-1 Slough Town 11 Margate 3-0 Marine 12 Northwich Victoria 1-3 Enfield 13 Weymouth 0-1 Stafford Rangers 14 Witney Town 0-2 Dagenham 15 Witton Albion 1-0 Spennymoor United 16 Yeovil Town 5-0 Barrow Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Wycombe Wanderers 3-0 Blyth Spartans 5 Cheltenham Town 2-1 Chorley 9 Leatherhead 4-1 Lancaster City 3rd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Cheltenham Town 0-4 Enfield 2 Enderby Town 2-2 Bishop Auckland 3 Hayes 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers 4 Kettering Town 2-0 Maidstone United 5 Leatherhead 0-1 Yeovil Town 6 Runcorn 0-0 Margate 7 Stafford Rangers 2-1 Boston United 8 Witton Albion 1-1 Dagenham Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Bishop Auckland 4-2 Enderby Town 3 Wycombe Wanderers 2-3 Hayes 6 Margate 0-2 Runcorn 8 Dagenham 1-1 Witton Albion 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 8 Witton Albion 1-3 Dagenham 4th round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bishop Auckland 1-1 Stafford Rangers 2 Dagenham 2-0 Yeovil Town 3 Kettering Town 1-1 Enfield 4 Runcorn 2-1 Hayes Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Stafford Rangers 3-1 Bishop Auckland 3 Enfield 0-3 Kettering Town Semi finals First leg Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Dagenham 0-0 Kettering Town 2 Runcorn 1-2 Stafford Rangers Second leg Tie Home team Score Away team Aggregate 1 Kettering Town 1-0 Dagenham 1-0 2 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Runcorn 3-2 Final Home team Score Away team Stafford Rangers 2-0 Kettering Town References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1978-79 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy