Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1978–79 is the 98th 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 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Lancaster City 2 Alfreton Town 2–5 Mexborough Town 3 Andover 1–1 Newbury Town 4 Appleby Frodingham 1–2 Eastwood Town 5 Banbury United 4–2 Thame United 6 Barry Town 2–0 Mangotsfield United 7 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Tow Law Town 8 Bourne Town 1–4 Arnold 9 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–2 Alvechurch 10 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–1 Lye Town 11 Burgess Hill Town 1–3 Alton Town 12 Burton Albion 0–1 Oxford City 13 Bury Town 1–2 King's Lynn 14 Carlisle City 4–2 Annfield Plain 15 Chesham United 3–3 Berkhamsted Town 16 Clapton 1–6 Barking 17 Consett 1–1 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 18 Corby Town 0–1 Barton Rovers 19 Cowes 0–0 Fareham Town 20 Crook Town 1–2 South Bank 21 Desborough Town 0–3 Friar Lane Old Boys 22 Didcot Town 1–1 Aylesbury United 23 East Grinstead 1–2 Canterbury City 24 Eastbourne United 1–0 Ashford Town (Kent) 25 Egham Town 2–3 Camberley Town 26 Epsom & Ewell 2–0 Addlestone 27 Farnborough Town 1–0 Maidenhead United 28 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Bridlington Town 29 Faversham Town 1–3 Hastings United 30 Felixstowe Town 1–0 Hoddesdon Town 31 Feltham 2–0 Hayes 32 Finchley 0–1 Hillingdon Borough 33 Folkestone & Shepway 2–1 Bromley 34 Forest Green Rovers 8–1 Calne Town 35 Formby 3–1 Ashton United 36 Frome Town 0–3 Gloucester City 37 Glastonbury 0–3 Bath City 38 Gorleston 1–0 Cambridge City 39 Gravesend & Northfleet 6–2 Aveley 40 Grays Athletic 5–1 Cheshunt 41 Halesowen Town 2–0 Bilston 42 Hampton 2–0 Banstead Athletic 43 Haringey Borough 1–3 Ilford 44 Harlow Town 1–1 Hemel Hempstead 45 Harrow Borough 0–2 Hertford Town 46 Haverhill Rovers 0–0 Lowestoft Town 47 Heanor Town 0–3 Boston United 48 Herne Bay 1–1 Horsham Y M C A 49 Holbeach United 0–3 Louth United 50 Horsham 4–0 Littlehampton Town 51 Ilminster Town 1–0 Poole Town 52 Kidderminster Harriers 5–0 Moor Green 53 Leek Town 2–2 Bangor City 54 Liskeard Athletic 1–0 Barnstaple Town 55 Macclesfield Town 2–4 Marine 56 Margate 2–0 Redhill 57 Mossley 2–1 Burscough 58 Nantwich Town 1–2 Prescot Town 59 Newmarket Town 1–2 Olney Town 60 Newquay 2–2 Penzance 61 North Ferriby United 2–0 Selby Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Newbury Town 1–2 Andover 15 Berkhamsted Town 1–0 Chesham United 17 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 0–7 Consett 19 Fareham Town 2–0 Cowes 22 Aylesbury United 2–1 Didcot Town 44 Hemel Hempstead 0–4 Harlow Town 46 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Haverhill Rovers 48 Horsham Y M C A 1–0 Herne Bay 53 Bangor City 1–2 Leek Town 60 Penzance 2–1 Newquay
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Arundel 2–3 Bognor Regis Town 2 Ashington 0–1 Bishop Auckland 3 Atherstone Town 2–0 Belper Town 4 Barnet 2–1 Bracknell Town 5 Barton Town 1–3 Boston 6 Bedford Town 2–1 Bishop's Stortford 7 Bedworth United 0–0 Brereton Social 8 Bexhill Town 1–1 Crawley Town 9 Bideford 2–1 Falmouth Town 10 Billericay Town 2–1 Chelmsford City 11 Boldon Community Association 2–0 Durham City 12 Boreham Wood 3–2 Burnham 13 Bridgwater Town 1–0 Chard Town 14 Bridlington Trinity 1–0 Emley 15 Bridport 0–1 Dorchester Town 16 Brigg Town 1–1 Spalding United 17 Buxton 3–1 Glossop 18 Carshalton Athletic 3–0 Chertsey Town 19 Chalfont St Peter 0–0 Epping Town 20 Cheltenham Town 6–1 Clevedon Town 21 Chichester City 1–1 Dorking Town 22 Chippenham Town 2–2 Cinderford Town 23 Chorley 3–0 Darwen 24 Clacton Town 0–4 Ely City 25 Clitheroe 0–1 Curzon Ashton 26 Congleton Town 1–2 Droylsden 27 Corinthian Casuals 0–0 Edgware Town 28 Cray Wanderers 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet 29 Croydon 1–0 Erith & Belvedere 30 Darlaston 1–1 Evesham United 31 Dover 3–0 Eastbourne Town 32 Dudley Town 3–0 Gresley Rovers 33 Easington Colliery Welfare 2–1 West Auckland Town 34 Enderby Town 3–4 Gainsborough Trinity 35 Evenwood Town 2–2 North Shields 36 Fleetwood Town 0–0 Netherfield 37 Frickley Athletic 0–2 Hednesford Town 38 Gateshead 1–0 Horden Colliery Welfare 39 Gornal Athletic 0–2 Kempston Rovers 40 Grantham 5–3 Ashby Institute 41 Great Yarmouth Town 1–1 Harwich & Parkeston 42 Guisborough Town 2–2 Consett 43 Haywards Heath 4–0 Wigmore Athletic 44 Highgate United 2–1 Stourbridge 45 Hinckley Athletic 5–0 Long Eaton United 46 Histon 3–1 Parson Drove United 47 Hornchurch 1–1 Leytonstone 48 Hounslow 1–1 St Albans City 49 Hungerford Town 5–1 Swaythling 50 Hyde United 1–1 Skelmersdale United 51 Irthlingborough Diamonds 3–0 Friar Lane Old Boys 52 Kingstonian 1–0 Tring Town 53 Larkhall Athletic 3–3 Paulton Rovers 54 Letchworth Garden City 5–1 Felixstowe Town 55 Lewes 1–1 Ramsgate 56 Leyland Motors 1–2 Horwich R M I 57 Leyton Wingate 1–0 Tilbury 58 Llanelli 1–3 Shepton Mallet Town 59 Lytham 0–2 Barrow 60 Maidstone United 2–0 Horsham Y M C A 61 March Town United 4–1 Chatteris Town 62 Marlow 1–1 Feltham 63 Medway 4–1 Sidley United 64 Melksham Town 1–0 Gloucester City 65 Merthyr Tydfil 4–0 Bridgend Town 66 Metropolitan Police 1–0 Harlow Town 67 Milton Keynes City 2–0 Coventry Sporting 68 Molesey 2–2 Hillingdon Borough 69 New Brighton 1–3 Prestwich Heys 70 New Mills 2–0 Denaby United 71 Newport I O W 0–1 Basingstoke Town 72 Oldbury United 1–1 Willenhall Town 73 Oswestry Town 1–1 St Helens Town 74 Penrith 0–4 Lancaster City 75 Porthmadog 3–1 Marine 76 Potton United 0–1 Rushden Town 77 Racing Club Warwick 1–1 Tamworth 78 Radcliffe Borough 0–6 Runcorn 79 Rainham Town 0–4 Walthamstow Avenue 80 Redditch United 3–2 Tividale 81 Retford Town 2–1 Stamford 82 Rhyl 2–0 Prescot Town 83 Ringmer 0–2 Hastings United 84 Rothwell Town 1–1 Olney Town 85 Ruislip Manor 0–3 Southall & Ealing Borough 86 Salisbury 4–0 Welton Rovers 87 Saltash United 8–1 Penzance 88 Selsey 2–3 Tunbridge Wells 89 Sheppey United 1–4 Canterbury City 90 Shildon 3–1 Whitley Bay 91 Sittingbourne 1–4 Eastbourne United 92 Skegness Town 0–1 Louth United 93 Slough Town 2–0 Farnborough Town 94 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0–3 Tonbridge 95 Soham Town Rangers 2–0 Sudbury Town 96 South Liverpool 0–3 Formby 97 Southwick 1–2 Horsham 98 Spennymoor United 2–1 Carlisle City 99 St Blazey 0–3 Taunton Town 100 St Neots Town 1–0 King's Lynn 101 Staines Town 2–1 Willesden 102 Stalybridge Celtic 3–1 Leek Town 103 Stowmarket 0–1 Lowestoft Town 104 Stratford Town 2–2 Kidderminster Harriers 105 Sutton Coldfield Town 3–0 Oxford City 106 Sutton Town 0–0 Boston United 107 Sutton United 2–1 Hertford Town 108 Telford United 0–1 Halesowen Town 109 Thetford Town 1–5 Gorleston 110 Three Bridges 0–2 Margate 111 Tiverton Town 1–0 Ilminster Town 112 Ton Pentre 0–1 Barry Town 113 Trowbridge Town 1–0 Forest Green Rovers 114 Uxbridge 2–1 Berkhamsted Town 115 V S Rugby 2–0 Dunstable 116 Wadebridge Town 0–2 Liskeard Athletic 117 Wallsend Town 1–0 Ferryhill Athletic 118 Walton & Hersham 2–3 Camberley Town 119 Ware 0–2 Barking 120 Washington 3–2 Blue Star 121 Waterlooville 2–0 Fareham Town 122 Welling United 1–2 Gravesend & Northfleet 123 Wellingborough Town 1–1 Arnold 124 Wembley 0–0 Grays Athletic 125 Weston Super Mare 1–2 Bath City 126 Whitby Town 3–3 Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare 127 Whitstable Town 1–1 Folkestone & Shepway 128 Willington 0–1 Billingham Synthonia 129 Windsor & Eton 1–0 Hampton 130 Wingate (Durham) 0–0 South Bank 131 Winsford United 3–0 Mexborough Town 132 Winterton Rangers 0–0 North Ferriby United 133 Wisbech Town 0–2 Barton Rovers 134 Witney Town 0–2 Banbury United 135 Witton Albion 4–2 Mossley 136 Woking 3–1 Epsom & Ewell 137 Wokingham Town 2–0 Aylesbury United 138 Wolverton Town & B R 1–2 Alvechurch 139 Worcester City 1–0 Bromsgrove Rovers 140 Worksop Town 2–1 Eastwood Town 141 Worthing 4–1 Alton Town 142 Yeovil Town 4–0 Andover 143 Yorkshire Amateur 0–0 Bridlington Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Brereton Social 3–2 Bedworth United 8 Crawley Town 1–1 Bexhill Town 16 Spalding United 3–4 Brigg Town 19 Epping Town 1–1 Chalfont St Peter 21 Dorking Town 3–2 Chichester City 22 Cinderford Town 2–1 Chippenham Town 27 Edgware Town 4–0 Corinthian Casuals 30 Evesham United 2–4 Darlaston 35 North Shields 1–0 Evenwood Town 36 Netherfield 1–1 Fleetwood Town 41 Harwich & Parkeston 4–1 Great Yarmouth Town 42 Consett 3–2 Guisborough Town 47 Leytonstone 4–1 Hornchurch 48 St Albans City 4–2 Hounslow 50 Skelmersdale United 0–1 Hyde United 53 Paulton Rovers 2–1 Larkhall Athletic 55 Ramsgate 3–0 Lewes 62 Feltham 3–0 Marlow 68 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Molesey 72 Willenhall Town 2–0 Oldbury United 73 St Helens Town 0–0 Oswestry Town 77 Tamworth 1–0 Racing Club Warwick 84 Olney Town 0–1 Rothwell Town 104 Kidderminster Harriers 7–0 Stratford Town 106 Boston United 2–1 Sutton Town 123 Arnold 2–1 Wellingborough Town 124 Grays Athletic 4–1 Wembley 126 Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare 0–1 Whitby Town 127 Folkestone & Shepway 5–0 Whitstable Town 130 South Bank 1–1 Wingate (Durham) 132 North Ferriby United 0–1 Winterton Rangers 143 Bridlington Town 2–3 Yorkshire Amateur
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 8 Bexhill Town 0–1 Crawley Town 19 Chalfont St Peter 0–0 Epping Town 36 Fleetwood Town 2–0 Netherfield 73 Oswestry Town 3–2 St Helens Town 130 Wingate (Durham) 0–0 South Bank
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 19 Epping Town 1–2 Chalfont St Peter 130 South Bank 2–1 Wingate (Durham)
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Atherstone Town 1–3 Irthlingborough Diamonds 2 Barnet 3–2 Feltham 3 Bedford Town 5–2 Rothwell Town 4 Bideford 2–0 Saltash United 5 Billericay Town 5–1 Letchworth Garden City 6 Bishop Auckland 0–0 Consett 7 Bognor Regis Town 0–2 Waterlooville 8 Boldon Community Association 3–2 Washington 9 Boreham Wood 0–2 Hillingdon Borough 10 Boston 0–1 Grantham 11 Brereton Social 3–2 Sutton Coldfield Town 12 Bridgwater Town 5–1 Tiverton Town 13 Bridlington Trinity 2–2 Winterton Rangers 14 Brigg Town 1–1 Worksop Town 15 Buxton 2–0 Rhyl 16 Carshalton Athletic 1–2 Slough Town 17 Chalfont St Peter 0–2 Sutton United 18 Cheltenham Town 6–0 Melksham Town 19 Chorley 2–1 Barrow 20 Cinderford Town 0–1 Merthyr Tydfil 21 Crawley Town 1–2 Hastings United 22 Croydon 0–2 Margate 23 Curzon Ashton 1–2 Horwich R M I 24 Darlaston 5–0 Milton Keynes City 25 Dorchester Town 1–0 Basingstoke Town 26 Dorking Town 0–2 Horsham 27 Dover 0–0 Maidstone United 28 Droylsden 3–1 Porthmadog 29 Dudley Town 2–0 Kidderminster Harriers 30 Dulwich Hamlet 4–0 Ilford 31 Easington Colliery Welfare 1–3 Billingham Synthonia 32 Edgware Town 1–0 Metropolitan Police 33 Ely City 1–2 Lowestoft Town 34 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Lancaster City 35 Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Louth United 36 Gateshead 6–0 Wallsend Town 37 Harwich & Parkeston 1–1 March Town United 38 Haywards Heath 1–2 Worthing 39 Hednesford Town 4–0 New Mills 40 Highgate United 0–0 Worcester City 41 Hinckley Athletic 1–0 Arnold 42 Histon 0–1 St Neots Town 43 Hungerford Town 4–4 Yeovil Town 44 Hyde United 2–2 Formby 45 Kempston Rovers 3–1 V S Rugby 46 Kingstonian 3–0 Uxbridge 47 Leyton Wingate 2–0 Grays Athletic 48 Leytonstone 1–2 Barking 49 Medway 0–0 Eastbourne United 50 North Shields 0–3 Spennymoor United 51 Oswestry Town 0–1 Winsford United 52 Paulton Rovers 1–2 Barry Town 53 Prestwich Heys 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic 54 Ramsgate 1–0 Canterbury City 55 Redditch United 1–0 Alvechurch 56 Retford Town 1–4 Boston United 57 Runcorn 3–1 Witton Albion 58 Rushden Town 1–1 Barton Rovers 59 Salisbury 0–2 Bath City 60 Shepton Mallet Town 1–2 Trowbridge Town 61 Shildon 2–1 South Bank 62 Soham Town Rangers 0–3 Gorleston 63 Southall & Ealing Borough 2–2 Camberley Town 64 St Albans City 0–0 Wokingham Town 65 Staines Town 0–0 Windsor & Eton 66 Tamworth 0–2 Halesowen Town 67 Taunton Town 6–0 Liskeard Athletic 68 Tonbridge 2–3 Folkestone & Shepway 69 Tunbridge Wells 0–2 Woking 70 Walthamstow Avenue 2–3 Gravesend & Northfleet 71 Whitby Town 1–2 Yorkshire Amateur 72 Willenhall Town 2–0 Banbury United
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Consett 2–1 Bishop Auckland 13 Winterton Rangers 2–1 Bridlington Trinity 14 Worksop Town 1–1 Brigg Town 27 Maidstone United 1–0 Dover 34 Lancaster City 0–1 Fleetwood Town 35 Louth United 1–2 Gainsborough Trinity 37 March Town United 2–1 Harwich & Parkeston 40 Worcester City 3–2 Highgate United 43 Yeovil Town 3–0 Hungerford Town 44 Formby 2–1 Hyde United 49 Eastbourne United 0–0 Medway 53 Stalybridge Celtic 4–1 Prestwich Heys 58 Barton Rovers 3–1 Rushden Town 63 Camberley Town 1–3 Southall & Ealing Borough 64 Wokingham Town 4–1 St Albans City 65 Windsor & Eton 1–0 Staines Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 14 Brigg Town 0–2 Worksop Town 49 Medway 0–6 Eastbourne United
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Barking 2–0 Billericay Town 2 Barry Town 0–2 Merthyr Tydfil 3 Barton Rovers 0–2 Bedford Town 4 Bath City 7–1 Bridgwater Town 5 Billingham Synthonia 0–0 Boldon Community Association 6 Boston United 3–0 Gainsborough Trinity 7 Eastbourne United 2–1 Hastings United 8 Fleetwood Town 0–1 Chorley 9 Folkestone & Shepway 0–2 Margate 10 Formby 0–0 Horwich R M I 11 Gorleston 3–1 Lowestoft Town 12 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 Dulwich Hamlet 13 Halesowen Town 0–1 Dudley Town 14 Hinckley Athletic 1–2 Irthlingborough Diamonds 15 Kingstonian 0–0 Hillingdon Borough 16 Leyton Wingate 1–1 Edgware Town 17 Ramsgate 1–3 Maidstone United 18 Redditch United 0–0 Brereton Social 19 Runcorn 1–1 Buxton 20 Shildon 1–8 Gateshead 21 Southall & Ealing Borough 1–0 Slough Town 22 Spennymoor United 0–0 Consett 23 St Neots Town 2–3 March Town United 24 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 Droylsden 25 Taunton Town 3–0 Bideford 26 Trowbridge Town 0–4 Cheltenham Town 27 Willenhall Town 0–2 Kempston Rovers 28 Windsor & Eton 0–1 Sutton United 29 Winsford United 1–2 Hednesford Town 30 Woking 5–2 Horsham 31 Wokingham Town 0–4 Barnet 32 Worcester City 7–1 Darlaston 33 Worksop Town 0–0 Grantham 34 Worthing 1–1 Waterlooville 35 Yeovil Town 2–1 Dorchester Town 36 Yorkshire Amateur 1–0 Winterton Rangers
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Boldon Community Association 2–4 Billingham Synthonia 10 Horwich R M I 5–1 Formby 12 Dulwich Hamlet 0–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 15 Hillingdon Borough 3–2 Kingstonian 16 Edgware Town 3–1 Leyton Wingate 18 Brereton Social 0–1 Redditch United 19 Buxton 0–4 Runcorn 22 Consett 1–2 Spennymoor United 24 Droylsden 3–1 Stalybridge Celtic 33 Grantham 0–3 Worksop Town 34 Waterlooville 3–0 Worthing
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Southport, Workington, Dagenham, Stafford Rangers, Matlock Town, Morecambe, Dartford, Hendon, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Hitchin Town, Tooting & Mitcham United, Minehead, Nuneaton Borough, Wealdstone, Northwich Victoria, A P Leamington, Goole Town, Blyth Spartans and Enfield.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A P Leamington 0–0 Hednesford Town 2 Barking 3–1 Bedford Town 3 Bath City 1–1 Worcester City 4 Billingham Synthonia 0–1 Blyth Spartans 5 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Yeovil Town 6 Chorley 4–2 Yorkshire Amateur 7 Dagenham 0–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds 8 Droylsden 2–0 Goole Town 9 Dudley Town 0–1 Worksop Town 10 Edgware Town 0–1 Barnet 11 Gateshead 1–1 Workington 12 Gorleston 2–6 Enfield 13 Gravesend & Northfleet 3–1 Eastbourne United 14 Hendon 1–3 Hitchin Town 15 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 16 Kettering Town 1–3 Boston United 17 March Town United 2–1 Southall & Ealing Borough 18 Margate 1–7 Woking 19 Merthyr Tydfil 2–0 Minehead 20 Morecambe 3–1 Horwich R M I 21 Northwich Victoria 0–0 Southport 22 Nuneaton Borough 2–2 Matlock Town 23 Spennymoor United 0–0 Runcorn 24 Stafford Rangers 2–1 Redditch United 25 Sutton United 0–2 Dartford 26 Taunton Town 0–2 Weymouth 27 Waterlooville 1–2 Maidstone United 28 Wealdstone 1–0 Kempston Rovers
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hednesford Town 2–3 A P Leamington 3 Worcester City 2–1 Bath City 7 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–2 Dagenham 11 Workington 3–2 Gateshead 21 Southport 2–0 Northwich Victoria 22 Matlock Town 2–2 Nuneaton Borough 23 Runcorn 2–1 Spennymoor United
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 22 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Matlock Town
1978–79 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1978-79 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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