# 1978–79 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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
### Ties

| 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

| 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
### Ties

| 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

| 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

| 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

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 19 | Epping Town | 1–2 | Chalfont St Peter |
| 130 | South Bank | 2–1 | Wingate (Durham) |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| 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

| 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

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 14 | Brigg Town | 0–2 | Worksop Town |
| 49 | Medway | 0–6 | Eastbourne United |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| 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

| 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

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.

### Ties

| 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

| 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

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 22 | Nuneaton Borough | 2–1 | Matlock Town |

## 1978–79 FA Cup

See 1978-79 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.