# 1977–78 FA Trophy

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 |