- Preliminary round Ties Replays 2nd Replays
- First Qualifying Round Ties Replays
- Second Qualifying Round Ties Replays
- Third Qualifying Round Ties Replays
- 1st round Ties Replays 2nd Replays
- 2nd Round Ties Replays 2nd Replays
- 3rd Round Ties Replays
- 4th Round Ties Replays
- Semi finals First leg Second leg
- Final
- References General Specific
{{Infobox football tournament season | title = FA Trophy | year = 1977-78 | other_titles = FA Challenge Trophy | image = | imagesize = | caption = | country = {{flag|England}} & {{flag|Wales}} | num_teams = 235 | champions = Altrincham | runner-up = Leatherhead | matches = | goals = | top goal scorer = | player = | prevseason = 1976-77 | nextseason = 1978-79 |}}The 1977–78 FA Trophy was the ninth season of the FA Trophy. Preliminary roundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 RoundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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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 RoundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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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 RoundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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22 | Hastings United | 2-0 | Maidstone United (Hastings disqualified) | 26 | Chelmsford City | 2-3 | Romford{2} | 30 | Hitchin Town | 2-1 | Wellingborough Town |
1st roundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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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 |
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17 | Maidstone United | 0-1 | Slough Town | 23 | Scarborough | 1-4 | Bangor City |
2nd RoundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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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 |
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3 | Bedford Town | 1-0 | Hednesford Town | 15 | Wigan Athletic | 3-0 | Enfield |
3rd RoundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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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 |
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2 | Bedford Town | 2-1 | Hendon | 4 | Altrincham | 2-0 | Matlock Town |
4th RoundTies Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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1 | Altrincham | 4-2 | Winsford United | 2 | Bedford Town | 0-0 | Leatherhead | 3 | Merthyr Tydfil | 0-0 | Leatherhead | 4 | Spennymoor United | 1-0 | Dagenham |
Replays Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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2 | Leatherhead | 5-2 | Bedford Town | 3 | Runcorn | 3-2 | Merthyr Tydfil |
Semi finalsFirst leg Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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1 | Altrincham | 0-0 | Runcorn | 2 | Leatherhead | 2-0 | Spennymoor United |
Second leg Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Aggregate |
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1 | Runcorn | 0-1 | Altrincham | 0-1 | 2 | Spennymoor United | 2-1 | Leatherhead | 2-3 |
Final Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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Altrincham | 3-1 | Leatherhead |
ReferencesGeneral- Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1977-78
Specific{{FA Trophy seasons}}{{DEFAULTSORT:FA Trophy 1977-78}} 3 : 1977–78 domestic association football cups|1977–78 in English football|FA Trophy seasons |