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.
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