| F.A. Cup | |||||||||||
| 1977/78 Results | |||||||||||
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| First Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | AP Leamington* | 6 | - | 1 | Enderby Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Arnold* | 0 | - | 0 | Port Vale | ||||
| Mon | Nov | 28 | Port Vale | 5 | - | 2 |
Arnold* |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Barnet* | 1 | - | 2 |
Peterborough United |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Barnsley | 1 | - | 0 | Huddersfield Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Bath City* | 0 | - | 0 | Plymouth Argyle | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 29 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | - | 0 |
Bath City* |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Blyth Spartans* | 1 | - | 0 | Burscough* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Boreham Wood* | 0 | - | 0 | Swindon Town | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 29 | Swindon Town | 2 | - | 0 |
Boreham Wood* |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Bradford City | 0 | - | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Brentford | 2 | - | 0 | Folkestone & Shepway* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Carlisle United | 2 | - | 0 | Stafford Rangers* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Chester | 4 | - | 1 | Darlington | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Chesterfield | 1 | - | 0 | Halifax Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Colchester United | 1 | - | 1 | Bournemouth | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 29 | Bournemouth | 0 | - | 0 |
Colchester United |
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| Mon | Dec | 5 | Colchester United | 4 | - | 1 |
Bournemouth |
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| (the match was played at Vicarage Road, Watford FC) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | - | 1 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Enfield* | 3 | - | 0 | Wimbledon | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Gillingham | 1 | - | 1 | Weymouth* | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 30 | Weymouth* | 0 | - | 1 |
Gillingham |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Leatherhead* | 0 | - | 0 | Swansea City | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 29 | Swansea City | 2 | - | 1 |
Leatherhead* |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Lowestoft Town* | 0 | - | 2 | Cambridge United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Minehead* | 2 | - | 0 | Wycombe Wanderers* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Newport County | 1 | - | 1 | Exeter City | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 30 | Exeter City | 4 | - | 2 |
Newport County |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Nuneaton Borough* | 2 | - | 0 | Oxford United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Portsmouth | 3 | - | 1 | Bideford* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Preston North End | 3 | - | 2 | Lincoln City | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Reading | 3 | - | 1 | Aldershot | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Rotherham United | 3 | - | 0 | Mossley* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Scarborough* | 4 | - | 2 | Rochdale | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | - | 0 | Bury | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Southport | 2 | - | 2 | Runcorn* | ||||
| Mon | Nov | 28 | Runcorn* | 1 | - | 0 |
Southport |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Spennymoor United* | 3 | - | 1 | Goole Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Stockport County | 3 | - | 0 | Scunthorpe United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Tilbury* | 0 | - | 1 | Kettering Town* | ||||
| (the FA ordered the match to be replayed as Kettering had played an ineligible player) | |||||||||||
| Mon | Dec | 5 | Tilbury* | 2 | - | 2 |
Kettering Town* |
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| Wed | Dec | 7 | Kettering Town* | 2 | - | 3 |
Tilbury* |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Tooting & Mitcham United* | 1 | - | 2 | Northampton Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Torquay United | 1 | - | 2 | Southend United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | - | 1 | Hartlepool United | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 29 | Hartlepool United | 3 | - | 1 |
Tranmere Rovers |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Walsall | 1 | - | 0 | Dagenham* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Watford | 2 | - | 0 | Hendon* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Wealdstone* | 0 | - | 0 | Hereford United | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 30 | Hereford United | 2 | - | 3 |
Wealdstone* |
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| Sat | Nov | 26 | Wigan Athletic* | 1 | - | 0 | York City | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Workington* | 0 | - | 2 | Grimsby Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 26 | Wrexham | 2 | - | 0 | Burton Albion* | ||||
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| Second Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | AP Leamington* | 0 | - | 0 | Southend United | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 19 | Southend United | 4 | - | 0 |
AP Leamington* |
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| Sat | Dec | 17 | Blyth Spartans* | 1 | - | 0 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Carlisle United | 3 | - | 1 | Chester | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | - | 0 |
Scarborough* |
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| Wed | Dec | 21 | Scarborough* | 2 | - | 0 |
Crewe Alexandra |
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| Sat | Dec | 17 | Gillingham | 1 | - | 1 | Peterborough United | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 20 | Peterborough United | 2 | - | 0 |
Gillingham |
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| Sat | Dec | 17 | Grimsby Town | 2 | - | 0 | Barnsley | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Hartlepool United | 4 | - | 2 | Runcorn* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Minehead* | 0 | - | 3 | Exeter City | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Northampton Town | 0 | - | 2 | Enfield* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Nuneaton Borough* | 1 | - | 2 | Tilbury* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | - | 0 | Cambridge United | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Portsmouth | 2 | - | 2 | Swansea City | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 20 | Swansea City | 2 | - | 1 |
Portsmouth |
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| Sat | Dec | 17 | Preston North End | 0 | - | 2 | Wrexham | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Rotherham United | 6 | - | 0 | Spennymoor United* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | - | 1 | Stockport County | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 19 | Stockport County | 1 | - | 2 |
Shrewsbury Town |
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| Sat | Dec | 17 | Swindon Town | 2 | - | 1 | Brentford | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Walsall | 1 | - | 1 | Port Vale | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 19 | Port Vale | 1 | - | 3 |
Walsall |
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| Sat | Dec | 17 | Watford | 2 | - | 0 | Colchester United | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Wealdstone* | 2 | - | 1 | Reading | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 17 | Wigan Athletic* | 1 | - | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||
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| Third Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Birmingham City | 4 | - | 0 | Wigan Athletic* | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | - | 1 |
Shrewsbury Town |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Blyth Spartans* | 1 | - | 0 |
Enfield* |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | - | 0 |
Scarborough* |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Bristol City | 4 | - | 4 |
Wrexham |
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| Mon | Jan | 9 | Wrexham | 3 | - | 0 |
Bristol City |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Burnley | 1 | - | 0 |
Fulham |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Cardiff City | 0 | - | 2 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Carlisle United | 1 | - | 1 | Manchester United (holders) | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 11 | Manchester United (holders) | 4 | - | 2 |
Carlisle United |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | - | 2 | Notts County | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Chelsea | 4 | - | 2 | Liverpool | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Derby County | 3 | - | 2 | Southend United | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Everton | 4 | - | 1 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Exeter City | 2 | - | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 10 | Wolverhampton W. | 3 | - | 1 |
Exeter City |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Grimsby Town | 0 | - | 0 | Southampton | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 10 | Southampton | 0 | - | 0 |
Grimsby Town |
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| Mon | Jan | 16 | Southampton | 4 | - | 1 |
Grimsby Town |
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| (the match was played at Filbert Street, Leicester City FC) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Hartlepool United | 2 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Hull City | 0 | - | 1 | Leicester City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Leeds United | 1 | - | 2 | Manchester City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Luton Town | 1 | - | 1 | Oldham Athletic | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 10 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | - | 2 |
Luton Town |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Mansfield Town | 1 | - | 0 | Plymouth Argyle | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Middlesbrough | 3 | - | 0 | Coventry City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | - | 1 | Swindon Town | ||||
| Fri | Jan | 6 | Orient | 1 | - | 1 | Norwich City | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 16 | Norwich City | 0 | - | 1 |
Orient |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Peterborough United | 1 | - | 1 | Newcastle United | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 11 | Newcastle United | 2 | - | 0 |
Peterborough United |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | - | 0 | Wealdstone* | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Rotherham United | 1 | - | 1 | Millwall | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 10 | Millwall | 2 | - | 0 |
Rotherham United |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Sheffield United | 0 | - | 5 | Arsenal | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Stoke City | 4 | - | 0 | Tilbury* | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Sunderland | 0 | - | 1 | Bristol Rovers | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | - | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | - | 1 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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| Sat | Jan | 7 | Walsall | 4 | - | 1 | Swansea City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | - | 1 | Blackpool | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 7 | West Ham United | 1 | - | 0 | Watford | ||||
| Fourth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Arsenal | 2 | - | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | - | 0 | Mansfield Town | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 31 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | - | 2 | Notts County | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | - | 0 | Southampton | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 31 | Chelsea | 6 | - | 2 | Burnley | ||||
| Wed | Feb | 1 | Derby County | 2 | - | 1 | Birmingham City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Ipswich Town | 4 | - | 1 | Hartlepool United | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Manchester United (holders) | 1 | - | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | ||||
| Wed | Feb | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | - | 2 |
Manchester United (holders) |
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| Sat | Jan | 28 | Middlesbrough | 3 | - | 2 | Everton | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 31 | Millwall | 4 | - | 0 | Luton Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Newcastle United | 2 | - | 2 | Wrexham | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 6 | Wrexham | 4 | - | 1 |
Newcastle United |
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| Tue | Jan | 31 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | - | 1 | Manchester City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Orient | 3 | - | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 6 | Stoke City | 2 | - | 3 | Blyth Spartans* | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | Walsall | 1 | - | 0 | Leicester City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 28 | West Ham United | 1 | - | 1 | Queens Park Rangers | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 31 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | - | 1 |
West Ham United |
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| Fifth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Feb | 18 | Arsenal | 4 | - | 1 | Walsall | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 18 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | - | 2 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Tue | Feb | 28 | Ipswich Town | 3 | - | 0 |
Bristol Rovers |
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| Wed | Feb | 22 | Derby County | 2 | - | 3 | West Bromwich Albion | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 27 | Middlesbrough | 2 | - | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 18 | Millwall | 2 | - | 1 | Notts County | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 18 | Orient | 0 | - | 0 | Chelsea | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 27 | Chelsea | 1 | - | 2 |
Orient |
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| Sat | Feb | 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | - | 1 | Nottingham Forest | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 27 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | - | 1 |
Queens Park Rangers |
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| Thu | Mar | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | - | 1 |
Queens Park Rangers |
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| Sat | Feb | 18 | Wrexham | 1 | - | 1 | Blyth Spartans* | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 27 | Blyth Spartans* | 1 | - | 2 |
Wrexham |
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| (the match was played at St James' Park, Newcastle United FC) | |||||||||||
| Sixth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Mar | 11 | Middlesbrough | 0 | - | 0 | Orient | ||||
| Tue | Mar | 14 | Orient | 2 | - | 1 |
Middlesbrough |
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| Sat | Mar | 11 | Millwall | 1 | - | 6 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | - | 0 | Nottingham Forest | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 11 | Wrexham | 2 | - | 3 | Arsenal | ||||
| Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
| Sat | Apr | 8 | Arsenal | 3 | - | 0 | Orient | ||||
| Played at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea FC | |||||||||||
| Sat | Apr | 8 | Ipswich Town | 3 | - | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | ||||
| Played at Highbury, Arsenal FC | |||||||||||
| Final Played at Wembley Stadium, London | |||||||||||
| Sat | May | 6 | Ipswich Town | 1 | - | 0 | Arsenal | ||||
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