Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1976–77 is the 96th 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.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A P Leamington 1–0 Moor Green 2 Clevedon Town 1–1 Weston Super Mare 3 Congleton Town 1–2 Worksop Town 4 Crook Town 4–1 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 5 Croydon 1–0 Guildford & Dorking United 6 Darwen 3–1 Radcliffe Borough 7 Dudley Town 3–1 Halesowen Town 8 Dunstable 0–4 Witney Town 9 Eastwood Hanley 2–2 Heanor Town 10 Edmonton & Haringey 0–1 Kingstonian 11 Enfield 1–0 Hampton 12 Evenwood Town 1–1 Lancaster City 13 Everwarm 0–1 Llanelli 14 Farnborough Town 4–0 Salisbury 15 Feltham 0–1 Hornchurch 16 Frecheville Community 0–1 Winterton Rangers 17 Friar Lane Old Boys 2–0 Warley County Borough 18 Frickley Athletic 3–0 Yorkshire Amateur 19 Glastonbury 1–0 Barry Town 20 Gloucester City 1–1 Trowbridge Town 21 Harrow Borough 3–1 Willesden 22 Harwich & Parkeston 4–2 Thetford Town 23 Hayes 2–0 Leyton Wingate 24 Herne Bay 4–1 Whitstable Town 25 Hertford Town 1–1 Romford 26 Hinckley Athletic 0–1 Tividale 27 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–3 Wingate (Durham) 28 Horsham Y M C A 2–0 Worthing 29 Hyde United 2–1 Leek Town 30 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 Redditch United 31 Letchworth Garden City 5–1 Maidenhead United 32 Louth United 2–2 Wisbech Town 33 March Town United 0–3 Stowmarket 34 Margate 2–2 Sittingbourne 35 Marlow 0–0 Milton Keynes City 36 Medway 3–3 Rainham Town 37 Molesey 2–1 St Albans City 38 New Brighton 1–1 Skelmersdale United 39 Newport I O W 2–0 Wigmore Athletic 40 North Shields 0–0 Spennymoor United 41 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Racing Club Warwick 42 Penzance 2–7 Yeovil Town 43 Prescot Town 4–1 St Helens Town 44 Ruislip Manor 2–2 Wokingham Town 45 Rushden Town 1–0 Wolverton Town & B R 46 South Liverpool 0–4 Winsford United 47 Stalybridge Celtic 1–3 Witton Albion 48 Washington 3–1 West Auckland Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Weston Super Mare 3–0 Clevedon Town 9 Heanor Town 2–0 Eastwood Hanley 12 Lancaster City 4–0 Evenwood Town 20 Trowbridge Town 1–2 Gloucester City 25 Romford 1–2 Hertford Town 32 Wisbech Town 2–0 Louth United 34 Sittingbourne 0–1 Margate 35 Milton Keynes City 0–1 Marlow 36 Rainham Town 2–1 Medway 38 Skelmersdale United 0–2 New Brighton 40 Spennymoor United 4–1 North Shields 44 Wokingham Town 3–1 Ruislip Manor
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 5–0 Bacup Borough 2 Alfreton Town 2–0 Belper Town 3 Alton Town 1–0 Andover 4 Ammanford Town 1–0 Evesham United (Replay ordered) 5 Annfield Plain 3–2 Billingham Synthonia 6 Appleby Frodingham 5–3 Bridlington Town 7 Armitage 2–1 Bedworth United 8 Arnold 1–0 Atherstone Town 9 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–0 Canterbury City 10 Aylesbury United 1–3 Banbury United 11 Bangor City 6–0 Prescot Town 12 Barking 6–1 Chertsey Town 13 Barnet 6–1 Egham Town 14 Barnstaple Town 2–1 Bath City 15 Barton Rovers 3–0 Cambridge City 16 Barton Town 2–2 Brigg Town 17 Basingstoke Town 10–0 Chichester City 18 Bedford Town 7–1 Chatteris Town 19 Bethesda Athletic 2–1 Oswestry Town 20 Bexhill Town 2–1 Bognor Regis Town 21 Boston 2–0 Bourne Town 22 Bridgwater Town 2–4 Falmouth Town 23 Bridport 2–4 Minehead 24 Burton Albion 1–1 Eastwood Town 25 Bury Town 2–1 Clacton Town (@ Clacton Town) 26 Camberley Town 1–1 Epsom & Ewell 27 Chippenham Town 1–3 Devizes Town 28 Cinderford Town 1–1 Melksham Town 29 Clitheroe 0–0 Formby 30 Consett 1–0 Easington Colliery Welfare 31 Corinthian Casuals 0–1 Grays Athletic 32 Cray Wanderers 2–2 Erith & Belvedere 33 Dagenham w/o-scr Stevenage Athletic 34 Darlaston 2–1 Highgate United 35 Desborough Town 0–1 Enderby Town 36 Didcot Town 1–0 Oxford City 37 Dover 3–1 Eastbourne United 38 Droylsden 3–2 Glossop 39 Dulwich Hamlet 0–0 Hemel Hempstead 40 Eastbourne Town 0–3 Lewes 41 Emley 4–1 Gainsborough Trinity 42 Epping Town 3–2 Hoddesdon Town 43 Fareham Town 1–1 Gosport Borough 44 Farsley Celtic 1–4 Goole Town 45 Ferryhill Athletic 0–1 Netherfield 46 Frome Town 1–5 Mangotsfield United 47 Gorleston 1–1 Lowestoft Town 48 Gornal Athletic 1–3 Lye Town 49 Gravesend & Northfleet 0–0 Maidstone United 50 Great Harwood 1–1 Darwen 51 Harlow Town 2–2 Hillingdon Borough 52 Hastings United 5–0 Peacehaven & Telscombe 53 Hatfield Town 2–0 Hounslow 54 Haywards Heath 3–1 Ringmer 55 Heaton Stannington 0–3 Shildon 56 Hednesford Town 1–0 Ilkeston Town 57 Hertford Town 1–2 Boreham Wood 58 Histon 1–4 Potton United 59 Horsham 4–0 Selsey 60 Horwich R M I 1–1 Worksop Town 61 Hungerford Town 0–3 Farnborough Town 62 Hyde United 4–1 Ashton United 63 Irthlingborough Diamonds 2–2 Soham Town Rangers 64 King's Lynn 3–2 Parson Drove United 65 Lancaster City 1–1 Bishop Auckland 66 Letchworth Garden City 1–0 Addlestone 67 Leytonstone 2–0 Harrow Borough 68 Littlehampton Town 0–1 Horsham Y M C A 69 Llanelli 2–1 Calne Town 70 Long Eaton United 3–0 Heanor Town 71 Marlow 1–2 Carshalton Athletic 72 Merthyr Tydfil 4–1 Gloucester City 73 Metropolitan Police 0–3 Sutton United 74 Mexborough Town 2–0 Frickley Athletic 75 Molesey 2–1 Burnham 76 Mossley 5–2 Chorley 77 Nantwich Town 0–1 Northwich Victoria 78 New Mills 5–2 Brereton Social 79 Newmarket Town 1–1 Harwich & Parkeston 80 Newquay 0–0 St Blazey 81 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Brierley Hill Alliance 82 Oldbury United 0–4 Tividale 83 Penrith 0–2 Crook Town 84 Poole Town 2–0 Dorchester Town 85 Porthmadog 3–4 New Brighton 86 Prestwich Heys 0–1 Runcorn 87 Rainham Town 1–2 Aveley 88 Ramsgate 2–1 Herne Bay 89 Redditch United 2–0 Alvechurch 90 Redhill 0–1 Bromley 91 Retford Town 0–3 Winterton Rangers 92 Rhyl 1–1 Macclesfield Town 93 Rossendale United 0–5 Buxton 94 Rothwell Town 0–0 A P Leamington 95 Selby Town 0–2 Bridlington Trinity 96 Sheppey United 2–2 Margate 97 Sidley United 0–3 Folkestone & Shepway 98 Skegness Town 0–2 Wisbech Town 99 Slough Town 2–2 Finchley 100 South Bank 3–0 Carlisle City 101 Southall & Ealing Borough 2–1 Hornchurch 102 Southwick 2–0 Deal Town 103 Spalding United 0–3 Corby Town 104 St Neots Town 1–0 Stowmarket 105 Staines Town 3–1 Hayes 106 Stamford 3–2 Holbeach United 107 Stourbridge 1–3 Bromsgrove Rovers 108 Stratford Town 0–2 Dudley Town 109 Sudbury Town 1–1 Great Yarmouth Town 110 Sutton Coldfield Town 3–0 Friar Lane Old Boys 111 Sutton Town 0–1 Denaby United 112 Swaythling 4–0 Newport I O W 113 Tamworth 1–1 Coventry Sporting 114 Taunton Town 1–0 Weston Super Mare 115 Telford United 3–1 Gresley Rovers 116 Thame United 1–0 Witney Town 117 Three Bridges 3–3 Faversham Town 118 Tilbury 2–2 Enfield 119 Tiverton Town 0–2 Yeovil Town 120 Ton Pentre 1–1 Cheltenham Town 121 Tonbridge 0–1 Croydon 122 Tow Law Town 3–1 Wingate (Durham) 123 Tring Town 0–3 Chesham United 124 Tunbridge Wells 2–0 Crawley Town 125 Uxbridge 0–1 Bracknell Town 126 V S Rugby 1–4 Bilston 127 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Rushden Town 128 Wadebridge Town 1–1 Ilminster Town 129 Walthamstow Avenue 1–4 Kingstonian 130 Ware 2–0 Edgware Town 131 Washington 0–2 Barrow 132 Waterlooville 9–0 Cowes 133 Wealdstone 5–1 Clapton 134 Wellingborough Town 3–1 Ely City 135 Welton Rovers 1–2 Bideford 136 Wembley 1–1 Wokingham Town 137 Whitby Town 3–0 Spennymoor United 138 Whitley Bay 5–0 Boldon Community Association 139 Willington 3–3 Durham City 140 Windsor & Eton 3–2 Cheshunt 141 Winsford United 0–0 Burscough 142 Witton Albion 3–1 Curzon Ashton 143 Woking 3–1 Burgess Hill Town 144 Worcester City 3–2 Glastonbury
Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Ammanford Town 1–5 Evesham United 16 Brigg Town 3–2 Barton Town 24 Eastwood Town 1–2 Burton Albion 26 Epsom & Ewell 1–0 Camberley Town 28 Melksham Town 0–1 Cinderford Town 29 Formby 3–1 Clitheroe 32 Erith & Belvedere 2–3 Cray Wanderers 39 Hemel Hempstead 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet 43 Gosport Borough 0–5 Fareham Town 47 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Gorleston 49 Maidstone United 3–0 Gravesend & Northfleet 50 Darwen 0–3 Great Harwood 51 Hillingdon Borough 2–0 Harlow Town 60 Worksop Town 1–0 Horwich R M I 63 Soham Town Rangers 4–3 Irthlingborough Diamonds 65 Bishop Auckland 2–0 Lancaster City 79 Harwich & Parkeston 8–1 Newmarket Town 80 St Blazey 1–3 Newquay 92 Macclesfield Town 1–2 Rhyl 94 A P Leamington 2–0 Rothwell Town 96 Margate 2–0 Sheppey United 99 Finchley 0–4 Slough Town 109 Great Yarmouth Town 0–1 Sudbury Town 113 Coventry Sporting 2–0 Tamworth 117 Faversham Town 2–1 Three Bridges 118 Enfield 3–1 Tilbury 120 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Ton Pentre 127 Rushden Town 1–2 Vauxhall Motors 128 Ilminster Town 1–0 Wadebridge Town 136 Wokingham Town 1–1 Wembley 139 Durham City 3–3 Willington 141 Burscough 1–3 Winsford United
Tie Home team Score Away team 136 Wembley 0–1 Wokingham Town 139 Willington 2–3 Durham City
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A P Leamington 1–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 2 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Formby 3 Alfreton Town 0–1 Droylsden 4 Alton Town 0–0 Fareham Town 5 Annfield Plain 1–1 Netherfield 6 Appleby Frodingham 0–0 Goole Town 7 Armitage 1–1 Darlaston 8 Arnold 0–0 Hednesford Town 9 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–1 Hastings United 10 Aveley 1–0 Grays Athletic 11 Banbury United 3–2 Didcot Town 12 Bangor City 4–2 Bethesda Athletic 13 Barking 1–1 Sutton United 14 Barnet 3–0 Hatfield Town 15 Barnstaple Town 1–2 Minehead 16 Barrow 2–1 Shildon 17 Barton Rovers 5–0 Soham Town Rangers 18 Basingstoke Town 2–0 Horsham 19 Bedford Town 4–1 Potton United 20 Bexhill Town 0–3 Lewes 21 Bishop Auckland 3–0 Consett 22 Boreham Wood 1–1 Epsom & Ewell 23 Boston 2–1 King's Lynn 24 Brigg Town 1–2 Emley 25 Bromley 2–0 Faversham Town 26 Bury Town 2–3 Lowestoft Town 27 Carshalton Athletic 1–1 Epping Town 28 Cray Wanderers 2–1 Maidstone United 29 Crook Town 1–0 South Bank 30 Croydon 0–0 Woking 31 Devizes Town 0–1 Mangotsfield United 32 Dover 2–0 Haywards Heath 33 Dudley Town 4–1 Bilston 34 Enfield 5–2 Bracknell Town 35 Falmouth Town 8–0 Newquay 36 Farnborough Town 1–1 Poole Town 37 Great Harwood 6–0 Mossley 38 Harwich & Parkeston 3–1 Sudbury Town 39 Horsham Y M C A 1–1 Tunbridge Wells 40 Hyde United 0–1 Burton Albion 41 Kingstonian 0–2 Wealdstone 42 Letchworth Garden City 0–1 Dulwich Hamlet 43 Leytonstone 1–1 Slough Town 44 Llanelli 3–2 Cinderford Town 45 Long Eaton United 3–0 New Mills 46 Margate 2–2 Folkestone & Shepway 47 Merthyr Tydfil 3–3 Cheltenham Town 48 Mexborough Town 3–2 Bridlington Trinity 49 Molesey 1–1 Hillingdon Borough 50 New Brighton 1–3 Rhyl 51 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Lye Town 52 Ramsgate 1–1 Southwick 53 Redditch United 0–0 Enderby Town 54 Southall & Ealing Borough 0–1 Dagenham 55 St Neots Town 3–0 Corby Town 56 Staines Town 3–1 Ware 57 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 Coventry Sporting 58 Swaythling 0–3 Waterlooville 59 Taunton Town 4–2 Bideford 60 Thame United 0–1 Chesham United 61 Tividale 0–3 Telford United 62 Tow Law Town 1–2 Durham City 63 Vauxhall Motors 1–3 Wellingborough Town 64 Whitby Town 2–0 Whitley Bay 65 Winsford United 1–0 Runcorn 66 Winterton Rangers 2–1 Denaby United 67 Wisbech Town 1–1 Stamford 68 Witton Albion 1–3 Northwich Victoria 69 Wokingham Town 2–1 Windsor & Eton 70 Worcester City 3–1 Evesham United 71 Worksop Town 3–0 Buxton 72 Yeovil Town 10–1 Ilminster Town
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Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 A P Leamington 4 Fareham Town 1–0 Alton Town 5 Netherfield 6–0 Annfield Plain 6 Goole Town 1–0 Appleby Frodingham 7 Darlaston 1–0 Armitage 8 Hednesford Town 3–0 Arnold 13 Sutton United 1–4 Barking 22 Epsom & Ewell 2–1 Boreham Wood 27 Epping Town 1–1 Carshalton Athletic 30 Woking 2–0 Croydon 36 Poole Town 3–1 Farnborough Town 39 Tunbridge Wells 0–3 Horsham Y M C A (Ordered to be replayed) 39 Tunbridge Wells 0–2 Horsham Y M C A 43 Slough Town 1–0 Leytonstone 46 Folkestone & Shepway 2–4 Margate (Ordered to be replayed) 46 Folkestone & Shepway 3–4 Margate 47 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil 49 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Molesey 52 Southwick 1–2 Ramsgate 53 Enderby Town 1–0 Redditch United 67 Stamford 3–0 Wisbech Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 27 Carshalton Athletic 4–2 Epping Town 47 Merthyr Tydfil 4–0 Cheltenham Town
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aveley 1–1 Woking 2 Banbury United 1–4 Chesham United 3 Barking 3–1 Wokingham Town 4 Barnet 0–1 Slough Town 5 Barrow 2–2 Whitby Town 6 Barton Rovers 1–1 Wellingborough Town 7 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Waterlooville 8 Bedford Town 3–0 St Neots Town 9 Bishop Auckland 1–1 Crook Town 10 Boston 1–0 Stamford 11 Burton Albion 5–0 Long Eaton United 12 Carshalton Athletic 3–3 Dagenham 13 Cray Wanderers 0–2 Bromley 14 Darlaston 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town 15 Dover 3–2 Margate 16 Droylsden 1–0 Worksop Town 17 Dulwich Hamlet 0–2 Wealdstone 18 Emley 4–7 Winterton Rangers 19 Enderby Town 0–1 Dudley Town 20 Epsom & Ewell 1–1 Enfield 21 Falmouth Town 2–0 Yeovil Town 22 Fareham Town 0–1 Poole Town 23 Formby 0–0 Great Harwood 24 Goole Town 7–1 Mexborough Town 25 Hastings United 2–0 Ramsgate 26 Hednesford Town 0–0 Telford United 27 Hillingdon Borough 2–0 Staines Town 28 Lewes 4–4 Horsham Y M C A 29 Llanelli 3–6 Merthyr Tydfil 30 Lowestoft Town 0–3 Harwich & Parkeston 31 Mangotsfield United 0–2 Worcester City 32 Minehead 2–1 Taunton Town 33 Netherfield 1–1 Durham City 34 Northwich Victoria 0–0 Rhyl 35 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Bromsgrove Rovers 36 Winsford United 1–1 Bangor City
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Woking 4–0 Aveley 5 Whitby Town 3–4 Barrow 6 Wellingborough Town 1–2 Barton Rovers 9 Crook Town 1–0 Bishop Auckland 12 Dagenham 2–1 Carshalton Athletic 20 Enfield 1–0 Epsom & Ewell 23 Great Harwood 3–0 Formby 26 Telford United 3–0 Hednesford Town 28 Horsham Y M C A 2–4 Lewes 33 Durham City 1–2 Netherfield 34 Rhyl 1–3 Northwich Victoria 36 Bangor City 4–1 Winsford United
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Matlock Town, Altrincham, Morecambe, Dartford, Bishop's Stortford, Ilford, Walton & Hersham, Hendon, Gateshead United, Chelmsford City, Grantham, Boston United, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Wycombe Wanderers, Leatherhead, Hitchin Town, Tooting & Mitcham United and Marine.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 1–0 Grantham 2 Barton Rovers 2–3 Nuneaton Borough 3 Blyth Spartans 0–3 Gateshead United 4 Boston 1–0 Bangor City 5 Bromley 9–3 Walton & Hersham 6 Burton Albion 0–1 Northwich Victoria 7 Chelmsford City 0–4 Leatherhead 8 Chesham United 4–2 Worcester City 9 Crook Town 2–1 Netherfield 10 Dagenham 1–1 Dartford 11 Darlaston 1–1 Kettering Town 12 Dover 2–2 Hitchin Town 13 Dudley Town 1–0 Bedford Town 14 Enfield 2–2 Ilford 15 Falmouth Town 1–1 Minehead 16 Goole Town 1–1 Boston United 17 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Hastings United 18 Lewes 1–1 Harwich & Parkeston 19 Marine 1–1 Barrow 20 Morecambe 2–0 Great Harwood 21 Poole Town 2–3 Weymouth 22 Telford United 2–5 Matlock Town 23 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–1 Barking 24 Waterlooville 4–1 Hendon 25 Wealdstone 3–2 Bishop's Stortford 26 Winterton Rangers 3–3 Droylsden 27 Woking 0–0 Slough Town 28 Wycombe Wanderers 3–1 Merthyr Tydfil
Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Dartford 3–2 Dagenham 11 Kettering Town 2–0 Darlaston 12 Hitchin Town 3–1 Dover 14 Ilford 0–4 Enfield 15 Minehead 3–0 Falmouth Town 16 Boston United 1–3 Goole Town 18 Harwich & Parkeston 3–1 Lewes 19 Barrow 3–1 Marine 23 Barking 1–2 Tooting & Mitcham United 26 Droylsden 3–2 Winterton Rangers 27 Slough Town 0–1 Woking
See 1976–77 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
Seasons Qualifying rounds Finals
National teams
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