1976–77 FA Trophy

1976-77 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country England &  Wales
Teams191
Final positions
ChampionsScarborough
Runner-upDagenham
← 1975-76
1977-78 →

The 1976–77 FA Trophy was the eighth season of the FA Trophy.

Preliminary round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Accrington Stanley 5-1 Nelson
2 Alfreton Town 0-1 Spalding United
3 Alton Town 1-0 Westland-Yeovil
4 Alvechurch 2-1 Oxford City
5 Andover 1-0 Wokingham Town
6 Armitage 1-0 Moor Green
7 Arnold 2-1 Sutton Town
8 Aveley 1-0 Sittingbourne
9 Bacup Borough 1-2 Thackley
10 Barnstaple Town 1-5 Taunton Town
11 Barry Town 3-2 Ton Pentre
12 Bedworth United 3-1 Heanor Town
13 Bideford 2-0 Glastonbury
14 Bootle 0-2 Blackpool Mechanics (Mechanics disqualified)
15 Boreham Wood 1-2 Hornchurch
16 Brereton Social 0-2 Bilston
17 Bromley 3-0 Medway
18 Cambridge City 3-1 Irthlingborough Diamonds
19 Carshalton Athletic 3-0 Tonbridge
20 Cheltenham Town 5-2 Welton Rovers
21 Chesham United 8-0 Harlow Town
22 Cheshunt 1-0 Witney Town
23 Cinderford Town 1-1 Weston super Mare
24 Clapton 3-0 Hounslow
25 Clevedon 3-1 Trowbridge Town
26 Corinthian-Casuals 0-4 Canterbury City
27 Darlaston 2-1 Sutton Coldfield Town
28 Dawlish Town 0-0 Bridgwater Town
29 Eastwood Hanley 4-1 Tamworth
30 Eastwood Town 0-0 Dudley Town
31 Finchley w/o-scr Stevenage Athletic
32 Folkestone & Shepway 1-1 Crawley Town
33 Gloucester City 2-2 Brierley Hill Alliance
34 Guildford & Dorking United 0-1 Waterlooville
35 Hampton 2-0 Dunstable
36 Hatfield Main 1-2 Boldon Community Association
37 Hednesford 1-3 Belper Town
38 Hertford Town 0-0 Harrow Borough
39 Histon 1-4 Gorleston
40 Kirkby Town 1-2 Skelmersdale United
41 Lewes 1-2 Horsham
42 Llanelli 0-2 Everwarm
43 Louth United 2-0 Boston
44 Lowestoft Town 2-0 Wisbech Town
45 Maidenhead United 0-1 Wembley
46 Metropolitan Police 1-1 Letchworth Garden City
47 Oldbury United 4-1 Ilkeston Town
48 Paulton Rovers 4-3 Mangotsfield United
49 Poole Town 1-1 Fareham Town
50 Pwllheli & District 3-3 Oswestry Town
51 Salisbury 1-1 Frome Town
52 Sheppey United 1-0 Grays Athletic
53 Skegness Town 1-3 Long Eaton United
54 Walton & Hersham 1-0 Bognor Regis Town
55 Ware 0-0 Milton Keynes City
56 Wellingborough Town 1-0 Stowmarket Town

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
23 Weston super Mare 0-1 Cinderford Town
28 Bridgwater Town 2-0 Dawlish Town
30 Dudley Town 4-0 Eastwood Town
32 Crawley Town 1-2 Folkestone & Shepway
33 Brierley Hill Alliance 1-3 Gloucester City
38 Harrow Borough 2-0 Hertford Town
46 Letchworth Garden City 4-2 Metropolitan Police
49 Fareham Town 0-1 Poole Town
50 Oswestry Town 1-0 Pwllheli & District
51 Frome Town 0-4 Salisbury
55 Milton Keynes City 2-2 Ware

2nd replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
55 Ware 2-3 Milton Keynes City

First qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Accrington Stanley 2-1 Emley
2 Alvechurch 1-0 Cinderford Town
3 Andover 1-2 Basingstoke Town
4 Armitage 2-2 Dudley Town
5 Ashton United 3-0 Prestwich Heys
6 Barking 0-1 Hornchurch
7 Barry Town 2-3 Everwarm
8 Bath City 3-0 Dorchester Town
9 Bideford 2-1 Salisbury
10 Bilston 0-2 Leek Town
11 Bootle 2-1 Darwen
12 Bridlington Trinity 1-0 Ferryhill Athletic
13 Bromley 2-1 Carshalton Athletic
14 Canterbury City 3-2 Gravesend & Northfleet
15 Cheltenham Town 2-1 Clevedon
16 Chesham United - Bye
17 Chorley 2-1 Billingham Synthonia
18 Clapton 1-3 Hayes
19 Corby Town 1-0 Belper Town
20 Crook Town 1-0 Durham City
21 Croydon 0-0 Sheppey United
22 Droylsden 3-0 Worksop Town
23 Eastwood Hanley 0-3 Witton Albion
24 Enderby Town 0-1 Long Eaton United
25 Evenwood Town 1-1 Horden Colliery Welfare
26 Ferndale Athletic 3-1 Gloucester City
27 Frickley Athletic 3-1 Whitley Bay
28 Gorleston 0-1 Hitchin Town
29 Hampton 2-5 Barnet
30 Harrow Borough 5-3 Cheshunt
31 Highgate United 2-2 Redditch United
32 Horsham 1-0 Woking
33 Hyde United 1-5 Stalybridge Celtic
34 Kingstonian 0-1 Alton Town
35 Letchworth Garden City 2-1 Finchley
36 Louth United 1-2 Arnold
37 Lowestoft Town 1-2 Cambridge City
38 Lye Town 1-0 Darlaston
39 Middlewich Athletic 0-2 Winsford United
40 Milton Keynes City 1-2 Leytonstone
41 Minehead 2-0 Bridgwater Town
42 Nantwich Town 4-0 Oldbury United
43 Netherfield 4-0 North Shields
44 New Brighton Rakers 1-0 Horwich R M I
45 Paulton Rovers 3-2 Taunton Town
46 Penrith 5-1 South Bank
47 Radcliffe Borough 0-1 St Helens Town
48 Ramsgate 0-0 Folkestone & Shepway
49 Retford Town 0-0 New Mills
50 Rhyl 2-0 Oswestry United
51 Rossendale United 2-3 Consett
52 Shildon 0-2 Whitby Town
53 Skelmersdale United 0-3 Formby
54 Southall & Ealing Borough 1-1 St Albans City
55 Spalding United 3-1 Bedworth United
56 Thackley 1-1 Boldon Community Association
57 Tilbury 0-1 Aveley
58 Walthamstow Avenue 1-0 Harwich & Parkeston
59 Walton & Hersham 0-0 Staines Town
60 Waterlooville 2-1 Poole Town
61 Wealdstone 3-1 Wellingborough Town
62 Wembley 0-2 A P Leamington
63 West Auckland Town 1-0 Great Harwood

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
4 Dudley Town 2-1 Armitage
21 Sheppey United 0-4 Croydon
25 Horden Colliery Welfare 0-1 Evenwood Town
31 Redditch United 2-2 Highgate United
48 Folkestone & Shepway 3-2 Ramsgate
49 New Mills 0-0 Retford Town
54 St Albans City 2-0 Southall & Ealing Borough
56 Boldon Community Association 0-0 Thackley
59 Staines Town 1-0 Walton & Hersham

2nd replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
31 Highgate United 2-0 Redditch United
49 Retford Town 2-4 New Mills
56 Thackley 1-3 Boldon Community Association

Second qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alvechurch 2-0 Spalding United
2 Arnold 0-1 A P Leamington
3 Ashton United 0-3 St Helens Town
4 Aveley 0-0 Basingstoke Town
5 Bideford 0-2 Bath City
6 Bridlington Trinity 0-4 Crook Town
7 Cambridge City 1-1 Staines Town
8 Chorley 5-1 Boldon Community Association
9 Consett 0-0 Tow Law Town
10 Corby Town 0-1 Highgate United
11 Croydon 1-2 Wealdstone
12 Dudley Town 0-2 Cheltenham Town
13 Evenwood Town 1-3 Droylsden
14 Folkestone & Shepway 1-1 Bromley
15 Formby 0-1 Winsford United
16 Frickley Athletic 2-1 Netherfield
17 Hayes 3-1 Canterbury City
18 Hornchurch 1-1 Horsham
19 Letchworth Garden City 0-2 Hitchin Town
20 Leytonstone 2-4 Barnet
21 Lye Town 0-1 Long Eaton United
22 Minehead 6-1 Ferndale Athletic
23 Nantwich Town 0-1 Witton Albion
24 New Brighton Rakers 2-1 Leek Town
25 Paulton Rovers 1-2 Everwarm
26 Rhyl 1-1 New Mills
27 St Albans City 3-0 Alton Town
28 Stalybridge Celtic 1-0 Bootle
29 Walthamstow Avenue 1-0 Harrow Borough
30 Waterlooville 5-0 Chesham United
31 West Auckland Town 2-2 Penrith
32 Whitby Town 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
4 Basingstoke Town 3-0 Aveley
7 Staines Town 3-1 Cambridge City
9 Tow Law Town 1-3 Consett
14 Bromley 1-1 Folkestone & Shepway
18 Horsham 4-1 Hornchurch
26 New Mills 3-2 Rhyl
31 Penrith 3-5 West Auckland Town
32 Accrington Stanley 2-4 Whitby Town

2nd replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
14 Folkestone & Shepway 1-0 Bromley

Third qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 3-1 Buxton
2 Bangor City 5-0 Long Eaton United
3 Barnet 1-1 Wealdstone
4 Barrow 0-2 Gateshead United
5 Basingstoke Town 1-1 Waterlooville
6 Bishop's Stortford 2-0 Ilford
7 Cheltenham Town 6-0 Worcester City
8 Chorley 0-0 Mossley
9 Dartford 2-1 Ashford Town (Kent)
10 Dover 2-0 Dulwich Hamlet
11 Everwarm 0-0 Nuneaton Borough
12 Frickley Athletic 3-0 Droylsden
13 Gainsborough Trinity 0-4 West Auckland Town
14 Goole Town 0-1 Consett
15 Hastings United 0-0 Folkestone & Shepway
16 Hendon 2-1 Maidstone United
17 Highgate United 0-2 Bath City
18 Hitchin Town 3-0 King's Lynn
19 Horsham 1-0 Sutton United
20 Kidderminster Harriers 1-1 Alvechurch
21 Macclesfield Town 3-0 Stalybridge Celtic
22 Mexborough Town 1-3 Bishop Auckland
23 Minehead 3-2 A P Leamington
24 Northwich Victoria 3-0 New Mills
25 Slough Town 4-0 Hayes
26 South Liverpool 5-0 Burscough
27 St Albans City 1-1 Staines Town
28 Stourbridge 1-2 Banbury United
29 Walthamstow Avenue 1-0 Chelmsford City
30 Whitby Town 3-3 Crook Town
31 Winsford United 4-1 New Brighton Rakers
32 Witton Albion 1-0 St Helens Town

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Wealdstone 0-3 Barnet
5 Waterlooville 2-1 Basingstoke Town
8 Mossley 1-3 Chorley
11 Nuneaton Borough 3-2 Everwarm
15 Folkestone & Shepway 1-3 Hastings United
20 Alvechurch 2-3 Kidderminster Harriers
27 Staines Town 4-0 St Albans City
30 Crook Town 2-0 Whitby Town

1st round

The teams that given byes to this round are Scarborough, Matlock Town, Morecambe, Stafford Rangers, Telford United, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Romford, Weymouth, Wigan Athletic, Bromsgrove Rovers, Grantham, Bedford Town, Kettering Town, Boston United, Merthyr Tydfil, Burton Albion, Margate, Yeovil Town, Atherstone Town, Runcorn, Lancaster City, Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Dagenham, Tooting & Mitcham United, Leatherhead, Marine, Blyth Spartans, Willington, Spennymoor United and Falmouth Town.

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 2-1 Winsford United
2 Atherstone Town 1-1 Cheltenham Town
3 Barnet 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
4 Bedford Town 1-3 Walthamstow Avenue
5 Bishop's Stortford 1-2 Hendon
6 Boston United 2-2 Wigan Athletic
7 Burton Albion 3-2 Bromsgrove Rovers
8 Consett 0-3 Matlock Town
9 Crook Town 3-1 West Auckland Town
10 Enfield 0-2 Slough Town
11 Grantham 0-1 Wimbledon
12 Hillingdon Borough 2-3 Staines Town
13 Hitchin Town 4-0 Romford
14 Horsham 2-2 Dartford
15 Kettering Town 7-3 Dover
16 Kidderminster Harriers 2-2 Bangor City
17 Lancaster City 2-3 Willington
18 Leatherhead 1-1 Dagenham
19 Macclesfield Town 1-0 Gateshead United
20 Margate 1-2 Tooting & Mitcham United
21 Marine 0-3 Chorley
22 Minehead 2-1 Bath City
23 Morecambe 2-0 Blyth Spartans
24 Nuneaton Borough 4-2 Banbury United
25 Scarborough 3-1 Frickley Athletic
26 South Liverpool 2-6 Runcorn
27 Spennymoor United 2-1 Northwich Victoria
28 Telford United 1-1 Stafford Rangers
29 Waterlooville 1-1 Hastings United
30 Weymouth 1-1 Falmouth Town
31 Witton Albion 1-1 Bishop Auckland
32 Yeovil Town 0-0 Merthyr Tydfil

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Cheltenham Town 1-2 Atherstone Town
6 Wigan Athletic 2-1 Boston United
14 Dartford 3-1 Horsham
16 Bangor City 2-0 Kidderminster Harriers
18 Dagenham 3-0 Leatherhead
28 Stafford Rangers 1-0 Telford United
29 Hastings United 0-1 Waterlooville
30 Falmouth Town 2-3 Weymouth
31 Bishop Auckland 0-1 Witton Albion
32 Merthyr Tydfil 1-3 Yeovil Town

2nd round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 2-0 Atherstone Town
2 Bangor City 2-2 Hitchin Town
3 Chorley 3-1 Burton Albion
4 Crook Town 1-0 Witton Albion
5 Dagenham 1-1 Yeovil Town
6 Dartford 1-3 Tooting & Mitcham United
7 Matlock Town 3-2 Kettering Town
8 Morecambe 2-2 Staines Town
9 Nuneaton Borough 1-0 Spennymoor United
10 Runcorn 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
11 Slough Town 1-1 Minehead
12 Walthamstow Avenue 0-0 Scarborough
13 Waterlooville 0-2 Hendon
14 Weymouth 2-1 Stafford Rangers
15 Willington 3-1 Macclesfield Town
16 Wimbledon 3-2 Wigan Athletic

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Hitchin Town 2-1 Bangor City
5 Yeovil Town 1-2 Dagenham
8 Staines Town 0-0 Morecambe
11 Minehead 0-0 Slough Town
12 Scarborough 2-1 Walthamstow Avenue

2nd replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Morecambe 2-1 Staines Town
11 Slough Town 2-1 Minehead

3rd round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 1-0 Matlock Town
2 Crook Town 3-3 Slough Town
3 Dagenham 1-0 Runcorn
4 Hitchin Town 0-0 Scarborough
5 Morecambe 3-2 Tooting & Mitcham United
6 Nuneaton Borough 2-1 Willington
7 Weymouth 1-1 Hendon
8 Wimbledon 2-2 Chorley

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Slough Town 2-1 Crook Town
4 Scarborough 3-1 Hitchin Town
7 Hendon 1-5 Weymouth
8 Chorley 2-2 Wimbledon

2nd replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Wimbledon 0-2 Chorley

4th round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Chorley 1-1 Dagenham
2 Scarborough 1-1 Nuneaton Borough
3 Slough Town 2-0 Morecambe
4 Weymouth 0-0 Altrincham

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Dagenham 5-1 Chorley
2 Nuneaton Borough 0-1 Scarborough
4 Altrincham 2-1 Weymouth

Semi finals

First leg

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Dagenham 3-0 Slough Town
2 Scarborough 2-0 Altrincham

Second leg

Tie Home Team Score Away Team Aggregate
1 Slough Town 2-3 Dagenham 2-6
2 Altrincham 2-0 Scarborough 2-2

Replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Scarborough 0-0 Altrincham

2nd replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Scarborough 2-1 Altrincham

Final

Home Team Score Away Team
Scarborough 2-1 Dagenham

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