F.A. Cup
        1978/79  Results
* denotes non-league club
First Round
Sat Nov 25 Aldershot 1-1Weymouth*
Wed Nov 29 Weymouth* 0-2

Aldershot

Sat Nov 25 Altrincham* 4-3

Southport*

Sat Nov 25 Barnet*3-3Woking*
Tue Nov 28 Woking* 3-3

Barnet*

Tue Dec 5 Woking* 3-0

Barnet*

(the match was played at Griffin Park, Brentford FC)
Sat Nov 25 Barnsley5-1Worksop Town*
Sat Nov 25 Blackpool2-1Lincoln City
Sat Nov 25 Bournemouth 2-1Hitchin Town*
Sat Nov 25 Bradford City1-0Port Vale
Sat Nov 25 Carlisle United 1-0Halifax Town
Sat Nov 25 Chester1-1Runcorn*
Tue Nov 28 Runcorn* 0-5

Chester

Sat Nov 25 Chorley* 0-1Scarborough*
Sat Nov 25 Colchester United4-2Oxford United
Sat Nov 25 Darlington 1-1Chesterfield
Wed Dec 6 Chesterfield 0-1

Darlington

Sat Nov 25 Dartford* 1-2AP Leamington*
Sat Nov 25 Doncaster Rovers 2-1Huddersfield Town
Sat Nov 25 Exeter City 1-0Brentford
Sat Nov 25 Gravesend & Northfleet*0-0Wimbledon
Tue Nov 28 Wimbledon 1-0

Gravesend & Northfleet*

Sat Nov 25 Hartlepool United1-0Grimsby Town
Sat Nov 25 Hereford United 0-1Newport County
Sat Nov 25 Hull City2-1Stafford Rangers*
Sat Nov 25 Leatherhead* 2-1Merthyr Tydfil*
Sat Nov 25 Maidstone United* 1-0Wycombe Wanderers*
Sat Nov 25 Mansfield Town0-2Shrewsbury Town
Sat Nov 25 Nuneaton Borough* 0-2Crewe Alexandra
Sat Nov 25 Portsmouth2-0Northampton Town
Sat Nov 25 Reading 0-0Gillingham
Tue Nov 28 Gillingham 1-2

Reading

Sat Nov 25 Rochdale0-1Droylsden*
Sat Nov 25 Rotherham United3-0Workington*
Sat Nov 25 Scunthorpe United1-1Sheffield Wednesday
Tue Nov 28 Sheffield Wednesday 1-0

Scunthorpe United

Sat Nov 25 Southend United 3-2Peterborough United
Sat Nov 25 Stockport County5-1Morecambe*
Sat Nov 25 Swansea City4-1Hillingdon Borough*
Sat Nov 25 Swindon Town 2-0March Town United*
Sat Nov 25 Tranmere Rovers2-1Boston United*
Sat Nov 25 Walsall 0-2Torquay United
Sat Nov 25 Watford 3-0Dagenham*
Sat Nov 25 Wealdstone* 0-5Enfield*
Sat Nov 25 Wigan Athletic2-2Bury
Tue Nov 28 Bury 4-1

Wigan Athletic

Sat Nov 25 Worcester City* 2-0Plymouth Argyle
Sat Nov 25 Yeovil Town* 0-1Barking*
Sat Nov 25 York City 1-1Blyth Spartans*
Tue Nov 28 Blyth Spartans* 3-5

York City

Second Round
Sat Dec 16 AP Leamington* 0-1Torquay United
Sat Dec 16 Barking* 1-2Aldershot
Sat Dec 16 Barnsley 1-1

Rotherham United

Tue Jan 9 Rotherham United 2-1

Barnsley

Sat Dec 16 Bury 3-1Blackpool
Sat Dec 16 Carlisle United 3-0Hull City
Sat Dec 16 Crewe Alexandra0-1Hartlepool United
Sat Dec 16 Darlington 2-1Chester
Sat Dec 16 Doncaster Rovers 0-3Shrewsbury Town
Sat Dec 16 Droylsden* 0-2Altrincham*
Sat Dec 16 Leatherhead* 1-1Colchester United
Tue Dec 19 Colchester United 4-0

Leatherhead*

Sat Dec 16 Maidstone United* 1-0Exeter City
Sat Dec 16 Newport County 0-0Worcester City*
Mon Dec 18 Worcester City* 1-2

Newport County

Sat Dec 16 Portsmouth 0-1Reading
Sat Dec 16 Stockport County4-2Bradford City
Sat Dec 16 Swansea City2-2Woking*
Tue Dec 19 Woking* 3-5

Swansea City

Sat Dec 16 Swindon Town 3-0Enfield*
Sat Dec 16 Tranmere Rovers1-1Sheffield Wednesday
Tue Dec 19 Sheffield Wednesday 4-0

Tranmere Rovers

Sat Dec 16 Watford 1-1Southend United
Mon Dec 18 Southend United 1-0

Watford

Sat Dec 16 Wimbledon1-1Bournemouth
Thu Dec 28 Bournemouth 1-2

Wimbledon

Sat Dec 16 York City 3-0Scarborough*
Third Round
Tue Jan 9 Birmingham City 0-2Burnley
Tue Jan 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tue Jan 9 Bristol City 3-1

Bolton Wanderers

Tue Jan 9 Charlton Athletic 1-1

Maidstone United*

Mon Jan 15 Maidstone United* 1-2

Charlton Athletic

Tue Jan 9 Coventry City 2-2

West Bromwich Albion

Mon Jan 15 West Bromwich Albion 4-0

Coventry City

Tue Jan 9 Darlington 0-1

Colchester United

Tue Jan 9 Fulham 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
Thu Jan 18 Hartlepool United 2-6 Leeds United
Wed Jan 10 Ipswich Town (holders) 3-2 Carlisle United
Sat Jan 6 Leicester City 3-0 Norwich City
Mon Jan 15 Manchester City 0-0 Rotherham United
Wed Jan 17 Rotherham United 2-4

Manchester City

Mon Jan 15 Manchester United 3-0 Chelsea
Tue Jan 9 Middlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace
Mon Jan 15 Crystal Palace 1-0

Middlesbrough

Wed Jan 10 Millwall 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Tue Jan 16 Newcastle United 3-1 Torquay United
Tue Jan 9 Newport County 2-1 West Ham United
Wed Jan 10 Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa
Tue Jan 9 Notts County 4-2 Reading
Tue Jan 9 Orient 3-2 Bury
Tue Jan 16 Preston North End 3-0 Derby County
Tue Jan 9 Sheffield United 0-0 Aldershot
Mon Jan 15 Aldershot 1-0

Sheffield United

Sat Jan 6 Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Arsenal
Tue Jan 9 Arsenal 1-1

Sheffield Wednesday

Mon Jan 15 Arsenal 2-2

Sheffield Wednesday

(the match was played at Filbert Street, Leicester City FC)
Wed Jan 17 Arsenal 3-3

Sheffield Wednesday

(the match was played at Filbert Street, Leicester City FC)
Mon Jan 22 Arsenal 2-0

Sheffield Wednesday

(the match was played at Filbert Street, Leicester City FC)
Sat Jan 6 Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Cambridge United
Wed Jan 10 Southend United 0-0 Liverpool
Wed Jan 17 Liverpool  3-0

Southend United

Sat Jan 6 Stoke City 2-0 Oldham Athletic
(the match was abandoned at half-time due to snow, match void)
Wed Jan 17 Stoke City 0-1

Oldham Athletic

Wed Jan 10 Sunderland 2-1 Everton
Mon Jan 8 Swansea City 0-1 Bristol Rovers
Tue Jan 9 Swindon Town 3-0 Cardiff City
Wed Mar 10 Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Altrincham*
Tue Jan 16 Altrincham* 0-3

Tottenham Hotspur

(the match was played at Maine Road, Manchester City FC)
Tue Jan 9 Wimbledon 0-2 Southampton
Thu Feb 1 Wrexham 6-2 Stockport County
Tue Jan 9 York City 2-0 Luton Town
Fourth Round
Tue Jan 30 Aldershot 2-1 Swindon Town
Sat Jan 27 Arsenal 2-0 Notts County
Mon Feb 5 Bristol Rovers 1-0 Charlton Athletic
Wed Feb 21 Burnley 1-1 Sunderland
Mon Feb 26 Sunderland 0-3

Burnley

Mon Jan 29 Crystal Palace 3-0 Bristol City
Wed Jan 31 Fulham 1-1 Manchester United
Mon Feb 12 Manchester United 1-0

Fulham

Sat Jan 27 Ipswich Town (holders) 0-0 Orient
Tue Jan 30 Orient 0-2

Ipswich Town (holders)

Mon Feb 26 Leeds United 3-3 West Bromwich Albion
(the tie was switched to the Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion FC - see note)
Thu Mar 1 West Bromwich Albion 2-0

Leeds United

Tue Jan 30 Liverpool 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Sat Jan 27 Newcastle United 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Thu Feb 22 Wolverhampton W. 1-0

Newcastle United

Tue Jan 30 Newport County 0-0 Colchester United
Mon Feb 5 Colchester United 1-0

Newport County

Sat Jan 27 Nottingham Forest 3-1 York City
Mon Feb 26 Oldham Athletic 3-1 Leicester City
Mon Feb 12 Preston North End 0-1 Southampton
Sat Jan 27 Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Manchester City
Mon Feb 12 Tottenham Hotspur 3-3 Wrexham
Wed Feb 21 Wrexham 2-3

Tottenham Hotspur

Fifth Round
Tue Feb 20 Aldershot 2-2 Shrewsbury Town
Mon Feb 26 Shrewsbury Town 3-1

Aldershot

Tue Feb 20 Colchester United 0-1 Manchester United
Mon Feb 26 Crystal Palace 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mon Feb 26 Ipswich Town (holders) 6-1 Bristol Rovers
Wed Feb 28 Liverpool 3-0 Burnley
Mon Feb 26 Nottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal
Wed Feb 28 Oldham Athletic 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur