| F.A. Cup | |||||||||||
| 1978/79 Results | |||||||||||
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| First Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Aldershot | 1 | - | 1 | Weymouth* | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 29 | Weymouth* | 0 | - | 2 |
Aldershot |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Altrincham* | 4 | - | 3 |
Southport* |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Barnet* | 3 | - | 3 | Woking* | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Woking* | 3 | - | 3 |
Barnet* |
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| Tue | Dec | 5 | Woking* | 3 | - | 0 |
Barnet* |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Barnsley | 5 | - | 1 | Worksop Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Blackpool | 2 | - | 1 | Lincoln City | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Bournemouth | 2 | - | 1 | Hitchin Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Bradford City | 1 | - | 0 | Port Vale | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Carlisle United | 1 | - | 0 | Halifax Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Chester | 1 | - | 1 | Runcorn* | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Runcorn* | 0 | - | 5 |
Chester |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Chorley* | 0 | - | 1 | Scarborough* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Colchester United | 4 | - | 2 | Oxford United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Darlington | 1 | - | 1 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 6 | Chesterfield | 0 | - | 1 |
Darlington |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Dartford* | 1 | - | 2 | AP Leamington* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | - | 1 | Huddersfield Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Exeter City | 1 | - | 0 | Brentford | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Gravesend & Northfleet* | 0 | - | 0 | Wimbledon | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Wimbledon | 1 | - | 0 |
Gravesend & Northfleet* |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Hartlepool United | 1 | - | 0 | Grimsby Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Hereford United | 0 | - | 1 | Newport County | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Hull City | 2 | - | 1 | Stafford Rangers* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Leatherhead* | 2 | - | 1 | Merthyr Tydfil* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Maidstone United* | 1 | - | 0 | Wycombe Wanderers* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Mansfield Town | 0 | - | 2 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Nuneaton Borough* | 0 | - | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Portsmouth | 2 | - | 0 | Northampton Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Reading | 0 | - | 0 | Gillingham | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Gillingham | 1 | - | 2 |
Reading |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Rochdale | 0 | - | 1 | Droylsden* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Rotherham United | 3 | - | 0 | Workington* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Scunthorpe United | 1 | - | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | - | 0 |
Scunthorpe United |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Southend United | 3 | - | 2 | Peterborough United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Stockport County | 5 | - | 1 | Morecambe* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Swansea City | 4 | - | 1 | Hillingdon Borough* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Swindon Town | 2 | - | 0 | March Town United* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | - | 1 | Boston United* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Walsall | 0 | - | 2 | Torquay United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Watford | 3 | - | 0 | Dagenham* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Wealdstone* | 0 | - | 5 | Enfield* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | - | 2 | Bury | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Bury | 4 | - | 1 |
Wigan Athletic |
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| Sat | Nov | 25 | Worcester City* | 2 | - | 0 | Plymouth Argyle | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | Yeovil Town* | 0 | - | 1 | Barking* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 25 | York City | 1 | - | 1 | Blyth Spartans* | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Blyth Spartans* | 3 | - | 5 |
York City |
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| Second Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | AP Leamington* | 0 | - | 1 | Torquay United | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Barking* | 1 | - | 2 | Aldershot | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Barnsley | 1 | - | 1 |
Rotherham United |
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| Tue | Jan | 9 | Rotherham United | 2 | - | 1 |
Barnsley |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | Bury | 3 | - | 1 | Blackpool | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Carlisle United | 3 | - | 0 | Hull City | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | - | 1 | Hartlepool United | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Darlington | 2 | - | 1 | Chester | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | - | 3 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Droylsden* | 0 | - | 2 | Altrincham* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Leatherhead* | 1 | - | 1 | Colchester United | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 19 | Colchester United | 4 | - | 0 |
Leatherhead* |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | Maidstone United* | 1 | - | 0 | Exeter City | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Newport County | 0 | - | 0 | Worcester City* | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 18 | Worcester City* | 1 | - | 2 |
Newport County |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | Portsmouth | 0 | - | 1 | Reading | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Stockport County | 4 | - | 2 | Bradford City | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Swansea City | 2 | - | 2 | Woking* | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 19 | Woking* | 3 | - | 5 |
Swansea City |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | Swindon Town | 3 | - | 0 | Enfield* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | - | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | - | 0 |
Tranmere Rovers |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | Watford | 1 | - | 1 | Southend United | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 18 | Southend United | 1 | - | 0 |
Watford |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | Wimbledon | 1 | - | 1 | Bournemouth | ||||
| Thu | Dec | 28 | Bournemouth | 1 | - | 2 |
Wimbledon |
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| Sat | Dec | 16 | York City | 3 | - | 0 | Scarborough* | ||||
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| Third Round | |||||||||||
| Tue | Jan | 9 | Birmingham City | 0 | - | 2 | Burnley | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | - | 3 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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| Tue | Jan | 9 | Bristol City | 3 | - | 1 |
Bolton Wanderers |
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| Tue | Jan | 9 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | - | 1 |
Maidstone United* |
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| Mon | Jan | 15 | Maidstone United* | 1 | - | 2 |
Charlton Athletic |
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| Tue | Jan | 9 | Coventry City | 2 | - | 2 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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| Mon | Jan | 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | - | 0 |
Coventry City |
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| Tue | Jan | 9 | Darlington | 0 | - | 1 |
Colchester United |
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| 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 |
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| Mon | Jan | 15 | Manchester United | 3 | - | 0 | Chelsea | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 9 | Middlesbrough | 1 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 15 | Crystal Palace | 1 | - | 0 |
Middlesbrough |
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| 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 |
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| Sat | Jan | 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | - | 1 | Arsenal | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 9 | Arsenal | 1 | - | 1 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
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| Mon | Jan | 15 | Arsenal | 2 | - | 2 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
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| (the match was played at Filbert Street, Leicester City FC) | |||||||||||
| Wed | Jan | 17 | Arsenal | 3 | - | 3 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
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| (the match was played at Filbert Street, Leicester City FC) | |||||||||||
| Mon | Jan | 22 | Arsenal | 2 | - | 0 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
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| (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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Jan | 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | - | 1 | Altrincham* | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 16 | Altrincham* | 0 | - | 3 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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| (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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sat | Jan | 27 | Ipswich Town (holders) | 0 | - | 0 | Orient | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 30 | Orient | 0 | - | 2 |
Ipswich Town (holders) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Tue | Jan | 30 | Newport County | 0 | - | 0 | Colchester United | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 5 | Colchester United | 1 | - | 0 |
Newport County |
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| 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 |
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| Fifth Round | |||||||||||
| Tue | Feb | 20 | Aldershot | 2 | - | 2 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Mon | Feb | 26 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | - | 1 |
Aldershot |
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| 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 | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | - | 1 | Southampton | ||||
| Mon | Mar | 12 | Southampton | 2 | - | 1 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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| Sixth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Mar | 10 | Ipswich Town (holders) | 0 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Mon | Mar | 19 | Southampton | 1 | - | 1 | Arsenal | ||||
| Wed | Mar | 21 | Arsenal | 2 | - | 0 |
Southampton |
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| Sat | Mar | 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | - | 1 | Manchester United | ||||
| Wed | Mar | 14 | Manchester United | 2 | - | 0 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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| Sat | Mar | 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | - | 1 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Tue | Mar | 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | - | 3 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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| Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
| Sat | Mar | 31 | Arsenal | 2 | - | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Played at Villa Park, Aston Villa FC | |||||||||||
| Sat | Mar | 31 | Manchester United | 2 | - | 2 | Liverpool | ||||
| Played at Maine Road, Manchester City FC | |||||||||||
| Wed | Apr | 4 | Manchester United | 1 | - | 0 |
Liverpool |
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| Played at Goodison Park, Everton FC | |||||||||||
| Final Played at Wembley Stadium, London | |||||||||||
| Sat | May | 12 | Arsenal | 3 | - | 2 | Manchester United | ||||
| Note: Leeds were drawn at home to WBA in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup but the tie was switched to the Hawthorns as the FA had banned Leeds from staging FA Cup ties at Elland Road following crowd trouble in an FA Cup against Manchester City at the ground in 1977/78. | |||||||||||
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