| F.A. Cup | |||||||||||
| 1979/80 Results | |||||||||||
| * denotes non-league club | |||||||||||
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| First Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Aldershot | 4 | - | 1 | Exeter City | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Altrincham* | 3 | - | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Barking* | 1 | - | 0 | Oxford United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Barnsley | 5 | - | 2 | Hartlepool United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Blackpool | 1 | - | 1 | Wigan Athletic | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 28 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | - | 0 | Blackpool | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Blyth Spartans* | 0 | - | 2 | Mansfield Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Brandon United* | 0 | - | 3 | Bradford City | ||||
| (the match was played at the Brewery Field, Spennymoor United FC) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Burscough* | 0 | - | 3 | Sheffield United | ||||
| (the venue was switched to Bramall Lane, Sheffield United FC) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Burton Albion* | 0 | - | 2 | Bury | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Carlisle United | 3 | - | 3 | Hull City | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 28 | Hull City | 0 | - | 2 | Carlisle United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Chester | 5 | - | 1 | Workington* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Colchester United | 1 | - | 1 | Plymouth Argyle | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 27 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | - | 1 | Colchester United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Darlington | 1 | - | 1 | Huddersfield Town | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 27 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | - | 1 | Darlington | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Enfield* | 0 | - | 1 | Yeovil Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Fareham Town* | 2 | - | 3 | Merthyr Tydfil* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Gillingham | 0 | - | 0 | Wimbledon | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 27 | Wimbledon | 4 | - | 2 | Gillingham | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Gravesend & Northfleet* | 0 | - | 1 | Torquay United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Grimsby Town | 1 | - | 1 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 27 | Chesterfield | 2 | - | 3 | Grimsby Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Halifax Town | 2 | - | 0 | Scarborough* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Harlow Town* | 2 | - | 1 | Leytonstone-Ilford* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Hereford United | 1 | - | 0 | Northampton Town | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Kidderminster Harriers* | 0 | - | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Minehead* | 1 | - | 2 | Chesham United* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Morecambe* | 1 | - | 1 | Rotherham United | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 27 | Rotherham United | 2 | - | 0 | Morecambe* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Nuneaton Borough* | 3 | - | 3 | Norwich Victoria* | ||||
| Mon | Nov | 26 | Northwich Victoria* | 3 | - | 0 | Nuneaton Borough* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Peterborough United | 1 | - | 2 | Bournemouth | ||||
| Fri | Nov | 23 | Port Vale | 1 | - | 3 | Doncaster Rovers | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Portsmouth | 1 | - | 0 | Newport County | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Reading | 4 | - | 2 | Kettering Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Rochdale | 2 | - | 1 | Scunthorpe United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Salisbury* | 1 | - | 2 | Millwall | ||||
| (the match was played at the Dell, Southampton FC) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | - | 0 | Lincoln City | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Slough Town* | 3 | - | 1 | Hungerford Town* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Stafford Rangers* | 3 | - | 2 | Moor Green* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Swindon Town | 4 | - | 1 | Brentford | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | - | 0 | AP Leamington* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Walsall | 2 | - | 0 | Stockport County | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Wealdstone* | 0 | - | 1 | Southend United | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | Wycombe Wanderers* | 0 | - | 3 | Croydon* | ||||
| Sat | Nov | 24 | York City | 5 | - | 0 | Mossley* | ||||
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| Second Round | |||||||||||
| Mon | Dec | 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | - | 0 | Stafford Rangers* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Bury | 0 | - | 0 | York City | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | York City | 0 | - | 2 | Bury | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Carlisle United | 3 | - | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 19 | Chesham United* | 1 | - | 1 | Merthyr Tydfil* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 22 | Merthyr Tydfil* | 1 | - | 3 | Chesham United* | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Chester | 1 | - | 0 | Barnsley | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Colchester United | 1 | - | 0 | Bournemouth | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Croydon* | 1 | - | 1 | Millwall | ||||
| (the match was played at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace FC) | |||||||||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Millwall | 3 | - | 2 | Croydon* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Darlington | 0 | - | 1 | Bradford City | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | - | 2 | Mansfield Town | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Grimsby Town | 2 | - | 0 | Sheffield United | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Hereford United | 1 | - | 2 | Aldershot | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 24 | Northwich Victoria* | 0 | - | 3 | Wigan Athletic | ||||
| (the match was abandoned after 65 minutes due to fog - match void) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Northwich Victoria* | 2 | - | 2 | Wigan Athletic | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 7 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | - | 0 | Northwich Victoria* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Reading | 3 | - | 1 | Barking* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Rotherham United | 0 | - | 2 | Altrincham* | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Southend United | 1 | - | 1 | Harlow Town* | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Harlow Town* | 1 | - | 0 | Southend United | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Torquay United | 3 | - | 3 | Swindon Town | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 22 | Swindon Town | 3 | - | 2 | Torquay United | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | - | 2 | Rochdale | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Rochdale | 2 | - | 1 | Tranmere Rovers | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Walsall | 1 | - | 1 | Halifax Town | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Halifax Town | 1 | - | 1 | Walsall | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 24 | Halifax Town | 2 | - | 0 | Walsall | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 18 | Wimbledon | 0 | - | 0 | Portsmouth | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 24 | Portsmouth | 3 | - | 3 | Wimbledon | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Wimbledon | 0 | - | 1 | Portsmouth | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 15 | Yeovil Town* | 1 | - | 0 | Slough Town* | ||||
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| Third Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Altrincham* | 1 | - | 1 | Orient | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 9 | Orient | 2 | - | 1 | Altrincham* | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Birmingham City | 2 | - | 1 | Southampton | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | - | 1 | Fulham | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 15 | Fulham | 0 | - | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Bristol City | 6 | - | 2 | Derby County | ||||
| Fri | Jan | 4 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | - | 2 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Burnley | 1 | - | 0 | Stoke City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Cardiff City | 0 | - | 0 | Arsenal (holders) | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 8 | Arsenal (holders) | 2 | - | 1 | Cardiff City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Carlisle United | 3 | - | 2 | Bradford City | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 14 | Chelsea | 0 | - | 1 | Wigan Athletic | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Chesham United* | 0 | - | 2 | Cambridge United | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Everton | 4 | - | 1 | Aldershot | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Halifax Town | 1 | - | 0 | Manchester City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Leeds United | 1 | - | 4 | Nottingham Forest | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Leicester City | 1 | - | 1 | Harlow Town* | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 8 | Harlow Town* | 1 | - | 0 | Leicester City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Liverpool | 5 | - | 0 | Grimsby Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Luton Town | 0 | - | 2 | Swindon Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Mansfield Town | 0 | - | 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Millwall | 5 | - | 1 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Newcastle United | 0 | - | 2 | Chester | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Notts County | 1 | - | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | - | 1 | Coventry City | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 9 | Portsmouth | 1 | - | 1 | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 14 | Middlesbrough | 3 | - | 0 | Portsmouth | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Preston North End | 0 | - | 3 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | - | 2 | Watford | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Reading | 2 | - | 0 | Colchester United | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 8 | Rochdale | 1 | - | 1 | Bury | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 21 | Bury | 3 | - | 2 | Rochdale | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Sunderland | 0 | - | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Swansea City | 2 | - | 2 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 8 | Crystal Palace | 3 | - | 3 | Swansea City | ||||
| Mon | Jan | 14 | Swansea City | 2 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| (the match was played at Ninian Park, Cardiff City FC) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | - | 1 | Manchester United | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 9 | Manchester United | 0 | - | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | - | 1 | West Ham United | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 8 | West Ham United | 2 | - | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Wrexham | 6 | - | 0 | Charlton Athletic | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 5 | Yeovil Town* | 0 | - | 3 | Norwich City | ||||
| Fourth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Arsenal (holders) | 2 | - | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Birmingham City | 2 | - | 1 | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | - | 0 | Coventry City | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | - | 0 | Halifax Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Bristol City | 1 | - | 2 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Bury | 1 | - | 0 | Burnley | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Cambridge United | 1 | - | 1 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 30 | Aston Villa | 4 | - | 1 | Cambridge United | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Carlisle United | 0 | - | 0 | Wrexham | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 29 | Wrexham | 3 | - | 1 | Carlisle United | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Chester | 2 | - | 0 | Millwall | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Everton | 3 | - | 0 | Wigan Athletic | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | - | 2 | Liverpool | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Orient | 2 | - | 3 | West Ham United | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Swansea City | 4 | - | 1 | Reading | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Swindon Town | 0 | - | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | - | 1 | Swindon Town | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Watford | 4 | - | 3 | Harlow Town* | ||||
| Sat | Jan | 26 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | - | 1 | Norwich City | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 30 | Norwich City | 2 | - | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Fifth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | - | 1 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Wed | Feb | 20 | Aston Villa | 1 | - | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | - | 1 | Arsenal (holders) | ||||
| Tue | Feb | 19 | Arsenal (holders) | 3 | - | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Everton | 5 | - | 2 | Wrexham | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Ipswich Town | 2 | - | 1 | Chester | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Liverpool | 2 | - | 0 | Bury | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | - | 1 | Birmingham City | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | West Ham United | 2 | - | 0 | Swansea City | ||||
| Sat | Feb | 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | - | 3 | Watford | ||||
| Sixth Round | |||||||||||
| Sat | Mar | 8 | Everton | 2 | - | 1 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 8 | Watford | 1 | - | 2 | Arsenal (holders) | ||||
| Sat | Mar | 8 | West Ham United | 1 | - | 0 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
| Sat | Apr | 12 | Arsenal (holders) | 0 | - | 0 | Liverpool | ||||
| Played at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday FC | |||||||||||
| Wed | Apr | 16 | Arsenal (holders) | 1 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Played at Villa Park, Aston Villa FC | |||||||||||
| Mon | Apr | 28 | Arsenal (holders) | 1 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Played at Villa Park, Aston Villa FC | |||||||||||
| Thu | May | 1 | Arsenal (holders) | 1 | - | 0 | Liverpool | ||||
| Played at Highfield Road, Coventry City FC | |||||||||||
| Sat | Apr | 12 | West Ham United | 1 | - | 1 | Everton | ||||
| Played at Villa Park, Aston Villa FC | |||||||||||
| Wed | Apr | 16 | West Ham United | 2 | - | 1 | Everton | ||||
| Played at Elland Road, Leeds United FC | |||||||||||
| Final Played at Wembley Stadium, London | |||||||||||
| Sat | May | 10 | West Ham United | 1 | - | 0 | Arsenal (holders) | ||||
|   | Arsenal
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