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| 17/12/1977 | Blyth Spartans | - | Chesterfield FC | 1:0 | ||
| Carlisle United | - | Chester City | 3:1 | |||
| Crewe Alexandra | - | Scarborough FC | 0:0 | |||
| Gillingham FC | - | Peterborough United | 1:1 | |||
| Grimsby Town | - | Barnsley FC | 2:0 | |||
| Hartlepool United | - | Runcorn FC | 4:2 | |||
| Leamington FC | - | Southend United | 0:0 | |||
| Minehead AFC | - | Exeter City | 0:3 | |||
| Northampton Town | - | Enfield FC | 0:2 | |||
| Nuneaton Borough FC | - | Tilbury FC | 1:2 | |||
| Plymouth Argyle | - | Cambridge United | 1:0 | |||
| Portsmouth FC | - | Swansea City | 2:2 | |||
| Preston North End | - | Wrexham AFC | 0:2 | |||
| Rotherham United | - | Evenwood Town | 6:0 | |||
| Shrewsbury Town | - | Stockport County | 1:1 | |||
| Swindon Town | - | Brentford FC | 2:1 | |||
| Walsall FC | - | Port Vale FC | 1:1 | |||
| Watford FC | - | Colchester United | 2:0 | |||
| Wealdstone FC | - | Reading FC | 2:1 | |||
| Wigan Athletic | - | Sheffield Wednesday | 1:0 | |||
| decisive matches | ||||||
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| 19/12/1977 | Port Vale FC | - | Walsall FC | 1:3 | ||
| Southend United | - | Leamington FC | 4:0 | |||
| Stockport County | - | Shrewsbury Town | 1:2 | |||
| 20/12/1977 | Peterborough United | - | Gillingham FC | 2:0 | ||
| Swansea City | - | Portsmouth FC | 2:1 | |||
| 21/12/1977 | Scarborough FC | - | Crewe Alexandra | 2:0 | ||
