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| 16/12/1978 | Barking | - | Aldershot FC | 1:2 | ||
| Barnsley FC | - | Rotherham United | 1:1 | |||
| Bury FC | - | Blackpool FC | 3:1 | |||
| Carlisle United | - | Hull City | 3:0 | |||
| Crewe Alexandra | - | Hartlepool United | 0:1 | |||
| Darlington FC | - | Chester FC | 2:1 | |||
| Doncaster Rovers | - | Shrewsbury Town | 0:3 | |||
| Droylsden FC | - | Altrincham FC | 0:2 | |||
| Leamington FC | - | Torquay United | 0:1 | |||
| Leatherhead FC | - | Colchester United | 1:1 | |||
| Maidstone United | - | Exeter City | 1:0 | |||
| Newport County | - | Worcester City | 0:0 | |||
| Portsmouth FC | - | Reading FC | 0:1 | |||
| Stockport County | - | Bradford City | 4:2 | |||
| Swansea City | - | Woking FC | 2:2 | |||
| Swindon Town | - | Enfield FC | 3:0 | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | - | Sheffield Wednesday | 1:1 | |||
| Watford FC | - | Southend United | 1:1 | |||
| Wimbledon FC | - | AFC Bournemouth | 1:1 | |||
| York City | - | Scarborough FC | 3:0 | |||
| decisive matches | ||||||
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| 18/12/1978 | Southend United | - | Watford FC | 1:0 | ||
| Worcester City | - | Newport County | 1:2 | |||
| 19/12/1978 | Colchester United | - | Leatherhead FC | 4:0 | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday | - | Tranmere Rovers | 4:0 | |||
| Woking FC | - | Swansea City | 3:5 | |||
| 28/12/1978 | AFC Bournemouth | - | Wimbledon FC | 1:2 | ||
| 09/01/1979 | Rotherham United | - | Barnsley FC | 2:1 | ||
