1979–80 FA Cup

As of 2024, this was the last occasion when a club outside the top division of English football won the FA Cup.

Teams from the Football League Third and Fourth Division entered in this round plus Stafford Rangers, Kettering Town, Altrincham and Scarborough were given byes.

The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] This was the first season of a 4-year deal between the FA/Football League and BBC/ITV where BBC and ITV would alternate between Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons for highlights.

This season it was as it was under the previous contracts from 1964 to 1979 Saturday nights BBC1 and Sunday afternoons ITV.