1936–37 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1936–37^[A] was the sixteenth awarding of Ireland's premier cup competition prize, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 9 January 1937 and concluded on 18 April with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 24,000 people watched Waterford, captained by Tom Arrigan, claim their first FAI Cup title by defeating St James's Gate.

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Fearons Athletic	4-1	Bray Unknowns	9 January 1937
2	Shelbourne	1-1	St James's Gate	9 January 1937
replay	St James's Gate	4-2	Shelbourne	13 January 1937
3	Cork	3-2	Queen's Park	10 January 1937
4	Drumcondra	1-1	Brideville	10 January 1937
replay	Drumcondra	3-2	Brideville	13 January 1937
5	Longford Town	2-1	Evergreen United	10 January 1937
6	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Dolphin	10 January 1937
7	Sligo Rovers	6-1	Bohemians	10 January 1937
8	Waterford	3-3	Dundalk	10 January 1937]
replay	Dundalk	1-1	Waterford	14 January 1937
replay(2)	Waterford	3-1	Dundalk	21 January 1937

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Cork	0-0^[C]	Fearons Athletic	7 February 1937
refix^[C]	Cork	0-1	Fearons Athletic	10 February 1937
2	Longford Town	2-1	Drumcondra	7 February 1937
3	St James's Gate	6-2	Sligo Rovers	7 February 1937
4	Waterford	2-0	Shamrock Rovers	7 February 1937

Semi-finals

Waterford v Longford Town

10 March, 1937

Waterford	4–1	Longford Town
O' Keeffe Arrigan J. Walsh Phelan		P. Clarke

Dalymount Park, Dublin

St James's Gate v Fearons Athletic

21 March, 1937

St James's Gate	4–0	Fearons Athletic
W. Byrne(3) Comerford

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Final

Waterford v St James's Gate

18 April, 1937

Waterford	2–1	St James's Gate
Noonan 35' O' Keeffe 75'		Merry 80'

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 24,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1936–37
Waterford 1st Title

Notes

A. ^ From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

C. ^ ^a Fixture abandoned after 55 minutes due to bad weather. Re-Fixture played on 10 February.

References

General

Terry O'Rourke, Sean Ryan (1985). Gillette book of the FAI CUP. Irish Soccer Co-op.

External links

FAI Website

FAI Cup

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