1936–37 FAI Cup

1936-37 FAI Cup

Tournament details
Country	Republic of Ireland
Dates	9 January – 18 April 1937
Teams	16
Defending champions	Shamrock Rovers
Final positions
Champions	Waterford
Runner-up	St James's Gate
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	74 (3.7 per match)

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	Fearon's 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]	Fearon's Athletic	7 February 1937
refix^[C]	Cork	0-1	Fearon's 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

10 March, 1937

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

Dalymount Park, Dublin

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21 March, 1937

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

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Final

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 to 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