1935–36 FA Cup

August 2020 1935–36 FA Cup EnglandWales Arsenal (2nd title) Sheffield United 1934–35 1936–37 The 1935–36 FA Cup was the 61st season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Arsenal won the competition for the second time, beating Sheffield United 1–0 in the final at Wembley, through a late goal from Ted Drake. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. Calendar Round Date Extra preliminary round Saturday 7 September 1935 Preliminary round Saturday 21 September 1935 First round qualifying Saturday 5 October 1935 Second round qualifying Saturday 19 October 1935 Third round qualifying Saturday 2 November 1935 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 16 November 1935 First round proper Saturday 30 November 1935 Second round proper Saturday 14 December 1935 Third round proper Saturday 11 January 1936 Fourth round proper Saturday 25 January 1936 Fifth round proper Saturday 15 February 1936 Sixth round proper Saturday 29 February 1936 Semi-finals Saturday 21 March 1936 Final Saturday 25 April 1936 Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 25 places available in the first round. The 25 winners from the fourth qualifying round were Blyth Spartans, Ferryhill Athletic, Scarborough, Kells United, Workington, Darwen, Wigan Athletic, Stalybridge Celtic, Gainsborough Trinity, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Burton Town, Grantham, Kidderminster Harriers, Boston United, Southall, Walthamstow Avenue, Dartford, Folkestone, Romford, Margate, Nunhead, Dulwich Hamlet, Newport (IOW), Cheltenham Town and Yeovil & Petter's United. Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Ferryhill Athletic, Kells United and Newport (IOW). Kells (at that time) was a small coal mining village on the outskirts of Whitehaven much better known in sporting circles for its amateur rugby league exploits. Although population data from the 1931 Census would be destroyed in a wartime fire, Kells United remains undoubtedly one of the smallest community clubs ever to qualify for the FA Cup first round. Southall was the most successful club from the extra preliminary round, progressing to the third round proper after defeating Hayes, Civil Service, Marlow, Wycombe Wanderers, Uxbridge, Enfield, Swindon Town and Newport (IOW). Kidderminster Harriers and Nunhead also went from the extra preliminary round to the main competition this season, with Nunhead going out in the first round and Kidderminster in the second. First round proper At this stage 41 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs that came through the qualifying rounds. Stockport County, Millwall and Luton Town were given byes to the third round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Bishop Auckland and Corinthian were given byes to this round, with Bishop Auckland being the winner of the previous season's FA Amateur Cup. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 30 November 1935. Six were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chester1–0Gateshead30 November 19352Chesterfield3–0Southport30 November 19353Darlington4–2Accrington Stanley30 November 19354Barrow4–1Wrexham30 November 19355Bristol City0–1Crystal Palace30 November 19356Grantham0–2Notts County30 November 19357Southall3–1Swindon Town30 November 19358Reading8–3Corinthian30 November 19359Walsall2–0Lincoln City30 November 193510Crewe Alexandra4–2Boston United30 November 193511Gainsborough Trinity3–1Blyth Spartans30 November 193512Scarborough2–0Darwen30 November 193513Tranmere Rovers3–0Carlisle United30 November 193514Kidderminster Harriers4–1Bishop Auckland30 November 193515Northampton Town0–0Bristol Rovers30 November 1935ReplayBristol Rovers3–1Northampton Town4 December 193516Coventry City1–1Scunthorpe & Lindsey United30 November 1935ReplayScunthorpe & Lindsey United4–2Coventry City9 December 193517Brighton & Hove Albion0–0Cheltenham Town30 November 1935ReplayCheltenham Town0–6Brighton & Hove Albion4 December 193518Clapton Orient0–0Aldershot30 November 1935ReplayAldershot0–1Clapton Orient4 December 193519Oldham Athletic6–1Ferryhill Athletic30 November 193520Nunhead2–4Watford30 November 193521Exeter City0–4Gillingham30 November 193522Mansfield Town2–3Hartlepools United30 November 193523Cardiff City0–3Dartford30 November 193524Halifax Town4–0Rochdale30 November 193525Stalybridge Celtic4–0Kells United30 November 193526Newport County0–1Southend United30 November 193527Margate3–1Queens Park Rangers30 November 193528Yeovil & Petter's United0–1Newport (IOW)30 November 193529Dulwich Hamlet2–3Torquay United30 November 193530New Brighton1–3Workington30 November 193531Walthamstow Avenue1–1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic30 November 1935ReplayBournemouth & Boscombe Athletic8–1Walthamstow Avenue4 December 193532York City1–5Burton Town30 November 193533Romford3–3Folkestone30 November 1935ReplayFolkestone2–1Romford4 December 193534Wigan Athletic1–2Rotherham United30 November 1935 Second round proper The matches were played on Saturday, 14 December 1935. Six matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, Halifax Town against Hartlepools United, went to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chester3–3Reading14 December 1935ReplayReading3–0Chester18 December 19352Chesterfield0–0Walsall14 December 1935ReplayWalsall2–1Chesterfield19 December 19353Dartford4–0Gainsborough Trinity14 December 19354Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic5–2Barrow14 December 19355Southall8–0Newport (IOW)14 December 19356Folkestone1–2Clapton Orient14 December 19357Notts County3–0Torquay United14 December 19358Crewe Alexandra2–1Gillingham14 December 19359Scarborough1–1Brighton & Hove Albion14 December 1935ReplayBrighton & Hove Albion3–0Scarborough18 December 193510Tranmere Rovers6–2Scunthorpe & Lindsey United14 December 193511Oldham Athletic1–1Bristol Rovers14 December 1935ReplayBristol Rovers4–1Oldham Athletic18 December 193512Southend United5–0Burton Town14 December 193513Halifax Town1–1Hartlepools United14 December 1935ReplayHartlepools United0–0Halifax Town18 December 1935ReplayHalifax Town1–4Hartlepools United23 December 193514Stalybridge Celtic0–1Darlington14 December 193515Margate3–1Crystal Palace14 December 193516Workington5–1Kidderminster Harriers14 December 193517Rotherham United1–1Watford14 December 1935ReplayWatford1–0Rotherham United18 December 1935 Third round proper The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage along with Stockport County, Millwall and Luton Town. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 January 1936. Twelve matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture. Margate, Southall, Dartford and Workington were the last clubs from the qualifying rounds remaining in the competition, with Southall featuring in their ninth round of the tournament. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackpool3–1Margate11 January 19362Darlington2–3Bury11 January 19363Burnley0–0Sheffield United11 January 1936ReplaySheffield United2–1Burnley16 January 19364Liverpool1–0Swansea Town11 January 19365Southall1–4Watford11 January 19366Reading1–3Manchester United11 January 19367Walsall0–2Newcastle United11 January 19368Leicester City1–0Brentford11 January 19369Notts County0–0Tranmere Rovers11 January 1936ReplayTranmere Rovers4–3Notts County15 January 193610Blackburn Rovers1–1Bolton Wanderers11 January 1936ReplayBolton Wanderers0–1Blackburn Rovers15 January 193611Aston Villa0–1Huddersfield Town11 January 193612Wolverhampton Wanderers1–1Leeds United11 January 1936ReplayLeeds United3–1Wolverhampton Wanderers15 January 193613Crewe Alexandra1–1Sheffield Wednesday11 January 1936ReplaySheffield Wednesday3–1Crewe Alexandra15 January 193614Middlesbrough1–0Southampton11 January 193615West Bromwich Albion2–0Hull City11 January 193616Sunderland2–2Port Vale11 January 1936ReplayPort Vale2–0Sunderland13 January 193617Derby County3–2Dartford11 January 193618Everton1–3Preston North End11 January 193619Doncaster Rovers1–2Nottingham Forest11 January 193620Stockport County2–3Plymouth Argyle11 January 193621Tottenham Hotspur4–4Southend United11 January 1936ReplaySouthend United1–2Tottenham Hotspur15 January 193622Manchester City3–1Portsmouth11 January 193623Fulham2–1Brighton & Hove Albion11 January 193624Barnsley3–3Birmingham11 January 1936ReplayBirmingham0–2Barnsley15 January 193625Bristol Rovers1–5Arsenal11 January 193626West Ham United2–2Luton Town11 January 1936ReplayLuton Town4–0West Ham United15 January 193627Norwich City1–1Chelsea11 January 1936ReplayChelsea3–1Norwich City15 January 193628Bradford City1–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic11 January 193629Millwall0–0Stoke City11 January 1936ReplayStoke City4–0Millwall15 January 193630Clapton Orient3–0Charlton Athletic11 January 193631Bradford Park Avenue3–2Workington11 January 193632Hartlepools United0–0Grimsby Town11 January 1936ReplayGrimsby Town4–1Hartlepools United14 January 1936 Fourth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 January 1936, although four games were played at later dates. Four games were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool0–2Arsenal25 January 19362Preston North End0–0Sheffield United25 January 1936ReplaySheffield United2–0Preston North End30 January 19363Leicester City6–3Watford25 January 19364Sheffield Wednesday1–1Newcastle United27 January 1936ReplayNewcastle United3–1Sheffield Wednesday29 January 19365Middlesbrough3–0Clapton Orient25 January 19366Derby County2–0Nottingham Forest25 January 19367Tranmere Rovers2–4Barnsley25 January 19368Tottenham Hotspur1–0Huddersfield Town25 January 19369Manchester City2–1Luton Town25 January 193610Fulham5–2Blackpool25 January 193611Bradford City3–1Blackburn Rovers3 February 193612Chelsea4–1Plymouth Argyle25 January 193613Bradford Park Avenue1–1West Bromwich Albion29 January 1936ReplayWest Bromwich Albion1–1Bradford Park Avenue3 February 1936ReplayBradford Park Avenue2–0West Bromwich Albion10 February 193614Port Vale0–4Grimsby Town25 January 193615Leeds United3–2Bury29 January 193616Stoke City0–0Manchester United25 January 1936ReplayManchester United0–2Stoke City29 January 1936 Fifth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 15 February 1936, except for the Chelsea–Fulham derby game, which was played four days later. There were three replays, played in the next midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Grimsby Town3–2Manchester City15 February 19362Middlesbrough2–1Leicester City15 February 19363Sheffield United3–1Leeds United15 February 19364Newcastle United3–3Arsenal15 February 1936ReplayArsenal3–0Newcastle United19 February 19365Barnsley2–1Stoke City15 February 19366Bradford City0–1Derby County15 February 19367Chelsea0–0Fulham19 February 1936ReplayFulham3–2Chelsea24 February 19368Bradford Park Avenue0–0Tottenham Hotspur15 February 1936ReplayTottenham Hotspur2–1Bradford Park Avenue17 February 1936 Sixth round proper The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 29 February 1936. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Grimsby Town3–1Middlesbrough29 February 19362Sheffield United3–1Tottenham Hotspur29 February 19363Fulham3–0Derby County29 February 19364Arsenal4–1Barnsley29 February 1936 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 21 March 1936. Sheffield United and Arsenal won their matches to meet in the final at Wembley 21 March 1936 15:00 Sheffield United 2–1 Fulham Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton 21 March 1936 15:00 Arsenal 1–0 Grimsby Town Leeds Road, Huddersfield Final 1936 FA Cup Final The 1936 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Sheffield United at Wembley. Arsenal won by a single goal, scored by Ted Drake. Match details 25 April 1936 15:00 BST Arsenal 1–0 Sheffield United Report Drake 74 Wembley, London 93,384 Harry Nattrass right _collarwhite _hoops_white FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF 000088 Arsenal _white_stripes _whitestripes3 _white_stripes _redtop_2whitestripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 Sheffield United See also FA Cup Final Results 1872- References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1935-36 FA Cup at rssf.com 1935-36 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific 30em Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup