1937–38 FA Cup

November 2024 November 2024 1937–38 FA Cup EnglandWales Preston North End(2nd title) Huddersfield Town 1936–37 1938–39 The 1937–38 FA Cup was the 63rd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Preston North End won the competition for the second time, beating Huddersfield Town 1–0 after extra time in the final at Wembley. 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 4 September 1937 Preliminary round Saturday 18 September 1937 First round qualifying Saturday 2 October 1937 Second round qualifying Saturday 16 October 1937 Third round qualifying Saturday 30 October 1937 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 13 November 1937 First round proper Saturday 27 November 1937 Second round proper Saturday 11 December 1937 Third round proper Saturday 8 January 1938 Fourth round proper Saturday 22 January 1938 Fifth round proper Saturday 12 February 1938 Sixth round proper Saturday 5 March 1938 Semi-Finals Saturday 26 March 1938 Final Saturday 30 April 1938 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 this season's fourth qualifying round were Scarborough, Walker Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Workington, South Liverpool, Wigan Athletic, Lancaster Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Kidderminster Harriers, Wellington Town, Burton Town, King's Lynn, Ipswich Town, Kettering Town, Enfield, Tunbridge Wells Rangers, Dartford, Folkestone, Corinthian, Bromley, Guildford City, Yeovil & Petter's United, Cheltenham Town and Westbury United. Of those, Walker Celtic, Bromley and Westbury United were the only clubs appearing in the competition proper for the first time, although King's Lynn had not featured at this stage since 1905–06. Additionally, after more than a decade of receiving direct byes to various stages of the main draw, Corinthian had successfully navigated the qualifying rounds for the first time. Bromley was the most successful club from this season's extra preliminary round, defeating Beckenham, Darenth Park, Aylesford Paper Mills, London Paper Mills, Sittingbourne, Wimbledon and King's Lynn before going out to Scarborough in the second round proper. 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. Chester, Millwall and Notts County were given byes to the third round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Dulwich Hamlet and Walthamstow Avenue were given byes to this round, with Dulwich Hamlet having won the previous season's FA Amateur Cup. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 27 November 1937. Nine were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, with one of these going to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Darlington0–2Scarborough27 November 19372Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic0–0Dartford27 November 1937ReplayDartford0–6Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic1 December 19373Barrow0–1Crewe Alexandra27 November 19374Bristol City3–0Enfield27 November 19375Rochdale1–1Lincoln City27 November 1937ReplayLincoln City2–0Rochdale1 December 19376Watford3–0Cheltenham Town27 November 19377Walsall4–0Gateshead27 November 19378Gillingham3–4Swindon Town27 November 19379Doncaster Rovers7–0Blyth Spartans27 November 193710Wrexham2–1Oldham Athletic27 November 193711Tranmere Rovers2–1Carlisle United27 November 193712Wellington Town1–2Mansfield Town27 November 193713Kidderminster Harriers2–2Newport County27 November 1937ReplayNewport County4–1Kidderminster Harriers2 December 193714Accrington Stanley1–1Lancaster Town27 November 1937ReplayLancaster Town1–1Accrington Stanley1 December 1937ReplayAccrington Stanley4–0Lancaster Town6 December 193715Bristol Rovers1–8Queens Park Rangers27 November 193716Northampton Town1–2Cardiff City27 November 193717King's Lynn0–4Bromley27 November 193718Brighton & Hove Albion5–1Tunbridge Wells Rangers27 November 193719Hull City4–0Scunthorpe United27 November 193720Crystal Palace2–2Kettering Town27 November 1937ReplayKettering Town0–4Crystal Palace2 December 193721Exeter City1–0Folkestone27 November 193722Hartlepools United3–1Southport27 November 193723Burton Town1–1Rotherham United27 November 1937ReplayRotherham United3–0Burton Town29 November 193724Port Vale1–1Gainsborough Trinity27 November 1937ReplayGainsborough Trinity2–1Port Vale1 December 193725Yeovil & Petter's United2–1Ipswich Town27 November 193726Dulwich Hamlet1–2Aldershot27 November 193727Walker Celtic1–1Bradford City27 November 1937ReplayBradford City11–3Walker Celtic1 December 193728New Brighton5–0Workington27 November 193729Torquay United1–2Clapton Orient27 November 193730Westbury United1–3Walthamstow Avenue27 November 193731Corinthian0–2Southend United27 November 193732York City1–1Halifax Town27 November 1937ReplayHalifax Town0–1York City1 December 193733Guildford City1–0Reading27 November 193734Wigan Athletic1–4South Liverpool27 November 1937 Second round proper The matches were played on Saturday, 11 December 1937, with two matches postponed until the 15th. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Watford3–0Walsall11 December 19372Crewe Alexandra2–2New Brighton15 December 1937ReplayNew Brighton4–1Crewe Alexandra20 December 19373Swindon Town2–1Queens Park Rangers11 December 19374Scarborough4–1Bromley11 December 19375Doncaster Rovers4–0Guildford City11 December 19376Wrexham1–2Bradford City11 December 19377Tranmere Rovers3–1Hartlepools United11 December 19378Accrington Stanley0–1Crystal Palace11 December 19379South Liverpool1–1Brighton & Hove Albion11 December 1937ReplayBrighton & Hove Albion6–0South Liverpool15 December 193710Clapton Orient2–2York City11 December 1937ReplayYork City1–0Clapton Orient15 December 193711Exeter City1–2Hull City11 December 193712Mansfield Town2–1Lincoln City15 December 193713Cardiff City1–1Bristol City11 December 1937ReplayBristol City0–2Cardiff City15 December 193714Newport County2–1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic11 December 193715Yeovil & Petter's United2–1Gainsborough Trinity11 December 193716Walthamstow Avenue0–1Southend United11 December 193717Rotherham United1–3Aldershot11 December 1937 Third round proper The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage along with Chester, Millwall and Notts County. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 January 1938. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays, with one of these requiring a second replay to settle the fixture. Scarborough and Yeovil & Petter's United were the last non-league clubs remaining in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Birmingham0–1Blackpool8 January 19382Bury2–0Brighton & Hove Albion8 January 19383Preston North End3–0West Ham United8 January 19384Nottingham Forest3–1Southampton8 January 19385Sheffield Wednesday1–1Burnley8 January 1938ReplayBurnley3–1Sheffield Wednesday12 January 19386Grimsby Town1–1Swindon Town8 January 1938ReplaySwindon Town2–1Grimsby Town12 January 19387Middlesbrough2–0Stockport County8 January 19388West Bromwich Albion1–0Newcastle United8 January 19389Sunderland1–0Watford8 January 193810Derby County1–2Stoke City8 January 193811Scarborough1–1Luton Town8 January 1938ReplayLuton Town5–1Scarborough12 January 193812Doncaster Rovers0–2Sheffield United8 January 193813Tranmere Rovers1–2Portsmouth8 January 193814Tottenham Hotspur3–2Blackburn Rovers8 January 193815Brentford3–1Fulham8 January 193816Manchester United3–0Yeovil & Petter's United8 January 193817Norwich City2–3Aston Villa8 January 193818Bradford City1–1Chesterfield8 January 1938ReplayChesterfield1–1Bradford City12 January 1938ReplayBradford City0–2Chesterfield17 January 193819Millwall2–2Manchester City8 January 1938ReplayManchester City3–1Millwall12 January 193820Crystal Palace0–0Liverpool8 January 1938ReplayLiverpool3–1Crystal Palace12 January 193821Chelsea0–1Everton8 January 193822Southend United2–2Barnsley8 January 1938ReplayBarnsley2–1Southend United11 January 193823Bradford Park Avenue7–4Newport County8 January 193824Huddersfield Town3–1Hull City8 January 193825Mansfield Town1–2Leicester City8 January 193826Swansea Town0–4Wolverhampton Wanderers8 January 193827Charlton Athletic5–0Cardiff City8 January 193828Arsenal3–1Bolton Wanderers8 January 193829Leeds United3–1Chester8 January 193830New Brighton1–0Plymouth Argyle8 January 193831York City3–2Coventry City8 January 193832Aldershot1–3Notts County8 January 1938 Fourth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 22 January 1938. Four games were drawn and went to replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chesterfield3–2Burnley22 January 19382Preston North End2–0Leicester City22 January 19383Nottingham Forest1–3Middlesbrough22 January 19384Aston Villa4–0Blackpool22 January 19385Wolverhampton Wanderers1–2Arsenal22 January 19386Luton Town2–1Swindon Town22 January 19387Everton0–1Sunderland22 January 19388Sheffield United1–1Liverpool22 January 1938ReplayLiverpool1–0Sheffield United26 January 19389Manchester City3–1Bury22 January 193810Barnsley2–2Manchester United22 January 1938ReplayManchester United1–0Barnsley26 January 193811Brentford2–1Portsmouth22 January 193812Bradford Park Avenue1–1Stoke City22 January 1938ReplayStoke City1–2Bradford Park Avenue26 January 193813Huddersfield Town1–0Notts County22 January 193814Charlton Athletic2–1Leeds United22 January 193815New Brighton0–0Tottenham Hotspur22 January 1938ReplayTottenham Hotspur5–2New Brighton26 January 193816York City3–2West Bromwich Albion22 January 1938 Fifth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 February 1938. There were two replays, of which one went to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chesterfield2–2Tottenham Hotspur12 February 1938ReplayTottenham Hotspur2–1Chesterfield16 February 19382Liverpool0–1Huddersfield Town12 February 19383Sunderland1–0Bradford Park Avenue12 February 19384Luton Town1–3Manchester City12 February 19385Brentford2–0Manchester United12 February 19386Charlton Athletic1–1Aston Villa12 February 1938ReplayAston Villa2–2Charlton Athletic16 February 1938ReplayAston Villa4–1Charlton Athletic21 February 19387Arsenal0–1Preston North End12 February 19388York City1–0Middlesbrough12 February 1938 Sixth round proper The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 5 March 1938. There was one replay, in the Huddersfield Town–York City match. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Aston Villa3–2Manchester City5 March 19382Tottenham Hotspur0–1Sunderland5 March 19383Brentford0–3Preston North End5 March 19384York City0–0Huddersfield Town5 March 1938ReplayHuddersfield Town2–1York City9 March 1938 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 26 March 1938. Preston North End and Huddersfield Town won their matches to meet in the final at Wembley. 26 March 1938 15:00 Preston North End 2–1 Aston Villa Bramall Lane, Sheffield 26 March 1938 15:00 Huddersfield Town 3–1 Sunderland Pat Beasley 19 Tolley Wienand 62 Willie MacFadyen 75 Eddie Burbanks 80 Ewood Park, Blackburn 47,904 Final 1938 FA Cup Final The 1938 FA Cup Final was contested by Preston North End and Huddersfield Town at Wembley. Preston, losing finalists the previous year, won by a single goal. After 29 minutes of extra time it was still 0–0 and BBC commentator Thomas Woodrooffe said "if there's a goal scored now, I'll eat my hat". Seconds later, Preston were awarded a penalty, from which George Mutch scored the winning goal; Woodrooffe kept his promise.https://archive.today/20120906152244/http://www.itv.com/Sport/Photogalleries/FACupWinnersInterwaryears/default.html?ModuleId=127780&ImageIndex=18&XPos=0&YPos=483&ThumbScrollPos=792 ITV Sporthttps://web.archive.org/web/20100826091706/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,882959,00.html 26 August 2010 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,882959,00.html Radio: Television Time Magazine 23 May 1938 Match details 1938-04-30 Preston North End 1 – 0 Huddersfield Town Mutch 119 pen. 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