1937 FA Cup final

1937 FA Cup final

Event

1936–37 FA Cup

Sunderland	Preston North End

3	1

Date

1 May 1937

Venue

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee

R. G. Rudd

Attendance

93,495

← 1936

1938 →

The 1937 FA Cup final was contested by Sunderland and Preston North End at Wembley. Sunderland won 3–1, with goals by Bobby Gurney, Raich Carter and Eddie Burbanks. Frank O'Donnell's strike on 44 minutes had put Preston ahead. It was the first final tie contested in May (all previous finals had hitherto been played in April).

The last survivor from the winning side was Sunderland goalkeeper Johnny Mapson, who died in August 1999 at the age of 82. The last surviving player from the game, Preston's Jimmy Dougal, died two months later at the age of 86.

The Sunderland 1937 FA Cup-winning team with the trophy.

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1 May 1937
15:00 BST

Sunderland	3–1	Preston North End
Bobby Gurney 52' Raich Carter 73' Eddie Burbanks 78'	Report	Frank O'Donnell 38'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 93,495

Referee: R. G. Rudd

Sunderland

Preston



	1	Johnny Mapson
	2	Jimmy Gorman
	3	Alex Hall
	4	Charlie Thomson
	5	Bert Johnston
	6	Alex 'Sandy' McNab
	7	Len Duns
	8	Raich Carter (c)
	9	Bobby Gurney
	10	Patrick Gallacher
	11	Eddie Burbanks
Manager:
Johnny Cochrane



	1	Mick Burns
	2	Frank Gallimore
	3	Andy Beattie
	4	Bill Shankly
	5	Billy Tremelling (c)
	6	Jimmy Milne
	7	Jimmy Dougal
	8	Joseph Beresford
	9	Frank O'Donnell
	10	Willie Fagan
	11	Hugh O'Donnell
Manager:
Tommy Muirhead

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.

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v t e Sunderland A.F.C. matches
FA Cup Finals	1913 1937 1973 1992
Football League Cup Finals	1985 2014
Football League Trophy Finals	2019 2021
Football League War Cup Finals	1942
FA Charity Shields	1936 1937
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Other matches	Game of three halves (1894) 1895 World Championship Yeovil Town 2–1 Sunderland (1949) Football League 100th Championship Challenge (1999)

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FA Cup Finals	1888 1889 1922 1937 1938 1954 1964
Football League War Cup Finals	1941
FA Community Shields	1938
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Other matches	1889 World Championship

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