FA Cup 1937-38

The FA Cup 1937–38 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 and (as of 2008) final 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 the Sunday or 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

Third Round Proper

The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Chester City, 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.

ixth 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.

emi 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.

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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. [ [http://www.itv.com/Sport/Photogalleries/FACupWinnersInterwaryears/default.html?ModuleId=127780&ImageIndex=18&XPos=0&YPos=483&ThumbScrollPos=792 ITV Sport] ] [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,882959,00.html Time Magazine, May 23, 1938] ]

Match details

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date=1938-04-30
team1=Preston North End
score=1 – 0
team2=Huddersfield Town
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goals1=Mutch goal|119|pen.
goals2=
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=93,497
referee=A. Jewell

ee also

*FA Cup Final Results 1872-

ources /External links

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* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/ Official site; fixtures and results service] at TheFA.com
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engcup1938.html 1937-38 FA Cup at rssf.com]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58 1937-38 FA Cup at soccerbase.com]

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