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1936–37 FAI Cup

Field	Value
title	FAI Cup
year	1936-37
country	Ireland
dates	9 January – 18 April 1937
num_teams	16
defending_champions	Shamrock Rovers
winners	Waterford
second	St James's Gate
matches	20
goals	74
prev_season	1935–36
next_season	1937–38

The FAI Cup 1936–37 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 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	Fearon's Athletic	7 February 1937
refix	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

Arrigan J. Walsh Phelan

Comerford

Final

O' Keeffe

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. Fixture abandoned after 55 minutes due to bad weather. Re-Fixture played on 10 February.

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