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Sunderland

(Gurner, Carter, Burbanks)

Mapson, Gorman, Hall, Thomson, Johnson, McNab, Duns, Carter, Gurney, Gallagher, Burbanks

Preston North End

(O'Donnell F)

Burns, Gallimore, Beattie A, Shankly, Tremelling, Milne, Dougal, Beresford, O'Donnell F, Fagan, O'Donnell H

Referee: R.G. Rudd

 For all their great traditions in the League, Sunderland had never yet lifted the Cup. With Preston well in command early on in the 1937 Final, it seemed that once again 'the pot' as going to elude them.

Just before half‑time, F. O'Donnell, veering into the inside‑right position, collected the pass from the left that he had cleverly anticipated, and drove home a magnificent shot giving Mapson in the Sunderland goal no chance. Preston were a goal ahead, and only two sides had ever lost at Wembley in a Final after being in front.

But Sunderland were transformed in the second half. The wing‑halves, Thomson and McNab, began to push forward and lend their weight to the attack, and the forwards, under the astute generalship of their England inside‑right Horatio Carter, at last found their confidence. Within six minutes Gurney had wiped out Preston's lead. Twenty minutes from time Carter put Sunderland ahead, and, near the end, Burbanks shot home brilliantly from a difficult angle to make it 3‑1.

'Raich' Carter, a master technician and great inside‑forward, had stamped his personality on the game. Sunderland‑born, he led a Sunderland side, League champions the year before, to their moment of triumph.

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Semi‑Final

SUNDERLAND v Millwall 2‑1; PNE v WBA 4‑1

Sixth Round

Wolves v SUNDERLAND 1‑1, 2‑2, 0‑4; Millwall v Man C 2‑0, Spurs v PNE 1‑2; WBA v Arsenal 3‑1

Fifth Round

SUNDERLAND v Swansea T 3‑0; Grimsby T v Wolves 1‑ 1, 2‑1;  Millwall v Derby Co 2‑ 1; Bolton Wand v Man C 0‑5; Everton v Spurs 1‑ 1, 3‑4; PNE v Exeter C 5‑3; Coventry C v WBA 2‑3;  Burnley v Arsenal 1‑7

Fourth Round

Luton T v SUNDERLAND 2‑2,1‑3; Swansea T v York C 0‑0, 3‑1;  Grimsby T v Walsall 5‑1; Wolves v Sheff Utd 2‑2, 2‑1; Millwall v Chelsea 3‑0, Derby Co v Brentford 3‑0; Bolton Wand v Norwich C 1‑1, 2‑1; Man C v Accrington S 2‑0; Spurs v Plymouth Arg 1 ‑0 ' Everton v Sheff Wed 3‑0; PNE v Stoke C 5‑1; Exeter C v Leicester C 3‑1; Coventry C v Chester 2‑0; WBA v Darlington 3‑2; Burnley v Bury 4‑1; Arsenal v Man Utd 5‑0

Third Round 

Southampton v SUNDERLAND 2‑3; Luton T v Blackpool 3‑3, 2‑1; Swansea T v Carlisle Utd 1‑0; Bradford C v York C 2‑2, 0‑1; Cardiff C v Grimsby T 1‑2; Walsall v Barnsley 3‑1; Wolves v Middlesbro 6‑1; Nott'm Forest v Sheff Utd 2‑4; Millwall v Fulham 2‑0; Chelsea v Leeds Utd 4‑0; Bradford PA v Derby Co 0‑4; Brentford v Huddersfield T 5‑0; W. Ham v Bolton Wand 0‑0, 0‑1; Norwich C v Liverpool 3‑0; Wrexham v Man C 1‑3; Blackburn R v Accrington S 2‑2,1‑3; Portsmouth v Spurs 0‑5; Crewe Alex v Plymouth Arg 0‑2; Everton v Bournemouth& Bos Ath 5‑0; Sheff Wed v Port Vale 2‑0; PNE v Newcastle Utd 2‑0; Stoke C v Birmingham 4‑1; Exeter C v Oldham Ath 3‑0; Bristol R v Leicester C 2‑5; Coventry C v Chariton Ath 2‑0; Chester v Doncaster R 4‑0; WBA v Spennymoor Utd 7‑1; Dartford v Darlington 0‑1 , Aston Villa v Burnley 2‑3; Bury v QPR 1‑0; Chesterfield v Arsenal 1‑5, Man Utd v Reading 1‑0