OTD (5/11/1938): Gallacher Scores Final Goals As Sunderland Claim Season’s First Home Win

While 1937 is rightly remembered for Sunderland’s first FA Cup win, in league terms the season hadn’t been a success – at least compared to the previous campaign. After claiming the title in 1936, the lads finished the 36/37 season in eighth place – 13 points behind winners Manchester City – and finished in the same position the following season, albeit just eight points shy of champions Arsenal. The FA Cup had once again been in tantalising grasp – only for Huddersfield Town to snatch the potential of the holders retaining the trophy with a semi-final defeat.