On January 30th 1937, there were 34 Football League matches and FA Cup ties played,
of which 25 were home wins, there were 9 draws and not ONE away win!
In the FA Cup Fourth Round: 4 draws
Wolves drew with Sheffield Utd 2-2,
Luton 2-2 Sunderland,
Bolton 1-1 Norwich,
Swansea 0-0 York.
Later Wolves, Sunderland, Bolton and Swansea won their replays.
Then Sunderland won the Cup beating Preston NE 3-1 at Wembley.
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Bolton lost 5-0 to Man City in the next round.
Wolves lost in Rd 6 to Sunderland 4-0 after a 2-2 draw.
Swansea were beaten by Sunderland in Rd 5 3-0. The Black Cats then went on to beat Millwall 2-1 in the S-F.
The home teams had 13 wins in the Cup:-
Tottenham beat Plymouth 1-0, Preston 5-1 Stoke, Arsenal 5-0 Manchester Utd, Millwall 3-0 Chelsea, Man City 2-0 Accrington Stanley, Coventry 2-0 Chester, Grimsby 5-1 Walsall, Everton 3-0 Sheffield W, Burnley 4-1 Bury, Exeter City 3-1 Leicester City, Derby 3-0 Brentford, Liverpool 3-0 Leeds, WBA 3-2 Darlington
In Division Two there were 2 home wins: Blackburn R 6-1 Newcastle Utd, Blackpool 6-0 Bradford Park Avenue.
and 2 draws, Aston Villa 1-1 v Doncaster R and Bradford City 1-1 v Fulham.
Div Three North: 6 home wins and 1 draw in total eventually won by Tranmere R
Div Three South: 4 home wins and 2 draw also. Eventually won by Millwall
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