1936–37 League of Ireland

Football league season

The 1936–37 League of Ireland was the sixteenth season of the League of Ireland. Bohemians were the defending champions.

Sligo Rovers won their first title, becoming the first team from Connacht to do so.

Overview

Reds United withdrew from the League voluntarily, with Shelbourne taking their place.

Dublin

Bray

Cork

Dundalk

Sligo

Waterford

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Locations of the 1936–37 League of Ireland teams

Source: www.rsssf.com

Home \ Away	BOH	BRY	BRI	CFC	DOL	DRU	DUN	SHM	SHE	SLI	STG	WAT
Bohemians	—	4–0	2–0	1–4	5–2	3–2	2–1	2–5	2–2	3–4	1–0	3–1
Bray Unknowns	3–3	—	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–5	0–0	2–1
Brideville	2–4	0–1	—	2–3	3–4	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–4
Cork	4–2	1–2	3–3	—	8–2	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–4	1–0	2–3
Dolphin	2–5	1–4	1–0	2–0	—	3–4	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–3
Drumcondra	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	—	2–0	3–2	2–5	1–3	0–2	1–4
Dundalk	3–2	2–0	4–2	7–2	0–1	3–1	—	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Shamrock Rovers	3–0	1–3	0–1	4–2	4–0	4–2	4–1	—	3–2	1–6	4–4	1–3
Shelbourne	3–1	4–1	0–2	6–2	2–0	5–2	2–1	5–2	—	0–2	1–2	7–1
Sligo Rovers	1–2	3–0	4–1	3–2	9–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	4–2	3–0
St James's Gate	7–2	6–1	6–0	3–4	4–2	1–3	0–2	7–0	6–2	0–4	—	2–3
Waterford	4–3	0–2	6–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	8–2	8–2	2–4	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bob Sclater^[b]	Shelbourne Waterford	20

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Awards

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Domestic leagues	Albania '36 '37 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '36 '37 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '36 '37 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37–'38 Lithuania '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Palestine Poland '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '36 '37 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '37) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria England France Germany '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain '36 Soviet Union '36 '37 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '36 '37