FA Cup win. They beat Preston North End 3–1 in the final as Bobby Gurney, Raich Carter, and Eddie Burbanks all scored goals at Wembley Stadium. Sunderland competed in the Charity Shield for a second successive season, this time against Manchester City who had won the League title in 1936–37; Sunderland were beaten 2–0. Their FA Cup success looked set to continue in the 1937–38 season, when they reached the semi-finals, but they were beaten 3–1 by Huddersfield Town, to end their chances. Cochrane announced his retirement from management in 1939, after he had been in charge of Sunderland for 11 seasons, taking them to a League title, and an FA Cup win. Second World War and postwar period, 1939–1959 Bill Murray was appointed Sunderland's manager in 1939. On the outbreak of war the League competition was suspended shortly after the start of the 1939–40 season, halting the new manager's progress. The FA Cup was also suspended, but a replacement tournament, the Football League War Cup, was introduced. Sunderland took part in the two-legged War Cup final in the 1941–42 season, against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first leg was drawn 2–2 at Roker Park, but Wolves won the return leg at Molineux 4–1 to win the trophy. During the war Roker Park suffered damage from bombs which destroyed the Roker End clubhouse; a police constable was killed while patrolling the stadium's perimeter. In the 1945–46 season, after the end of the war while the League was still suspended, the FA Cup resumed. Sunderland reached the fifth round where they were beaten by Birmingham City. The League resumed the following season, Sunderland finishing in ninth place. In the 1947–48 season the club finished in twentieth place, on the brink of being relegated from the League's Division one for the first time. In January 1949, Sunderland were involved in what is often regarded as the first case of a player transferring himself when they paid £18,000 (£ today) for Carlisle United player-manager Ivor Broadis, who handled transfer negotiations himself. In the 1948–49 season, Sunderland visited Yeovil Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Yeovil were a non-League club at the time, but beat Division One side Sunderland 2–1 to knock them out of the Cup. However, Sunderland's next season was more successful; they finished third in the League, and were its top scorers with 83 goals. They also had the League's