1889–90 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds

This was the second season where the FA Cup, or the Football Association Challenge Cup, used a series of qualifying rounds in order to determine qualifiers for the actual Cup competition itself.

See FA Cup 1889-90 for details of the rounds from the first round onwards.

First qualifying round

05/10/1889 Boston (1) 0-2 Gainsborough Trinity Birtley 3-1 Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Church Inst. 0-9 Stockton Chatham 4-5 Crusaders Chesham 0-1 Maidenhead Chester 2-0 Over Wanderers Chester St Oswald's 4-0 Druids Clapton Walkover Home London Caledonians Darlington St Augustines 5-0 Darlington Denton 1-5 Gorton Villa Derby Junction 4-2 Matlock Dulwich 0-9 Old St Paul's Gateshead NER 1-0 Elswick Rangers Halliwell 5-0 Clitheroe Heanor Town 7-1 Long Eaton Midland Jardines (Nottm) 4-1 Notts Swifts Macclesfield Town 2-4 Hartford & Davenham United Middlesbrough 3-4 South Bank Millwall Athletic 0-4 Schorne College Newcastle East End 4-0 Shankhouse Newcastle West End 9-1 Port Clarence Old Brightonians 4-0 Marlow Old Harrovians 2-4 Norwich Thorpe Old St Mark's 5-5 Norwich CEYMS Old Wykehamists 3-4 Rochester Redcar 1-0 Clinton Rotherham Swifts 9-1 Owlerton Rotherham Town 2-1 Doncaster Rovers Royal Arsenal 11-0 Lyndhurst Scarborough 1-6 Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Nantwich South Shore Walkover Home Workington (1) Whitburn 7-1 Morpeth Harriers Walsall Town Swifts 3-0 Wellington St George's Watford Rovers 5-3 Swindon Town Wednesbury Old Ath. 1-0 Leek Replay 12/10/1889 Old St Mark's 2-1Norwich CEYMS Whitby (1) 6-0 Attercliffe

Second qualifying round

26/10/1889

Chester 1-0 Burslem Port Vale
Clapton 3-0 Rochester
South Bank 3-0 Whitburn
Reading 3-4 Old St Paul's
Sheffield 2-0 Sheffield Walkley
Maidenhead 1-2 Luton Town
Old Etonians 3-3 Old Brightonians
Northwich Victoria 3-1 Wrexham
South Shore 3-1 Witton
Redcar 1-8 Rotherham Town
Long Eaton Rangers 1-3 Staveley
Derby Junction 6-1 Belper Town (1)
Notts Rangers 3-2 Beeston
Casuals 3-8 Swifts
Lincoln City 2-1 Notts Olympic
Higher Walton Walkover Home Blackburn Park Road
Burton Swifts 5-3 Great Bridge Unity
Burton Wanderers 2-3 Wednesbury Old Ath.
Gainsborough Trinity Walkover Home Kettering
Crusaders 2-0 Old St Mark's
Distillery Bye
Warwick County 1-1 Walsall Town Swifts
Chester St Oswald's 6-1 Shrewsbury Town
Liverpool Stanley 0-2 Halliwell
Oldbury Town 1-3 Small Heath
Birtley 1-2 Newcastle West End
Stockton 5-0 Gateshead NER
Belfast YMCA Bye
Gorton Villa 2-7 Darwen
Whitby (1) 1-5 Rotherham Swifts
Schorne College 1-2 Watford Rovers
Beeston St John's 1-3 Jardines (Nottm)
Linfield Athletic 4-0 Cliftonville
Loughborough 2-1 Derby St Luke's

Void game usually as a result of a protest by the losing club

Sheffield United 1-0 Sheffield Heeley
Heanor Town 2-7 Derby Midland
Hartford & Davenham United 0-4 Crewe Alexandra
Norwich Thorpe 2-2 Royal Arsenal
Belfast North End Bye
Darlington St Augustines 2-1 Newcastle East End

Replay 02/11/1889

Old Brightonians 4-1 Old Etonians
Walsall Town Swifts 2-0 Warwick County
Derby St Luke's 2-0 Loughborough
Royal Arsenal Walkover Home Norwich Thorpe

Third qualifying round

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Clapton	Walkover	Old Brightonians
Darwen	4-1	Halliwell	16 November 1889
Staveley	2-0	Derby Junction	16 November 1889
Wednesbury Old Athletic	1-5	Small Heath	16 November 1889
South Shore	6-2	Higher Walton	16 November 1889
Crewe Alexandra	9-0	Northwich Victoria	16 November 1889
Derby St Luke's	0-1	Derby Midland	16 November 1889
Notts Rangers	2-7	Lincoln City	16 November 1889
Burton Swifts	1-6	Walsall Town Swifts	16 November 1889
Watford Rovers	2-5	Swifts	16 November 1889
Newcastle West End	5-2	South Bank	16 November 1889
Distillery	Walkover	YMCA
Jardines	2-2	Gainsborough Trinity	16 November 1889
Chester St Oswald's	0-3	Chester	16 November 1889
Stockton	3-1	Darlington St Augustines	16 November 1889
Linfield Athletic	Walkover	Belfast North End
Rotherham Swifts	0-0	Rotherham Town	16 November 1889
Sheffield United	3-0	Sheffield	16 November 1889
Royal Arsenal	5-2	Crusaders	16 November 1889
Old St Paul's	4-0	Luton Town	16 November 1889

Replays

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Gainsborough Trinity	4-1	Jardines	25 November 1889
Rotherham Town	2-1	Rotherham Swifts	18 November 1889

Fourth qualifying round

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Chester	2-1	Crewe Alexandra	7 December 1889
South Shore	2-0	Darwen	7 December 1889
Rotherham Town	2-2	Sheffield United	7 December 1889
Derby Midland	6-0	Staveley	7 December 1889
Lincoln City	5-3	Gainsborough Trinity	7 December 1889
Distillery	3-3	Linfield Athletic	7 December 1889
Stockton	0-1	Newcastle West End	7 December 1889
Small Heath	4-0	Walsall Town Swifts	7 December 1889
Royal Arsenal	1-5	Swifts	7 December 1889
Old St Paul's	0-6	Clapton	7 December 1889

Replays

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Sheffield United	2-1	Rotherham Town	21 December 1889
Linfield Athletic	3-5	Distillery	21 December 1889

References

FA Cup Results Archive

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1889–90 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds

Contents

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Replays

Fourth qualifying round

Replays

References

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