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

First qualifying round

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 5 October 1889 Boston 0–2 Gainsborough Trinity Birtley 3–1 Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Church Institute 0–9 Stockton Chatham 4–5 Crusaders Chesham 0–1 Maidenhead Chester 2–0 Over Wanderers Chester St Oswald's 4–0 Druids Clapton W–WWalkover Home London Caledonians Darlington St Augustine's 5–0 Darlington Denton 1–5 Gorton Villa Derby Junction 4–2 Matlock Town 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 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

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Newcastle West End 9–1 Port Clarence Old Brightonians 4–0 Marlow Old Harrovians 2–4 Thorpe Old St Mark's 5–5 Norwich CEYMS Old Wykehamists 3–4 Rochester Owlerton 1–9 Rotherham Swifts Redcar 1–0 Clinton F.C. Rotherham Town 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Royal Arsenal 11–0 Lyndhurst Scarborough 1–6 Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Nantwich South Shore W–WWalkover Home Workington Whitburn 7–1 Morpeth Harriers Walsall Town Swifts 3–0 Wellington St George's Watford Rovers 5–3 Swindon Town Wednesbury Old Athletic 1–0 Leek Replays Saturday 12 October 1889 Old St Mark's 2-1 Norwich CEYMS Whitby 6–0 Attercliffe

Second qualifying round

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 26 October 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 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 Notts Rangers 3–2 Beeston Casuals 3–8 Swifts Lincoln City 2–1 Notts Olympic Higher Walton W–WWalkover Home Blackburn Park Road Burton Swifts 5–3 Great Bridge Unity Burton Wanderers 2–3 Wednesbury Old Athletic Gainsborough Trinity W–WWalkover 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

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 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 1–5 Rotherham Swifts Schorne College 1–2 Watford Rovers Beeston St John's 1–3 Jardines Linfield Athletic 4–0 Cliftonville Loughborough 2–1Game void Derby St Luke Sheffield United 1–0 Sheffield Heeley Heanor Town 2–7 Derby Midland Hartford & Davenham United 0–4 Crewe Alexandra Thorpe 2–2 Royal Arsenal North End Athletic (Bye) Darlington St Augustine's 2–1 Newcastle East End Replays Saturday 2 November 1889 Old Brightonians 4–1 Old Etonians Walsall Town Swifts 2–0 Warwick County Derby St Luke 2–0 Loughborough Royal Arsenal W–WWalkover Home Thorpe

Third qualifying round

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 16 November 1889 Clapton W–WWalkover Home Old Brightonians Darwen 4–1 Halliwell Staveley 2–0 Derby Junction Wednesbury Old Athletic 1–5 Small Heath South Shore 6–2 Higher Walton Crewe Alexandra 9–0 Northwich Victoria Derby St Luke's 0–1 Derby Midland Notts Rangers 2–7 Lincoln City Burton Swifts 1–6 Walsall Town Swifts Watford Rovers 2–5 Swifts Newcastle West End 5–2 South Bank Distillery W–WWalkover Home Belfast YMCA

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Jardines 2–2 Gainsborough Trinity Chester St Oswald's 0–3 Chester Stockton 3–1 Darlington St Augustine's Linfield Athletic W–WWalkover Home North End Athletic Rotherham Swifts 0–0 Rotherham Town Sheffield United 3–0 Sheffield Royal Arsenal 5–2 Crusaders Old St Paul's 4–0 Luton Town Replays Saturday 18 November 1889/Monday 2 December 1889 Rotherham Town 3–1The replay had ended 6 minutes early, with the score 2–1 to Town; the remaining time was played out before an inter-association match at Town's Clifton Lane ground, and Town scored a third goal. Rotherham Swifts Saturday 25 November 1889 Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 Jardines

Fourth qualifying round

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 7 December 1889 Chester 2–1 Crewe Alexandra South Shore 2–0 Darwen Rotherham Town 2–2 Sheffield United Derby Midland 6–0 Staveley Lincoln City 5–3 Gainsborough Trinity Distillery 3–3 Linfield Athletic Stockton 0–1 Newcastle West End

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Small Heath 4–0 Walsall Town Swifts Royal Arsenal 1–5 Swifts Old St Paul's 0–6 Clapton Replays Saturday 21 December 1889 Sheffield United 2–1 Rotherham Town Linfield Athletic 3–5 Distillery

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