The 1889–90 Scottish Cup was the 17th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park defeated rivals Vale of Leven 2–1 in a replayed final.
Calendar
RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst Round31 August 1889 → Second Round28 September 1889 → Third Round19 October 1889 → Fourth Round9 November 1889 → Fifth Round30 November 1889 → Quarter-finals21 December 1889 → Semi-finals18 January 1890 → 2Final22 February 18901012 → 1
Teams All 158 teams entered the competition in the first round. AyrshireEast of ScotlandGlasgow and DistrictLanarkshireRenfrewshireStirlingshireAnnbank Ayr Ayr Athletic Beith Dalry Hurlford Irvine Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole Mauchline Newmilns Stevenston Thistle Stewarton CunninghameAdventurers Armadale Bathgate Rovers Bellstane Birds Bo'ness Broxburn Champfleurie Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Leith Athletic Mossend Swifts Norton Park St Bernard's West CalderBattlefield Carrington Celtic Clyde Cowlairs Fairfield Glasgow Hibernian Kelvinside Athletic Linthouse Maryhill Northern Partick ThistleQueen's Park Rangers Shettleston Southern Athletic Summerton Athletic Temperance Athletic Thistle United Abstainers Victoria Whitefield 3rd Lanark RVAirdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang St Bride's Clydesdale Carfin Shamrock Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Uddingston Whifflet Shamrock Wishaw ThistleAbercorn Arthurlie Bute Rangers Carlton Dykebar Greenock Abstainers Johnstone Harp Kilbarchan Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Pollokshaws Pollokshaws Harp Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank 1st Renfrew RVAlloa Athletic Alva Camelon Campsie Denny Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Stenhousemuir Slamannan Tillicoultry Vale of BannockArgyllDunbartonshireFifeForfarshireNorthern CountiesPerthshireSouthern CountiesLochgilphead Oban Oban RangersBowling Clydebank Dumbarton Dumbarton Union Duntocher Harp Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Methlan Park Old Kilpatrick Renton Smithstone Hibs Vale of Leven Vale of Leven WanderersBurntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy Wanderers Lassodie Raith RoversArbroath Brechin Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Our Boys Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Strathmore WanderersAberdeen Orion Portland Lybster Victoria UnitedCaledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone Vale of AthollDumfries Dumfries Harp Mid-Annandale Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Queen of the South Wanderers 5th Kircudbrightshire RV
First round
Matches Ayrshire district Lanemark received a bye to the second round.
Dunbartonshire district Kirkintilloch Athletic received a bye to the second round.
East of Scotland Edinburgh University received a bye to the second round.
Fife district Dunfermline received a bye to the second round.
Renfrewshire district
Glasgow and District Clyde received a bye to the second round.
Lanarkshire district
Forfarshire district
Northern Counties
Stirlingshire district Camelon received a bye to the second round.
Perthshire district
Argyll district Lochgilphead received a bye to the second round.
Southern Counties Lochgilphead received a bye to the second round.
Replays Ayrshire district
Dunbartonshire district
East of Scotland
Glasgow and District
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Second round Ayr Athletic, Champfleurie, Edinburgh University, Kilsyth Wanderers, Pollokshaws and Wishaw Thistle received a bye to the third round.
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Third round Cowdenbeath received a bye to the fourth round.
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Replays
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Fourth round
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Fifth round Hibernian, Kilbirnie, Leith Athletic and 3rd Lanark RV received a bye to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Replay
Quarter-finals Team One Team Two ScoreAbercorn Hibernian 6–2Queen's Park Leith Athletic 1–0Kilbirnie Third Lanark 1–4Vale of Leven East End 4–0
Semi-finals Team One Team Two ScoreVale of Leven Third Lanark 3–0Queen's Park Abercorn 2–0
Final Original
Replay
Teams Queen's Park: GK George GillespieRB Walter ArnottLB Bob SmellieRH James McAraCH Allan StewartLHTom RobertsonOR William BerryIR William GullilandCF James HamiltonIL David AllanOL William Sellar Vale of Leven: GK James WilsonRB Andrew WhitelawLB John MurrayRH Archie OsborneCH John McNicolLH James SharpOR Jimmy McLachlanIR Gilbert RankinCF Jim PatonIL Daniel BruceOL James McMillan Teams were unchanged for the replay.
References
External links Season 1889-90 Queen’s Park [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game Scottish Cup 1889/90, RSSSF