The 1888–89 season was the 16th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Honours Cup honours National

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Scottish CupThird Lanark2 – 1Celtic Scottish Junior CupBurnbank Swifts4 – 1West Benhar Violet

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupAberdeen4 – 3OrionAyrshire CupHurlford2 – 0Ayr Buteshire Cup Bute Rangers 3 – 1 Bute ThistleDumbartonshire CupDumbarton6 – 2Dumbarton AthleticEast of Scotland ShieldHearts5 – 2Leith AthleticFife CupCowdenbeath4 –2LassodieForfarshire CupArbroath2 – 1Dundee East EndGlasgow CupQueen's Park8 – 0Partick ThistleLanarkshire CupRoyal Albert2 – 1UddingstonLinlithgowshire CupBo'ness1 – 0Armadale North of Scotland Cup Crown 3 – 1 Inverness RoversPerthshire CupDunblane6 – 5Fair City AthleticRenfrewshire CupAbercorn3 – 2St MirrenStirlingshire CupEast Stirlingshire7 – 0Slamannan

Glasgow Exhibition Cup The tournament was held to coincide with the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry. Held during the early season, the one-off competition was held at the Exhibition Grounds.

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Glasgow Exhibition Cup Cowlairs 2 – 0 Celtic

Scotland national team

DateVenueOpponents9 March 1889Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow7 – 013 April 1889Kennington Oval, London3 – 215 April 1889Racecourse Ground, Wrexham0 – 0

Notes

References

External links Scottish Football Historical Archive Scottish Junior Football Association