1889–90 Scottish Cup Explained

Scottish Cup
Country:	Scotland
Num Teams:	158
Defending Champions:	3rd Lanark RV
Winners:	Queen's Park (ninth title)
Second:	Vale of Leven
Prev Season:	1888–89
Next Season:	1890–91

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.^{[1] [2]}

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures			Clubs
		width=55	Original	width=55	Byes	width=55	Replays
First Round	31 August 1889				→
Second Round	28 September 1889				→
Third Round	19 October 1889				→
Fourth Round	9 November 1889				→
Fifth Round	30 November 1889				→
Quarter-finals	21 December 1889				→
Semi-finals	18 January 1890				→ 2
Final	22 February 1890	1	0	1	2 → 1

Teams

All 158 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Ayrshire	East of Scotland	Glasgow and District		Lanarkshire	Renfrewshire	Stirlingshire
valign=top	Annbank Ayr Ayr Athletic Beith Dalry Hurlford Irvine Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole Mauchline Newmilns Stevenston Thistle Stewarton Cunninghame	valign=top	Adventurers 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 Calder	valign=top	Battlefield Carrington Celtic Clyde Cowlairs Fairfield Glasgow Hibernian Kelvinside Athletic Linthouse Maryhill Northern Partick Thistle	valign=top	Queen's Park Rangers Shettleston Southern Athletic Summerton Athletic Temperance Athletic Thistle United Abstainers Victoria Whitefield 3rd Lanark RV	valign=top	Airdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang St Bride's Clydesdale Carfin Shamrock Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Uddingston Whifflet Shamrock Wishaw Thistle	valign=top	Abercorn 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 RV	valign=top	Alloa Athletic Alva Camelon Campsie Denny Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Stenhousemuir Slamannan Tillicoultry Vale of Bannock
Argyll	Dunbartonshire	Fife	Forfarshire	Northern Counties	Perthshire	Southern Counties
valign=top	Lochgilphead Oban Oban Rangers	valign=top	Bowling Clydebank Dumbarton Dumbarton Union Duntocher Harp Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Methlan Park Old Kilpatrick Renton Smithstone Hibs Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Wanderers	valign=top	Burntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy Wanderers Lassodie Raith Rovers	valign=top	Arbroath Brechin Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Our Boys Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Strathmore Wanderers	valign=top	Aberdeen Orion Portland Lybster Victoria United	valign=top	Caledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone Vale of Atholl	valign=top	Dumfries 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.

Glasgow and District

Clyde received a bye to the second round.

Stirlingshire district

Camelon received a bye to the second round.

Argyll district

Lochgilphead received a bye to the second round.

Southern Counties

Lochgilphead received a bye to the second round.

Replays

Glasgow and District

Notes

Sources:^{[3] [4]}

Second round

Ayr Athletic, Champfleurie, Edinburgh University, Kilsyth Wanderers, Pollokshaws and Wishaw Thistle received a bye to the third round.

Replays

Sources:^{[3] [4]}

Third round

Cowdenbeath received a bye to the fourth round.

Replays

Notes

Sources:^{[3] [4]}

Fourth round

Replays

Sources:^{[3] [4]}

Fifth round

Hibernian, Kilbirnie, Leith Athletic and 3rd Lanark RV received a bye to the quarter-finals.

Replay

Quarter-finals

width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=150	Score
		6–2
		1–0
		1–4
	East End	4–0

Semi-finals

width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=150	Score
		3–0
		2–0

Final

Teams

Queen's Park: GK George Gillespie RB Walter Arnott LB Bob Smellie RH James McAra CH Allan Stewart LH Tom Robertson OR William Berry IR William Gulliland CF James Hamilton IL David Allan OL

Vale of Leven: GK James Wilson RB Andrew Whitelaw LB John Murray RH Archie Osborne CH John McNicol LH James Sharp OR Jimmy McLachlan IR Gilbert Rankin CF Jim Paton IL Daniel Bruce OL James McMillan

• Teams were unchanged for the replay.

External links

• Season 1889-90 Queen’s Park [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
• Scottish Cup 1889/90, RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Cup Matches . Scottish Football Association . 12 September 2019.
2. Web site: Scottish Cup Matches . Scottish Football Association . 12 September 2019.
3. Web site: Scotland - Cup Results 1873/74-1877/78 and 1889/90-1995/96 . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Dinant . Abbink . 2 May 2007 . 21 September 2019.
4. Web site: Scottish Cup Results for 1889-90 . London Hearts Supporters Club . 21 September 2019.