The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 16th time in 1888/89 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. It began on September 1, 1888 and ended with the final on February 9, 1889 in Hampden Park, Glasgow. As the defending champion, FC Renton started the competition, which had won against FC Cambuslang in the final last year . In this year's final of the Scottish Cup hit Third Lanark to Glasgow Celtic . Lanark reached the final for the third time in the club's history after 1876 and 1878 . Both finals were lost. Celtic, founded a year earlier, reached the finals for the first time. The final was scheduled for February 2, 1889. At the time of the game, there was heavy snowfall in the final venue, Glasgow . Both teams protested before the start of the game, whereupon the association decided to consider the final as a friendly . The game ended 3-0 for Lanark. The repeat final on February 9, 1889, Lanark won 2-1. An audience of 18,000 was set up in both games, which was a record number for Scottish football until then.
1-0 John Marshall (20th)