Scottish FA Cup 1889/90
Scottish FA Cup | |
Association | Scottish FA |
First edition | 1873/74 |
Game mode | Knockout system |
Title holder | Queen's Park FC (9th title) |
Record winner | FC Queen's Park (9 wins) |
Website | scottishfa.co.uk |
The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 17th time in 1889/90 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. It began on August 31, 1889 and ended with the repeat finals on February 22, 1890 in Ibrox Park, Glasgow. As the defending champion, Third Lanark started the competition that had won against Celtic Glasgow in the final last year . Record winner FC Queen's Park (8th title) faced FC Vale of Leven in this year's Scottish Cup final . Queen's Park reached the final for the ninth time in the club's history since 1874 . The club from Glasgow won all the finals. Vale of Leven from Alexandria reached the final for the seventh and last time in the club's history. The first final game ended 1: 1. In the repeat finals, Queen's Park won 2-1.
Goal nets were introduced when the Scottish Cup was held in 1889/90, and for the first time the referee was the sole director of the game. Previously there were several sub-referee (umpire).
1 round
The matches were played between August 31 and September 7, 1889. The repeat matches took place on September 14, 1889.
Replay games
Result | ||
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Ayr Athletic | 3: 1 | FC Maybole |
FC Champfleurie | Where | Bathgate Rovers |
Dumbarton FC | 1: 1 | FC Vale of Leven |
FC Irvine | 0: 8 | FC Lugar Boswell |
FC Kilbirnie | 5: 2 | Dalry FC |
FC Queen's Park | 2: 1 | Celtic Glasgow |
2nd round
The matches were played on September 28, 1889. The repeat matches took place on October 5, 1889.
Replay games
Result | ||
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FC Cambuslang | 4: 1 | FC Royal Albert |
Cowdenbeath FC | * | -: -FC Lassodie |
Fair City Athletic | 3: 2 | St. Johnstone FC |
Grangemouth FC | 7: 2 | FC Camelon |
Leith Athletic | 2: 1 | Broxburn FC |
Linthouse FC | 3: 2 | Cowlairs FC |
3rd round
The matches were played on October 19, 1889. The repeat matches took place on October 26 and November 2, 1889.
Replay games
Result | ||
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Airdrieonians FC | 3: 1 | FC Thistle |
Hibernian Edinburgh | 11: 1 | Dunfermline Athletic |
Kilsyth Wanderers | 0: 1 | Grangemouth FC |
Queen of the South Wanderers | 5: 5 | FC Moffat |
Third Lanark | 1-0 | Dumbarton FC |
FC Vale of Leven | 3: 2 | Glasgow Rangers |
FC Cambuslang | 6-0 | FC Union |
Northern FC | 3: 4 | FC Carfin Shamrock |
4th round
The matches were played on November 9, 1889. The repeat matches took place on November 16 and 23, 1889.
Result | ||
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Aberdeen FC | 1:13 | FC Queen's Park |
Airdrieonians FC | 2: 3 | FC Abercorn |
FC Ayr | 2: 2 | Leith Athletic |
Dunblane FC | 4: 6 | Cowdenbeath FC |
East End Dundee | * | 3: 2FC Cambuslang |
Grangemouth FC | 1: 7 | FC Vale of Leven |
Heart of Midlothian | 9: 1 | Alloa Athletic |
FC Kilbirnie | 5: 2 | East Stirlingshire FC |
FC Lanemark | 2: 8 | FC St. Mirren |
FC Moffat | 4: 2 | FC Carfin Shamrock |
Queen of the South Wanderers | 3: 7 | Hibernian Edinburgh |
Third Lanark | 2-0 | Linthouse FC |
Replay games
Result | ||
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Leith Athletic | 4: 1 | FC Ayr |
East End Dundee | 3: 2 | FC Cambuslang |
5th round
The matches were played on November 30, 1889. The replay took place on December 7, 1889.
Replay
Result | ||
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East End Dundee | 5: 1 | FC Moffat |
6th round
The meetings took place on December 21, 1889.
Result | ||
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FC Abercorn | 6: 2 | Hibernian Edinburgh |
FC Kilbirnie | 1: 4 | Third Lanark |
FC Queen's Park | 1-0 | Leith Athletic |
FC Vale of Leven | 4-0 | East End Dundee |
Semifinals
The meetings took place on January 27, 1890.
Result | ||
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FC Queen's Park | 2-0 | FC Abercorn |
FC Vale of Leven | 2-0 | Third Lanark |
final
FC Queen's Park | FC Vale of Leven | ||||||||
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Allan 1 , Walter Arnott , William Berry , John Gillespie , William Gulliland , James Hamilton, McAra, Thomas Robertson , William Sellar , Bob Smellie , Stewart 2 Trainers: nb |
James Wilson - Daniel Bruce , Jimmy McLachlan , McMillan, John McNicol , John Murray , Osborne, Daniel Paton , Gilbert Rankin , Buchanan Sharp , Andrew Whitelaw Trainers: nb |
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Repeat finals
FC Queen's Park | FC Vale of Leven | ||||||||
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Allan 1 , Walter Arnott , William Berry , John Gillespie , William Gulliland , James Hamilton, McAra, Thomas Robertson , William Sellar , Bob Smellie , Stewart 2 Trainers: nb |
James Wilson - Daniel Bruce , Jimmy McLachlan , McMillan, John McNicol , John Murray , Osborne, Daniel Paton , Gilbert Rankin , Buchanan Sharp , Andrew Whitelaw Trainers: nb |
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Web links
- official website
- Scottish FA Cup 1889/90 at londonhearts.com
- Scottish FA Cup 1889/90 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation